South Carolina nursing home abuse lawyer Nathan Hughey has handled hundreds of nursing home cases and teaches other lawyers regarding the array of regulations applicable to nursing home and other cases.  Here, Charleston nursing home attorney Nathan Hughey summarizes the requirements for reporting suspected abuse or neglect, and what happens when a person or facility fails […]

South Carolina has limitations on what an injured person can recover in certain types of lawsuits covered by our tort reform statutes.  Recovery is not limited, however, to those amounts.  Contact a South Carolina injury lawyer such as Nathan Hughey to discuss your injury claim and South Carolina’s tort reform statutes. Limitations on recovery South […]

The verdict was for $1,250,000.00 in non-economic damages, and $704,000.00 in economic damages.  This highlights the fact that South Carolina’s tort reform caps do not apply in a case where the jury finds reckless conduct.   The case was settled before punitive damages were considered. Whistleblower surgeon loses malpractice lawsuit SUMTER, SC — The local orthopedic […]

Lawsuit centers on alleged ‘spy camera’ in Mount Pleasant doctor’s office From the Charleston Post and Courier Mount Pleasant Injury Lawyers Hughey Law Firm.  South Carolina Attorney Nathan Hughey.  Charleston Injury Lawyers. A former spa worker is suing a Mount Pleasant medical facility over an alleged spy camera she found in a room where she […]

Settled a #scnursinghomelawyers #neglect case involving a #hipfracture on Thursday in the six figures. It was referred by another attorney, who is quite happy as a result. We love our referral counsel and will treat you and the client as good as we know how. I am a former#nursinghomedefense lawyer and partner in an insurance defense firm. I switched to doing […]

#hiltonhead  hospital implicated in alleged #medicaid   #kickback   #scheme  .  Its sad that the tort reformers have been able to convince the average American that verdicts are why their health insurance is so high.  I have no idea, of course, whether Hilton Head Hospital in fact engaged in this practice as alleged, or whether#Tenet  knew anything about it.  I do know that […]