Governmental Liability

The firm defends governmental clients in state suits involving the South Carolina Tort Claims Act and in Federal §1983 suits. The firm handles a wide range of cases on behalf of its governmental clients, including claims of excessive force, deliberate indifference, defective road and drainage design and maintenance, false arrest, gross negligence, and defamation. Representative clients include state, county, and local law enforcement agencies; prisons; school districts; county and municipal governments; and state agencies.