Miscellaneous

• Federal Tax Credit Spurs Golf Cart Purchases

  Pete Strom | October 27, 2009 9:47 PM | 1 CommentColumbia, SC

  Keeping up with the neighbors has a whole new meaning in light of Uncle Sam's generous Federal Tax Credit offered to those who purchase a qualifying electric golf cart on or before December 31,...

• Yaz Side Effects Spur Lawsuits

  Pete Strom | October 13, 2009 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  We've all seen the catchy commercials that leave you thinking birth control will leave you without a care in the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCg1q0h1PP0 Oral birth control pills...

• David Letterman Extortion

  Pete Strom | October 06, 2009 2:26 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  David Letterman, John Travolta, Amy Polumbo, and Bill Cosby. What do these three, as well as many other celebrities, have in common? All have been victims of extortion or blackmail. Millions...

• Millions of Customers Likely Paid Too Much For Out of Network Health Care

  Pete Strom | July 17, 2009 5:20 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  We all know the drill. Health insurance is expensive. Even if you are a portrait of health, and only visit your doctor one a year for preventative care, your premiums continue to go up year after...

• Supreme Court Rules Strip Search Went Too Far

  Pete Strom | June 30, 2009 3:37 PM | 1 CommentColumbia, SC

  Students have always faced potential criminal penalties for violating state laws involving illegal drugs and drug possession. In efforts to keep the school drug free and prevent drug possession...

• Why Trial/Plaintiffs' Attorneys Aren't Just for "The Little Guy"

  Amanda Wick | February 12, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A common misconception I've come across is the idea that Trial Lawyers, or Plaintiffs' Attorneys, as we're frequently called, only represent individual people that suffer personal injuries. While...

• Social Security Five Year Plan

  Amanda Wick | October 15, 2008 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Just last month, the Commissioner of Social Security, Michael J. Astrue, released the agency’s new Strategic Plan. This new plan lays out four specific goals the agency hopes to meet over...

• Hundreds Evacuated After Train Derails, Spills Acid

  Pete Strom | October 30, 2007 1:40 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A train derailed in Minnesota early Monday morning, spilling acid and causing hundreds to evacuate and schools to close. The train struck a parked train at about 4 a.m., causing at least one car to leak hydrochloric acid. Hydrochloric acid is a highly corrosive liquid that causes burns if it comes into contact with skin or eyes.Approximately 50 cars derailed near Clara City, Minnesota as a...

• Voluntary Recall of Ground Beef in South Carolina

  Pete Strom | October 18, 2007 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Arko Veal Co. of Forest Park, Georgia has voluntarily recalled a shipment of ground beef to South Carolina because the shipment may contain E. coli.More than 1,900 pounds of ground beef are being recalled, with some of that meat having been shipped to South Carolina. The recalled beef includes fifty-pound cases of "Beef Patties Mix," "80/20." The recalled cases include the establishment number...

• South Carolina Ranks First in Violent Crime

  Pete Strom | October 01, 2007 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics show that South Carolina's violent crime rate was the highest in the nation in 2006, with two areas in the top five. Rising 0.5 percent, South Carolina's violent crime rate is 765 per 100,000 people, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report for 2006. Violent crimes were up almost 2 percent nationwide. Included in violent crimes...