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South Carolina’s Top Legal Group Announces Spartanburg Attorney Gary Poliakoff Recipient of Prestigious Service Award

The South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) Presidents’ Council today awarded Spartanburg attorney Gary W. Poliakoff the Mullis Award of Excellence, a top honor recognizing service, commitment and education in the protection and promotion of justice. SCAH has over 1300 members and is a leading advocate for matters related to an accessible judicial system and

“Blatant Disregard for Veteran Safety”

Six veterans’ groups are demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs improve the quality of care at its nursing homes following a story by USA TODAY and The Boston Globe detailing “blatant disregard for veteran safety” at a VA nursing home in Massachusetts. Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Vietnam Veterans

A Distracted Driving Crackdown is Coming

  By: Kyle Stock, Source: Bloomberg, Originally Published: 10.22.18 Like many diligent public servants, Georgia state Representative Ed Setzler enjoys crowing about a nice, tidy highway project. In a Sept. 8 Facebook video, the Republican appeared to be doing just that from behind the wheel of a car. This was less than three months after the state overwhelmingly

State Farm Ducks Racketeering Trial With $250 Million Accord

By: Tim Bross, Margaret Cronin Fisk, and Jef Feeley; Source: Bloomberg; Originally Published: 9.4.18 State Farm agreed to pay $250 million on the brink of a trial to customers who claimed the company tried to rig the Illinois justice system to wipe out a $1 billion jury verdict from 19 years ago. The customers were

The Guardians

By: Staff, Source: CBC, Originally Published: June 2018 THE GUARDIANS is a revealing investigative documentary set in Las Vegas that exposes allegations of corruption within the Nevada Guardianship and Family Court system.  The film shines a light on a lucrative business that drains seniors’ life-savings. Victims and their families are caught in a scheme that has allowed

Where is the Compassion and Empathy?

 North Carolina has substantiated claims that a nursing home mistreated a resident after a daughter secretly recorded staff insulting her father.  Knapton said she placed a camera in her father’s room after he told her that staff routinely insulted him. She also suspected she wasn’t being told about all the times her father, who had had

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