J. Preston "Pete" Strom, Jr., P.A. is the former U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina. He founded Strom Law Firm, L.L.C., in Columbia, South Carolina in 1996 and is currently the President of the South Carolina Association for Justice. Read more about Pete by clicking here.
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Earlier this week, The New York Times prominently featured a front-page article on Diana Levine and her upcoming Supreme Court case surrounding the $6 million the pharmaceutical company Wyeth was ordered to pay her for failing to warn her adequately about the risks of one of its drugs. That award came from [...]
Physician carelessness is a leading factor in medical malpractice lawsuits
When we go to a doctor for anything from a routine check-up to life-saving surgery, we expect the highest quality of care. And that is certainly the case when dealing with serious diseases like colon cancer.
Yet researchers have found that “most U.S. hospitals are failing [...]
Work-related deaths and injuries are on the rise
Sadly, the Greenville News reports that, while work-related deaths decreased nationwide, South Carolina saw a 20% increase in on the job fatalities.
From the Greenville News:
The state recorded 114 fatalities last year, up from 95 the year before. Of the total, 45 were transportation-related, 25 were assaults or other [...]
South Carolina Association for Justice
You may not have heard, but the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association announced at the annual convention in Hilton Head over the weekend that they have a new name. Now called the South Carolina Association for Justice, the name change is intended to reflect a new, broader mission and [...]
As many of you have heard by now, our state suffered a great tragedy over the weekend when three South Carolinians lost their lives after their tour bus overturned in rural Mississippi.
The wreck occurred shortly after 10 a.m. local time near the town of Tunica when the bus flipped over in the median. [...]
Erin Brockovich
From the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association:
COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association today named award-winning Environmental Advocate Erin Brockovich the keynote speaker for its 2008 Convention at the Westin Resort in Hilton Head, SC from August 7-9. Mrs. Brockovich will address nearly 1000 of the organization’s members and their [...]
The Strom Law Firm’s Official Blog is alive and kicking. And I can’t tell you how excited I am about the opportunity to get into blogging.
This is a new endeavor for me and we are attempting to fill a hole in the “bLAWgosphere” for a multimedia-centered blog discussing and covering various aspects of [...]
Before you know it, the Strom Law Blog will be coming to a computer near you!
In the meantime, head on over to StromLaw.com!