The Legal Bench

What's happening with state and federal funds with regards to repairing South Carolina's roads, bridges and infrastructure.

Collins & Lacy defense attorney, Luke Richardson, talks with  of  South Carolina Alliance To Fix Our Roads Executive Director, Jennifer Patterson.

Recorded LIVE at the 2022 South Carolina Trucking Association Annual Meeting, Michael Burney, Director of Business Development for Collins & Lacy defense attorneys, talks with Vernon Rutland of Swafford Trucking and Thad Wharton of the Knights Companies. 

Recorded LIVE at the 2022 South Carolina Trucking Association Annual Meeting, Collins & Lacy defense attorney, Robert Peele, talks with Pate Summers of The Pete Store.

Recorded LIVE at the 2022 South Carolina Trucking Association Annual Meeting, Collins & Lacy defense attorney, Robert Peele, talks with Arthur DeHay of Murray Sand Company.

Recorded LIVE at the 2022 South Carolina Trucking Association Annual Meeting, defense attorney, Robert Peele, talks with the Chairman of the American Trucking Association, Harold Sumerford.

Recorded LIVE from the 2022 South Carolina Trucking Association Annual Meeting, Collins & Lacy trucking defense attorney, Robert Peele, speaks with John Dever of Assured Partners. Rob and John discuss the trend of more trucking companies forming captive insurance agencies to, often, reduce insurance costs.

South Carolina healthcare professionals who meet criteria for a substance use disorder or a mental health or  behavioral condition which potentially impairs their ability to safely practice can risk losing their professional license and their livelihood. 

The Recovering Professional Program (RPP) helps to facilitate safe continued practice, or an efficient and safe return to practice, for program participants. Leaders of the Collins & Lacy professional liability practice team, attorney Robert Peele, talks with three of the primary leaders of this important community program.

The sentence is in. 3 years probation on the criminal conviction of former Nashville nurse, RaDonda Vaught. Collins & Lacy professional liability practice group leader, attorney Robert Peele, rejoins South Carolina Nurses Association President, Dr. Kelly Bouthillet, to discuss the impact of the sentence.

This week on the Collins & Lacy Legal Bench podcast, we are joined by President of the SC Nurses Association, Kelly Bouthillet, to discuss the impact in the nursing community from the recent announcement of the criminal conviction of former Tennessee Nurse, RaDonda Vaught. On March 25, 2022 Vaught was convicted on counts of gross neglect of an impaired adult and negligent homicide, tied back to a 2017 fatal drug error. She is scheduled to be sentenced on May 13th. We are thankful to Dr. Bouthillet for her time and for sharing her thoughts on how these charges can cause a ripple effect across the entire nursing community.

Learn about the "Knew or Should Have Known" standard created by case law which necessitates extra vigilance by on premises alcohol permit holders.

Collins & Lacy Retail & Hospitality Practice Leader, Christian Stegmaier, has this first in a three-part series on the topic.