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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – RPWB attorney Katie McElveen recently helped a national pipeline safety group prepare an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit to clean up one of the largest gasoline pipeline spills in South Carolina history. In late 2014, residents of Belton followed the strong smell of gasoline to discover that a pipeline spanning from […]

Many types of jobs place South Carolina residents at risk for personal injury. As much the same throughout the nation, some jobs are obviously more dangerous than others. In certain circumstances, a main issue is often asbestos exposure and the many health concerns associated with such materials, such as mesothelioma and other lung diseases. Asbestos […]

Throughout South Carolina and the rest of the nation, parents and teachers are scrambling to gather supplies for a new school year. Children are enjoying their last hurrahs of summer vacation and soon classrooms will once again be bustling with academic activity; in fact, those that have start dates early in August are already in […]

The dangers of asbestos are widely known and have been for several decades. Asbestos exposure is the only known cause of mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer that affects the lungs and other areas of the body. So despite the known dangers of asbestos, the substance is still used in the United States. While it […]