By: Luna Hoit https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/liquor-liability-insurance-costs-blamed-for-brewery-closure/ Three Columbia-area breweries have closed their doors in the past month. The Dales Biergarten & Bottle Shoppe in Springdale gave a reason – the cost of liquor liability insurance. The beer garden announced on Facebook it would be closing Oct. 17, citing the steep cost of liquor liability insurance. Liquor liability insurance is legally required in South Caroli

By: Steve Cortes https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2025/10/26/all_americans_pay_for_jackpot_justice_vs_truckers_1143346.html On highways all over the United States, it’s hard to miss the giant trial lawyer billboards that now abound, many of them specifically targeting truckers. If a driver or a transportation firm acts negligently, of course they should pay fair recompense to legitimate victims. But a lot of super powerful, scurrilous tort lawyers do not seek justice

By: Black Chronicle News Service https://blackchronicle.com/southeast/south-carolina/unfair-and-recurring-concerns-with-s-c-asbestos-judge-sent-to-justices/ Defendants caught in a web of litigation have asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to rein in a former colleague who has turned the state’s asbestos docket into a lucrative enterprise for plaintiff lawyers, including her hand-picked receiver. Judge Jean H. Toal was put in charge of statewide asbestos litigation after sh

By: Jenn Wood https://www.fitsnews.com/2025/10/21/toxic-justice-part-1-the-south-carolina-asbestos-machine/ Toxic Justice, Part 1: The South Carolina Asbestos Machine How a dying elderly woman’s lawsuit opened a window into a court system where dead companies are resurrected — and political power shields the players pulling the strings. On June 9, 2021, at 5:16 p.m. EDT, Isabella Park — a 90-year-old widow — died in a Spartanburg, South Carolina nursing facility. Her offici