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South Carolina Assisted Living And Memory Care Facility Sued For Alleged Assault

October 26, 2026

John Carlton Sease passed away peacefully on September 4, 2024, just days before his 81st birthday. A loving husband, father, grandfather, and veteran, John was known for his warmth, quiet wit, and steady kindness. Born in Oakland, California on September 13, 1943, John was a graduate of Hargrave Mi[...]

$315K South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Fall In Hospital

June 26, 2026

In April 2026, a South Carolina medical malpractice jury in Richland County determined that defendant Prisma Health Richland Hospital was liable for $315,000 in damages for the fractured hip suffered by an 88-year-old patient who fell in the hospital. The patient was required to undergo surgery to t[...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Finds Assumption Of Risk Jury Instruction In Medical Malpractice Case Was Given In Error But Upholds Defense Verdict Nonetheless

December 30, 2025

Before undergoing breast reduction and implant removal surgery, Rebecca Turisk signed a consent form acknowledging that “[a]lternative methods and therapies, their benefits, material risks and disadvantages” had been explained to her; she understood and accepted that the most likely risk[...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Complaint, Holding That Expert’s Affidavit Was Sufficient

November 6, 2025

On January 18, 2018, Douglas Williford was involved in a motor vehicle accident and drove himself to the AnMed Health emergency room (ER) in Anderson County. Williford arrived in the ER at approximately 9:08 p.m. and was discharged at 10:39 p.m., “ten minutes after his brief examination”[...]

$16M South Carolina Newborn Death Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 13, 2025

On March 5, 2025, a South Carolina medical malpractice jury returned a $16 million medical malpractice verdict for the death of a newborn shortly after birth. In April 2019, Dara Robinson found out she was pregnant. During her prenatal care, Dara experienced elevated glucose levels and the fetus was[...]

$16M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Baby Shortly After Birth

May 17, 2025

A Spartanburg County South Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded $16 million for the death of a newborn shortly after birth that the jury found would have been avoided had the medical staff provided timely and appropriate medical care during labor and delivery. The mother arrived at the hospital[...]

$375K Medical Malpractice Settlement For Negligence Following Jaw Surgery In South Carolina

May 9, 2025

A South Carolina woman had jaw surgery (Lefort 1 osteotomy and bilateral sagittal split osteotomy) on June 16, 2020 at the Medical University of South Carolina (“MUSC”). She alleged in her South Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit that her medical providers failed to properly investigat[...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Affirms Jury Verdict In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

March 9, 2025

Background Facts William “Bill” Pratt and his wife, Rita Pratt, moved from Florida to Rock Hill, South Carolina in February 2015, to becloser to their oldest daughter and her two young children. Around 12:30 a.m. on March 2, 2015, Pratt fell down a flight of stairs at the daughter’[...]

South Carolina Lawsuit Alleges Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Against Detention Center And Its Medical Provider

February 20, 2025

On January 2, 2025, a lawsuit was filed in a South Carolina state court alleging that a county detention center and its contracted medical provider, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (“ACH”), were negligent in taking care of the medical needs of a 72-year-old inmate, which led to hi[...]

$880,000 Settlement With VA For Failure To Follow Up On Suspicious Lesion On Chest Scan Of Long-Time Smoker

August 18, 2024

William Whitaker, who was an Army veteran and life-long heavy smoker until he switched to vaping on a daily basis in 2013, had been a mechanic in the Army for nine years. In June 2020, he underwent a chest scan that showed a complicated bulla in his left lung, which often is indicative of lung [&hel[...]

$1M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Due To Sepsis From Perforated Uterus

June 8, 2024

In January 2024, a settlement in the amount of $1 million was reached in a South Carolina medical malpractice wrongful death claim involving the allegedly negligently performed diagnostic hysteroscopy on a patient during which the defendant gynecologist perforated the patient’s uterine wall an[...]

South Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Medical Device Used During Heart Surgery Led To Infection, Death

March 26, 2024

A South Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit filed on January 8, 2024 alleges, in part: On March 15, 2019, Markeith Gerald had a LVAD [left ventricular assist device] placed at MUSC) [Medical University of South Carolina]. A Sorin 3T device was used during this procedure. Per the MUSC records, medic[...]

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