Judge sends Learjet case to state court in SC crash
A federal judge ruled the Columbia Learjet crash lawsuit involving Inter Travel & Services and Global Exec Aviation should proceed in South Carolina state court. The case accuses manufacturers and the airport of contributing to a fatal Sept. 19 crash that killed four and injured two celebrities.
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South Carolina
U.S
Matthew J. Perry Jr
Inter Travel & Services Inc
Irvine
Calif
Global Exec Aviation Inc
Long Beach
Columbia Metropolitan
Travis Barker
DJ AM
Adam Goldstein
Inter Travel
Global Exec Aviation
Learjet Inc
Bombardier Aerospace Corp
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Learjet
Bombardier
Global
Exec Aviation
Perry
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Sanford returns to work after European family trip
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford resumes duties after a two week trip abroad with his wife and four sons to address family issues. He had vanished for a nearly week and revealed an Argentina visit with his mistress. The trip followed a staff resignation as communications director Joel Sawyer leaves to start a consulting firm.
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South Carolina
Mark Sanford
Sanford
Argentina
Joel Sawyer
USC fires Roscoe from Innovista private build role in Columbia
The State notes USC terminated Kate Roscoe for inability to secure a loan for the campus private building nine months after the deadline. Roscoe countered he had funding and was ready to proceed as the Innovista project adjusts its downtown research campus plans. In Columbia, DHEC will receive a $3.7 million federal grant to boost health emergency preparedness and swine flu response ahead of the season.
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USC
Kate Roscoe
Roscoe
Innovista
University
Columbia Research
Columbia, S.C
South Carolina
Five South Carolina men appeal poker raid convictions
Five Mount Pleasant defendants argue the state law defining a house of gambling is vague after a 2006 Texas Hold em raid. They claim the statute’s wording makes illegality unclear though prosecutors say the game was for profit. Judge Markley Dennis will rule on the appeal.
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South Carolina
Jeff Phillips
the Post and Courier of Charleston
Phillips
Texas
Henry McMaster
Ira Grossman
Bee Aaszaar Bee Rvs
Circuit Court
Markley Dennis
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