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 they were abandoning the construction of two nuclear reactors on the Jenkinsville site due to escalating costs and their primary contractor, Westinghouse, filing for bankruptcy.
The federal law known as The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (or WARN act) which applies to employers of more than 100 workers dictates the requirement of a minimum 60 calendar-day written notice before a major layoff or plant closure.
The affected Fluor employees were terminated immediately without wages or employee benefits. Yarborough Applegate is reviewing claims that Fluor Corporation, and its subsidiary, Fluor Enterprises Inc. made the deliberate decision not to honor the notice and wages owed to its employees under the terms of their employment. A class action lawsuit has been filed with the South Carolina District Court.
After a North Charleston man was killed when he fell approximately 60 feet from an elevator he was working on at Holcim cement plant in Holly Hill, South Carolina, Yarborough Applegate attorneys helped his estate settle wrongful death and negligence claims for $20 million.
This hard-earned outcome highlights our firm’s commitment to the rights of immigrant workers who are injured at the hands of negligent employers and third parties.
Yarborough Applegate recently achieved a $1.45 million settlement for a commercial truck driver after he was catastrophically injured in a big-rig collision. Yarborough Applegate attorneys William Applegate and Douglas Jennings along with Andy Savage of the Savage Law Firm, represented Sammie Scammahorn, a commercial truck driver who sustained multiple serious injuries after a collision accident […]
Cure SMA is a non-profit organization raising funds for research for spinal muscular atrophy treatment and cures. Yarborough Applegate is proud to sponsor the Go Miller 5K, an annual event held to raise money for the organization. All of the proceeds raised will go to the organization’s research fund. This year’s 5K will be held […]