Eric G. Fosmire

Eric Fosmire is a shareholder practicing in construction and mold litigation, trucking and transportation,  insurance coverage, products liability, and alcohol and premises liability.  Before joining Collins & Lacy in 1993, Eric served as a law clerk for the Honorable Don S. Rushing of South Carolina’s Sixth Judicial Circuit and as Assistant Solicitor for the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office in Columbia.   Eric’s reputation in the courtroom and professional standing as an attorney are highly rated by his peers, according to Martindale-Hubbell.

Practice Focus/Trial Experience

• Alcohol and Premises Liability
• Construction and Mold Litigation
• Insurance Coverage
• Products Liability
• Trucking and Transportation Litigation 

Professional, Civic, and Community Involvement

• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
• Defense Research Institute
• South Carolina Bar
• Richland County Bar Association
• American Trucking Association
• South Carolina Homebuilders
• Town Attorney, Town of South Congaree
• Saint Joseph School Board
  • President (2007-2008)
• Mental Illness Recovery Center
  • Board Member
  • President (1997)
• Hampton Crest Homeowners Association Board
• International Society of Primerus Law Firms

Reported Cases

• Miller v. City of West Columbia, 471 S.E.2d 683 (1996)
• Marcum v. Bowden, 643 S.E.2d 85 (2007)

Papers, Presentations and Publications

• Social Host Liability - A New Duty, SC Bar Seminar:  2007 SC Tort Law Update, Columbia, SC, October 26, 2007
• Litigating Mold Claims, Sterling Education Services Seminar: Solving Mold Contamination & Water Intrusion Claims, June 26, 2007
• AIA Contracts, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, Myrtle Beach, SC, June 23, 2006
• South Carolina Update, Presented to Client Insurance Carrier, Nashville, TN, December 9, 2005
• Construction Defect Litigation and South Carolina Update, Presented to Client Insurance Carrier's Construction Defect Unit, San Ramon, CA, September 7, 2005
• Construction Defect & Mold Litigation, Presented to the Palmetto Paralegal Association, Columbia, SC, August 17, 2005
• South Carolina Update, Presented to Client Insurance Carrier's Liability Litigation Unit, Philadelphia, PA, March 17, 2005
• South Carolina Update, Presented to Client Insurance Carrier, Nashville, TN, June 17, 2004
• Construction Defect & Mold Litigation, National Business Institute Seminar, South Carolina Defect and Mold Litigation, November 19, 2003
• South Carolina Construction & Mold Litigation, Sterling Educational Service Seminar
• Construction Defect & Mold Litigation, Sterling Educational Service Seminar
• Ryan's Family Steakhouse Managers Liability Seminar, October 26-27, 1998