New Filings
Legal Malpractice:
W.R. Dixon v. McNair Law Firm, P.A., Case #: 9:11-cv-2338. Filed: September 1, 2011, United States District Court, South Carolina District, Beaufort Division. Firm represents the Plaintiff who alleges that he retained the Defendant law firm to prepare a mortgage which would securitize over $20M which he had advanced toward the development of a coastal resort, but that the Defendant erred in part by preparing a mortgage which omitted certain resort properties that were otherwise unencumbered and worth many millions of dollars. As a result, the Plaintiff alleges that he ultimately lost the ability to recover his advances from the properties that should have been subject to his mortgage.
Commercial Litigation:
Palmetto Paper & Specialties, Inc., d/b/a Palmetto Bingo Systems v. Gametech International, Inc., Case #: 3:11-960-CMC. Filed: April 21, 2011, United States District Court, South Carolina District, Columbia Division. Firm represents Plaintiff in a dispute arising out of a contractual distributorship agreement for bingo gaming systems in South Carolina. Plaintiff alleges that breaches of the agreement by the Defendant have rendered the agreement null and void and have released the Plaintiff from any covenants not to compete.
Legal Malpractice:
First Savers Bank and Plantation Federal Bank v. 28 Bypass Properties, LLC a/k/a Twenty Eight Bypass Properties, LLC, Richard K. Bennett, Kenneth E. Bennett, James M. Hendershot, James A. Gillespie, Jr., J. Allen Gillespie, Jerermy S. Gillespie, James S. Belk, John W. Roberts, George Bikas, and Lydon K. Bailey and James S. Belk, John W. Roberts, George Bikas, James A. Gillespie, Jr., and J. Allen Gillespie v. Warehouse Unlimited, L.L.C., Case #: 2010-CP-04-2275. Filed: Answer, Cross Claim and Third-Party Counterclaim of Defendant Richard K. Bennett and Third-Party Defendant Warehouse Unlimited, LLC filed on March 14, 2011. Greenville County, South Carolina. Firm represents Third Party Counterclaimants who allege that their attorney entered into a prohibited business transaction with them in violation of SCRPC 1.8 and later acted in a conflict of interest in compromising the Counterclaimants' interests in a business venture, while advancing the interests of the attorney and other members of the venture.
Legal Malpractice:
Edward W. VanRomer and Basic Concepts, Inc. v. McNair Law Firm, P.A. and Cort Flint, Case #: 2011-CP-23-1593. Filed: March 7, 2011, Greenville County, South Carolina. Firm represents Plaintiff which alleges that its attorneys committed malpractice through the failure to add a party Defendant to a patent infringement lawsuit, thus limiting the Plaintiff's recovery and exposing it to further legal action initiated by the unnamed third-party.
Legal Malpractice:
Shawn Seddinger v. George Thomas Samaha, III, Case #: 2010-CP-26-1152. Filed: December 14, 2010. Firm represents Plaintiff who alleges that her attorney used confidential information to assist another client in procuring a parcel of property which the Plaintiff would have otherwise owned.
