[COLUMBIA, S.C. September 5, 2012] – Collins & Lacy, P.C. is pleased to announce Best Lawyers in America 2013 has honored several of its attorneys in multiple practice areas. Firm wide, eight Collins & Lacy attorneys received the 2013 Best Lawyers in America designation, and those attorneys were honored for their work in eight different practice areas. “Collins & Lacy is thrilled… Continue Reading
Collins & Lacy, P.C. Attorney Jack Griffeth Begins S.C. Bar Foundation Presidency
[COLUMBIA, S.C., July 11, 2012] – Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorney Jack Griffeth assumed the office of President of the South Carolina Bar Foundation on July 1, 2012. The South Carolina Bar Foundation has long been regarded as the philanthropic arm of the South Carolina Bar. Its mission is to fund the advancement of justice by improving access,… Continue Reading
Statute of Limitations on Patient Records for Minors
Post by Jack Griffeth The South Carolina Physicians’ Patient Records Act provides SECTION 44-115-120: Length of time records must be kept; records pertaining to minors. It details the length of time records must be kept. Here is a refresher on the rules of the Act. Physicians shall retain their records for at least 10 years for adult… Continue Reading
Negotiate Before You Mediate
In the 35 years I’ve been practicing law, mediation has dramatically changed the number of critical cases tried to a jury conclusion. In South Carolina, mediation has become almost a center point of trial practice. In my home town of Greenville, in the 1990s we would try over 100 civil cases a year in GreenvilleCounty alone.… Continue Reading
Don’t Just Ignore Compliant Requests
Sometime ago, I wrote a blog article on the new Code Section 38-77-250, which requires automobile insurance companies to disclose, prior to suit, the limits of coverage pursuant to specific requests. Since then, I have had a number of inquiries asking two recurring questions. What is the operative trigger for the statute – the date… Continue Reading
Collins & Lacy, P.C. Attorneys Jack Griffeth and Ross Plyler Elected to South Carolina Bar Association House of Delegates
[COLUMBIA, S.C. April 25, 2012] – Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorneys Jack Griffeth and Ross Plyler, both of the firm’s Greenville office, were elected to the South Carolina Bar Association House of Delegates in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. The House of Delegates acts as the legislative arm of the South Carolina Bar Association and convenes at least twice annually to… Continue Reading
Fourth Circuit Declines to Apply Tort Doctrine to Insurance Contract
Last Friday, February 3, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [1] filed its opinion in Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company v. Roberts, in which the Court declined to apply the tort doctrine of “joint and several liability” to the payment of insurance proceeds. The underlying facts of this case are… Continue Reading
Law gives plaintiffs right to know details of defendant’s insurance coverage
Attorney Jack Griffeth The homepage of SC Lawyers Weekly today has an article relating to Collins & Lacy attorney Jack Griffeth’s recent post about a little-known element of the newly-enacted South Carolina Fairness in Civil Justice Act of 2011, which became effective January 1, 2012. It discusses how insurance companies must now, under certain conditions, disclose… Continue Reading
Insurers Must Disclose Limits Before Suit is Filed
As part of the newly-enacted South Carolina Fairness in Civil Justice Act of 2011, which became effective January 1, 2012, insurance companies must now, under certain conditions, disclose the automobile coverage limits to a plaintiff’s lawyer prior to the lawyer filing suit. This has been a controversy in our state for a number of years,… Continue Reading
Collins & Lacy in the Blogosphere
Post by Christian Boesl We love that you’re already here reading our Workers’ Comp blog, so before I go any further, let me say thank you for reading. But, there’s more where this came from. Collins & Lacy has five blogs in the blogosphere, three of which provide a myriad of information and updates on workers’ comp law, products… Continue Reading
