Case Studies

When Emily left Charleston for Miami on August 12, 1998, she thought she was starting an exciting new chapter of her life. A recent graduate of law school, Emily had been accepted in the master’s in law program at the…

Case Number: 4:15‐cv‐02480‐BHH, Attorneys Mark C. Joye and Mark J. Bringardner A jury in the United States District Court, Charleston Division has awarded $17 million to the surviving family members of a young Canadian couple and their infant son, who all perished in…

Six-year-old Sergio Jimenez was riding in the backseat of his parent’s 1985 Dodge minivan when his mother turned left to exit a shopping center. An oncoming Honda Civic came through the intersection traveling at just 5 mph and hit the…

It was the summer of 1996. Tiffany Parks, a 22-year-old girl from Charleston, South Carolina was on her way home from a night out with friends when she discovered another friend’s car had been towed. Offering the group a ride…

It was spring 1999 and 16-year-old Leslie Groves* had just received her driver’s license. On the Friday before spring break, the popular straight-A student excitedly asked her parents for permission to drive to school that morning instead of riding the…

Forrest has always been proud of the quality of his work and of his family. At age 38, everything seemed to be on track for him.  His son was a junior at the Citadel and he had a good steady…

  Michelle has devoted her life to caring for others, working for over 30 years as a radiology technologist for a number of local hospitals and medical clinics. “That was pretty much all I knew,” said Michelle. “I completed training…

Every year, thousands of shoppers are injured, and sometimes killed, due to falling merchandise and other negligent acts of corporations that own and operate shopping centers and stores. With the increasing size and number of warehouse-style retail stores (also known…