Imagine: an employee is injured in a car accident with another driver who is at fault. The employee settles with the at-fault driver for the limits of her liability policy. The employee, whose injuries exceed the at-fault driver’s liability limits, then seeks to recover under her employer’s underinsured motorist (“UIM”) policy. The UIM carrier and… Continue Reading
Archives for May 2015
SCOTUS Provides Clarity for Courts Analyzing Lawsuits Brought Under Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Last March, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling in Young v. UPS that clarified the framework for courts to analyze discrimination lawsuits based upon the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act was an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and expanded the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s… Continue Reading
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones but Names Will Never. . .Settle Cases?
Since the mediation regulation passed, I have had the opportunity to act as mediator in many workers’ compensation cases. The skills of the attorneys on both sides in the S.C. Workers’ Compensation bar are truly humbling to encounter. I have heard countless openings by talented, zealous advocates on behalf of their clients. It occurred to me… Continue Reading
