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 […]
Senate Bill 116 (S.116) has been passed! We are thrilled to report a major victory for victims of drunk driving and their families. Senate Bill 116 (S.116) passed late last week, which now requires businesses that sell alcohol past 5pm for on-premises consumption to carry a minimum $1 million liquor liability insurance policy. Until this […]
The Yarborough Applegate team is passionate about the prevention of drunk driving and helping those whose lives have been affected by this unfortunate and highly preventable crime. Our attorney David Lail represents victims of drunk driving in an niche practice area called Dram Shop law. In the fall of 2016, he wrote a book on […]
On the heels of his 2017 Super Lawyer recognition, the firm’s co-founder David Yarborough was named one of South Carolina’s Top 25 Super Lawyers. This is David’s second year being selected among the state’s Top 25. Yarborough’s achievements in the last twelve months have been far and wide, ranging from the release of his book […]
Three of Yarborough Applegate’s attorneys were named 2017 South Carolina Super Lawyers. We congratulate David Yarborough, William Applegate, and David Lail for receiving a recognition that fewer than five percent of lawyers receive. We are also proud to announce that David Lail, a part of our team since 2011, was named a Super Lawyers Rising […]
In the May/June 2017 issue of The National Association of Legal Assistant’s Facts & Findings (F&F) magazine, our own Diane Rice contributed the feature “A Tale of Discovery Abuse”. In her article, Diane discusses Discovery Abuse, an issue often faced by legal assistants which causes delayed rulings and higher-than-anticipated litigation costs for all parties involved. […]
Recently, the South Carolina Association for Justice held their annual Young Lawyers Seminar, entitled: Thoughts After a Combined 190 Years of Practice…And Over 530 Trials. The seminar was held at The Marina Inn at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach and is an opportunity for young lawyers in the state of South Carolina to get together […]
Last week, the Yarborough Applegate team took to Columbia, SC for the Walk Like MADD event in honor of clients who have been victims of drunk driving. The walk took place at Saluda Shoals Park in Columbia and was the fourth annual Walk Like MADD Columbia event. This is the largest community event MADD South […]