Photo of attorney Chris Bryant and paralegal Amy Johnson with Tricounty Family Ministries staff. Yarborough Applegate was proud to be one of the sponsors of the first annual Tricounty Family Ministries “Helping Families In A Pickle” Luncheon at Charlestowne Landing on November 5. As a faith-based, non-profit providing food, clothing, medical care, counseling, job placement, […]
South Carolina Lawyers Weekly covered a $4.25 million settlement for an injured construction worker secured by Yarborough Applegate. In July 2013, construction worker Rene Cardoso reported to a job at a downtown Charleston job site to assist an electrical subcontractor. When he arrived at the job site, the defendant, Mitchell Mechanical, an HVAC subcontractor from […]
In the November/December 2017 issue of The National Association of Legal Assistant’s Facts & Findings (F&F) magazine, our own Office Manager Laura Peirano, shares tips on gathering expenses after a case settles. We think it’s required reading for any business manager, legal secretary, or administrative assistant juggling an array of invoices, filing fees, and administrative […]
Yarborough Applegate attorneys have a passion for sharing their expertise with the larger law community. Our own Chris Bryant shares his insights on making better motions in limine in the November issue of Trial magazine. Chris writes: …by not thinking about motions in limine until the last minute, we miss opportunities to strengthen our cases. […]
As reported by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, David Yarborough recently settled a case against an intoxicated driver. In this case, the two Charleston-based lawyers represented a 23-year-old Savannah College of Art and Design student who was victim of a car accident in Moncks Corner at the hand of an impaired driver. The defendant had a […]
Recently, Yarborough Applegate’s Douglas Jennings and David Yarborough, along with co-counsel M. Travis Hyman, reached an $800,000 settlement in a case involving a tractor trailer collision in Horry County. The recently-settled case was on behalf of a Horry County nurse returning home in a car with her daughter and son-in-law. Their vehicle was struck by […]
Early this week, Claudia Newbern, assistant principal at North Charleston’s R.B. Stall High School, stopped by the office to present William Applegate with a plaque in appreciation of the firm’s $7,500 donation to its English as a Second Language (ESOL) program. Just about 30% of Stall students are in the ESOL program, and Yarborough Applegate’s […]
Following major layoffs at the VC Summer Nuclear Station in late July, Yarborough Applegate is reviewing claims and seeking compensation for hundreds of employees that were not given proper notice by SCE&G and its contractor, Fluor Corporation, before losing their jobs. The news of the layoffs reached workers after SCE&G and Santee Cooper announced that […]
Our attorney David Lail and his family traveled to Greenville on September 17th to participate in Walk Like MADD, an annual event to remember and support victims of drunk driving. The Walk exceeded its fundraising goal of $18,000, topping out at nearly $25,000 with funds raised from 234 participants and 19 teams. In part of our […]
We are proud of our attorney Christopher Bryant for working on an important civil rights case on behalf of the parents of a student at Richland One’s Hand Middle School. Thank you to John Monk at The State for being the first to share this story, which you can read in its entirety here. Bryant’s […]
Late last month, the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) elected attorney David Lail to its Board of Governors as a representative of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. This honor comes on the heels of another recent award for Lail, being selected to the 2017 South Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, which is a status […]
The hard work of our attorneys Douglas Jennings and David Yarborough is a “Spotlight” feature in the June 2017 issue of Trial magazine. The case highlighted in Trial was fought on behalf of a 61-year-old Pee Dee area couple who were struck by a tractor trailer truck in October 2014. We are thrilled with this national recognition and […]