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Bad Faith Denial of Professional Disability Payments $3,690,000 Settlement

After three years of contested litigation, Bland Richter settled a bad faith denial of disability benefits claim for $3,690,000 against one of the country’s largest disability insurers. The plaintiff was a young South Carolina trial attorney who had suffered a heart...

Employment Dispute Doctor Against Former Practice

Bland Richter is pleased to announce that it represented a Doctor in an employment dispute and was able to negotiate a separation agreement from her existing network so that she is not bound by any covenant against competition in connection with her previous...

City of Seneca Denies Allegations in Zachary Hammond Lawsuit

The defendants answered allegations made in the lawsuit by Hammond’s family, denying almost all the claims, including that Police Lt. Mark Tiller was not justified when he shot Hammond twice July 26 at the Hardee’s in Seneca. They also denied that an officer gave a...

Washington Post As Videos Expose Wrongdoing By South Carolina Cops Police Agencies Tighten Control Over Footage

The emergence of video, whether it’s dash-cam video, security camera video or footage shot with a cellphone, has dramatically altered the power dynamic in police-citizen interactions. Eric Bland of Bland Richter comments on this in the following Washington Post...

Hospital Usc to Pay $2.1M for Pregnancy That Led to Coma

The family of a woman who remains in a coma after giving birth in a Columbia hospital in 2018 has settled a lawsuit against the treating hospital and the University of South Carolina for $2.1 million, her attorneys report. Bland Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter of Bland...

Bland Richter Requests Federal Investigation in Seneca Teen Death

The family of a Zachary Hammond, a Seneca teen that was shot and killed by a cop last month is now calling on the feds to get involved.Bland Richter thinks federal authorities need to give this case the same treatment as they have other police shootings of black men...

Wspa Zachary Hammond Family Settles Case for 2.15 Million

The family of Zachary Hammond and the City of Seneca have settled a lawsuit over the shooting death. Eric Bland of Bland Richter has issues the following statement: “The family of Zachary Hammond, along with the City of Seneca, the Seneca Police Department, Chief John...

Cory Fleming Murdaughs Alleged Co Conspirator in $4.3 Million Scheme Indicted

The lawyer who represented the family of Alex Murdaugh‘s longtime housekeeper after she died in a trip and fall accident in 2018 has been indicted in the scheme to defraud his clients of a $4.3 million settlement he never even told them they had won. And Bland, who...

Mcnair Responds to Bland Richter Malpractice Suit in Lawyers Weekly

The McNair Law Firm has responded to a legal malpractice lawsuit alleging that a real estate attorney at the firm tricked five elderly sisters into losing beachfront land that had been in their family since the 1920s. Robert Stepp of Sowell Gray in Columbia says...