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A settlement agreement has been reached in this case. The full settlement agreement and the notice sent to class members on February 10, 2016 are linked below. If you have any questions regarding the settlement, please contact us at 888-825-9265 to leave a message for counsel. Big Water Final Notice to Settlement Class 2-10-16 Big Water […]

CHARLESTON, SC — RPWB asbestos attorney Karl Novak is presenting at the 2015 Plaintiff Asbestos Litigation Seminar in Las Vegas this week. Novak has spent several months researching the genealogy of asbestos and mesothelioma litigation, including the evolution of case law and the attorneys involved in it. Fresh from piecing together his own family tree, […]

CHARLESTON, SC – Former employees of American LaFrance, a defunct Moncks Corner fire truck manufacturer, will receive compensation for owed salary and benefits stemming from the plant’s sudden shutdown in January 2014 under the terms of a proposed settlement between the parties. Workers arrived at the plant on January 17, 2014 to learn that the […]

CHARLESTON, SC – RPWB attorney Charles W. Patrick, Jr. has been named a “Lawyer of the Year” for the Charleston market in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers of America©. The designation, this time for plaintiff product liability litigation, marks the fourth time Patrick has been named as lawyer of the year. He was selected for […]