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Daniel Coble
- Mar 16, 2020
Comparative Negligence and "Loss of consortium claim"
In the previous juror misconduct case from the SC Supreme Court case, the court addressed a separate issue related to comparative...
Daniel Coble
- Mar 13, 2020
Premises Liability: invitee vs. licensee
In a recent SC Court of Appeals case, LeFont v. City of Myrtle Beach, the court analyzed premises liability (you might remember this...
Daniel Coble
- Mar 2, 2020
A Chess Clock for Trial: 7.5 hours for each side
In a recent unpublished Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion (Raynor v. G4S), the court looked at a trial court who imposed a time...
Daniel Coble
- Feb 1, 2020
FRE 407: Improving the product or reducing injury/harm chances?
Federal Rule of Evidence 407 prevents a party from introducing "subsequent remedial measures" to prove that a party was negligent (and a...
Daniel Coble
- Jan 8, 2020
"Missing Witness Rule" or "Open Chair Doctrine"
From In re Gonzalez, 409 S.C. 621, 630, 763 S.E.2d 210, 214 (2014):
Daniel Coble
- Jan 6, 2020
Words of Contract/Legal Documents...not hearsay
Not everything is for the truth of the matter asserted: Fields v. J. Haynes Waters Builders, Inc., 376 S.C. 545, 559, 658 S.E.2d 80, 88...
Daniel Coble
- Jan 5, 2020
Character Evidence - restrained because of its own power
An old Supreme Court case sums up why character evidence has to be limited in criminal trials: Michelson v. United States, 335 U.S. 469,...
Daniel Coble
- Oct 3, 2019
The Supremacy Clause, Preemption, and UPS
The SC Court of Appeals held that UPS was protected under a federal statute from being sued by a plaintiff for a negligent act. The main...
Daniel Coble
- Jun 28, 2019
Arbitration fought Default and Default Won
In PCG v. Restoration Specialists, the court of appeals had to address an issue of appealing a default judgment and a motion to compel...
Daniel Coble
- Jun 14, 2019
Careful how you answer...
What happens when an insured sues their insurance company for a bad faith denial of coverage? Usually the company will give a reason why...
Daniel Coble
- Jun 8, 2019
Insurance coverage and public policy
A recent South Carolina Court of Appeals case analyzed when an insurer may deny coverage and if that denial is against public policy....
Daniel Coble
- Jan 4, 2019
#1 New Release in Legal Reference
Court Rules of South Carolina is a compilation of the most up to date court rules in this state. This book makes it easy to carry around...