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2023 Tort Law Update

February 17, 2023


Live in person hours at SC Bar Conference Center, 1501 Park St, Columbia, SC 29201. Includes Satellite Sites see below for locations and addresses.  As of 2.14.23 some satellite locations are full. So see below for that information. 

To Register for the Live Webcast click here(Live Webcast DOES NOT count as "live" hours).

 

After a two-year hiatus, the “South Carolina Tort Law Update” is back!  This important and powerful seminar is an institution and an annual favorite for attorneys who practice business and personal injury tort and insurance law.  Course Planners Lyndey Bryant and John Nichols have recruited an outstanding faculty of experienced practitioners for a day of scholarly and practical insights covering some of the hottest trends in tort law, litigation, and personal injury and business tort trial practice.  The 2023 program features presentations on asbestos litigation, products liability, business torts, intentional torts and civil conspiracy, tort mediation practice, and also provides a 2022 tort law case review, a legislative update and an insightful and authoritative panel discussion on damages and proof at trial.   

Best of all, every registrant to the program will have the opportunity to receive a copy of the brand new 2023 South Carolina Law of Torts, Fifth Edition by Lyndey Bryant, Scott Moise, and John Nichols. 

Big Ticket subscribers may attend the seminar at no charge but in order to receive the book, must purchase separately for ($185) by selecting to purchase book when registering.

If you practice personal injury or tort law in South Carolina, this is a program and book you cannot afford to miss!

 

Seminar Locations

Attendees can register to attend in person at the SC Bar Conference Center in Columbia, or one of the 6 other locations listed below. All 7 sites count as "in-person" MCLE hours. Please make your selection during the registration process.

  • Columbia-SC Bar Conference Center, 1501 Park Street
  • THIS LOCATION IS FULL Charleston- Charleston School of Law, 385 Meeting Street, 1st Floor-Classroom 104
  • THIS LOCATION IS FULL Greenville- The University Center, 225 S. Pleasantburg Drive (enter the building where all the college flags are) Rm 514
  • THIS LOCATION IS FULL Myrtle Beach- Horry Georgetown Tech, 950 Crabtree Lane, Room 601
  • Rock Hill- York Family Courthouse, 1555 West Main Street, Jones Assembly Room. 
  • Beaufort: USC Bluffton Campus, 1 University Drive, Bluffton 29909, Hargray Building-Classroom 160
  • Florence: 1951 Pisgah Road, Room 249

The South Carolina Bar is an accredited CLE provider in South Carolina only. Attorneys are responsible for seeking their own credit in other jurisdictions.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in CLE programs and publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the South Carolina Bar, its sections, or committees. The South Carolina Bar believes that all Bar members have the right to both meaningful learning and to the exchange of ideas in a civil environment. The Bar reserves the right to remove or exclude any person from a Bar event if that person is causing inappropriate disturbance, behaving in a manner inconsistent with accepted standards of decorum, or in any way preventing fellow Bar members from meaningful participation and learning.

Registration Fees

CLE Big Ticket (Does not Include Publication)
$0.00
Member (Includes S.C. Law of Torts, 5th Edition)
$350.00
Non Member (Includes S.C. Law of Torts, 5th Ed.)
$350.00
SC Bar Certified Paralegal (Does not Include Pub.)
$125.00
Price Description Amount

Agenda

  Beaufort/Hilton Head Island
1 University Blvd Bluffton, SC 29909 Hargray Building-Classroom 160
  Publication for Big Ticket holders and Paralegals
$185.00
  Columbia
1501 Park Street Columbia, SC 29201
  Florence
1951 Pisgah Rd Florence, SC 29501 Room 249
  Rock Hill
1555 West Main Street Rock Hill, SC 29732 Jones Assembly Room

Speakers

NameOrganizationSpeaking At
Angela O'Neal
Nextra Solutions  -
Austin Crosby
Parker Law Group, LLP  -
Derek Tarver
Parker Law Group, LLP  -
J. Porter
Cromer Babb & Porter, LLC  -
John Nichols
Bluestein Thompson Sullivan LLC  -
Lyndey Bryant
Adams and Reese LLP  -
M. Cooke
Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC  -
Regina Lewis
Gaffney Lewis LLC  -
Roger Young
S.C. Circuit Court  -
Roger Young
Motley Rice, LLC  -
Theile McVey
Kassel McVey  -

Policy

Continuing Education

Agenda

 

8:30 a.m.         Registration

 

8:55 a.m.         Welcome and Opening Remarks

                        Lyndey Bryant, Adams and Reese LLP

                       

9:00 a.m.         Tort Case Law Review

John S. Nichols, Bluestein Thompson Sullivan, LLC

 

9:45 a.m.         Asbestos Litigation Updates and Trends

Theile B. McVey, Kassell McVey

 

10:15 a.m.       Break

 

10:30 a.m.       Products Liability

Austin H. Crosby, Parker Law Group, LLP

Derek D.  Tarver, Williams Mullen

 

11:15 a.m.       Discovery

Angela T. O’Neal

                        Nextra Solutions

 

12:00 p.m.      Lunch (on your own)

 

1:00 p.m.        Intentional Torts/Civil Conspiracy

J. Paul Porter, Cromer Babb and Hicks, LLC

 

1:45 p.m.        Tort Mediation: Tips, Traps, Pitfalls, and Solutions

                        Regina H. Lewis, Gaffney Lewis, LLC

 

2:30 p.m.        Break

 

2:45 p.m.        Business Torts

                        Lyndey Bryant

 

3:30 p.m.        Damages and Proof at Trial: Panel Discussion

                        The Honorable Roger M. Young, Sr., SC Circuit Court

                        M. Dawes Cooke Jr., Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC

                        Roger M. “Hank” Young, Jr., Motley Rice LLC

                        Costa M. Pleicones, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

                       

4:30 p.m.        Adjourn

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