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 […]

Negligence per se in #nursinghomelitigation By Nathan Hughey Negligence per se is negligence arising from the violation of a statute. To recover for negligence per se, a plaintiff must show that the essential purpose of the statute was to protect the resident from the kind of harm that the resident suffered and that the resident […]

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 […]

Charleston auto accident attorney Nathan Hughey I love my job because I get to meet awesome people and represent them when they have been wronged.  I feel like every case teaches me something new about life and allows me to learn things I will never forget. Charleston wreck lawyer Nathan Hughey Just this past week, […]