Results
Business/Class Action/Insurance Bad Faith Cases
Prior results should not and cannot be relied on to create any expectation about what can be recovered for a client in a subsequent case or considered as a description or characterization of the quality of the firm’s work. The value of every case is determined based on specific factual and legal circumstances. Because every case is different, past results are in no way intended to imply that a similar result can be obtained in a case.These results provide examples of our experience in Business/Class Action/Insurance Bad Faith Cases:
Description |
Results |
Summary |
Claims of Local Governmental Entities Based on Out-of-State Companies Failing to Pay Local Taxes |
Confidential Settlement |
Mr. Myers and Mr. Whetstone, with another South Carolina law firm, represented several South Carolina governmental entities to recover a local tax against out of state sellers. |
Class Action and Mass Pharmaceutical Litigation over Oxycontin Labels and Warnings |
Class action and multiple individual settlements |
Mr. Myers served as class counsel and also handled mass individual claims regarding failure to warn of the highly addictive nature of Oxycontin. |
Class Action to Recover for Miscalculations of Retirement Benefits |
$30 million |
Anderson, SC -- Ms. Perkins, Mr. Whetstone and Mr. Myers pursued this ERISA class action retirement case with several other law firms in South Carolina and North Carolina on behalf of thousands of...read more |
South Carolina Tobacco Litigation |
Nationwide Settlement |
Columbia, SC -- Mr. Whetstone and Ms. Perkins were part of the teams of attorneys from across the state who represented South Carolina in litigation against Big Tobacco to recover state Medicaid...read more |
Bad Faith Insurance |
$1.5 million |
Mr. Whetstone pursued a bad faith insurance claim against a national insurance company who had issued an individual disability policy to a practicing professional in South Carolina. The individual...read more |
Bad Faith Insurance Practices |
$750,000 |
Kingstree, SC -- Ms. Perkins and Mr. Whetstone, with other counsel, recovered $750,000 for the estate of a brick-mason killed in a car accident based on bad faith insurance practices. The at-fault...read more |
Automobile Dealers’ Claims Alleging Racketeering by Automobile Manufacturer |
Confidential Settlement |
Baltimore, MD, Cleveland, OH -- Mr. Whetstone and Ms. Perkins, along with other attorneys, represented automobile dealers opting out of a nationwide class settlement. Not only were settlements...read more |
Bad Faith Insurance Practices |
$425,000 |
Kingstree, SC -- Ms. Perkins and Mr. Whetstone, with other counsel, recovered $425,000 for the estate of a brick-layer killed in a car accident based on a bad faith insurance claim. The at-fault...read more |
Price Fixing with Regard to Worker’s Compensation Insurance Premiums |
$24.5 million immediate cash plus other future relief |
Greenville, SC -- Ms. Perkins, Mr. Whetstone and other counsel, represented the South Carolina Attorney General in this case, which was an action brought on behalf of employers in South Carolina...read more |
Fraudulent Sales Tactics/Bait and Switch in Sale of Truck Towing Package |
Class Action Settlement |
San Diego, CA and Walterboro, SC -- Mr. Whetstone, as class counsel with several other South Carolina and out of state law firms, pursued a case of fraudulent sales tactics/bait and switch, in the...read more |
Illegal Plant Closings in Violation of WARN Act |
$8.5 Million |
New York, NY -- Ms. Perkins, along with several other South Carolina and North Carolina law firms, brought this class action in the wake of a mass plant shutdown by Outboard Marine Corporation. The...read more |
