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Man left paralyzed after car crash collects $13 million 

By: Phillip Bantz
Published: April 11, 2012

Tags: car crash, North Carolina, paralysis

A 41-year-old North Carolina man who was looking forward to the birth of his first child when he was involved in a traffic crash that left him paralyzed and unable to breathe on his own has settled a personal injury lawsuit for $13 million.

Ousted preacher collects award for libel, slander 

By: Phillip Bantz
Published: October 24, 2011

Tags: breach of contract, libel, slander, South Carolina, tax evasion, wrongful discharge

After a relatively minor tax mistake triggered a series of increasingly bitter and bizarre spats between a South Carolina pastor and the church he led for 18 years, a jury ultimately awarded him a six-figure verdict for his suffering.

S.C. jury awards $4.7 million in toxic chemical case 

By: Phillip Bantz
Published: August 15, 2011

Tags: chemical exposure, disability, evidence, nerve damage, South Carolina

A pair of South Carolina attorneys recently won millions in a personal injury case after rejecting a low ball settlement offer and overcoming a lack of medical evidence to prove the cause of their client’s life-altering disability.

S.C. governor signs tort reform bill limiting punitives into law 

Published: August 5, 2011

Tags: compensatory damages, damages caps, punitive damages, tort reform

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has signed a new tort reform law that caps punitive damages.

Defense team scores big win for cigarette giant 

By: Phillip Bantz
Published: June 17, 2011

Tags: cigarettes, defective design, Massachusetts, Philip Morris, smoking, tobacco, wrongful death

When Stephen C. Haglund proposed to his wife, he flipped open a pack of Marlboro cigarettes to reveal the engagement ring. He thought nothing of trudging through a New England blizzard just to buy smokes. And he kept on puffing even after he was diagnosed with lung cancer.

$6.7 million awarded for student’s fatal fall 

By: Phillip Bantz
Published: March 7, 2011

Tags: consumer protection, premises liability, treble damages

A pair of attorneys who failed to persuade a jury that building code violations at a Boston bar resulted in a college student’s fatal fall down a staircase still managed to walk out of court with a $6.7 million award.

Case seeks remedy for post-‘Ibanez’ title issue 

By: Phillip Bantz
Published: February 7, 2011

Tags: foreclosures, quitclaim deed, U.S. Bank v. Ibanez

The eyes of the nation’s mortgage industry are fixed once again on Massachusetts’ highest court, which has taken on another high-stakes foreclosure case that picks up where U.S. Bank v. Ibanez left off.

Mass. decision could wreak ‘havoc’ on mortgage industry

By: Phillip Bantz
Published: January 10, 2011

Tags: foreclosure, mortgage, mortgage industry, U.S. Bank v. Ibanez

A recent decision from Massachusetts’ highest court could impact courts across the country and lead to a flood of overturned foreclosures, exacerbating the mortgage mess.

Supreme Court could quell data privacy issue confusion 

By: Phillip Bantz
Published: December 10, 2010

Tags: Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, motor vehicle records, privacy, Supreme Court

Class actions pitting privacy advocates against an industry built on buying and selling state motor vehicle records have resulted in contradictory rulings in federal courts across the country over the last few years.

But a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court could finally end the confusion.

IRS steps up enforcement with new filing requirements 

By: Phillip Bantz
Published: October 22, 2010

Tags: Internal Revenue Service, IRS, tax evasion, taxation

The IRS is expanding its list of targets and implementing new filing requirements as part of an effort to nab more tax evaders.