Toxic Justice: S.C. Supreme Court Upholds Asbestos Receivership System
Justices reject international corporate challenge while reinforcing controversial power structure at center of South Carolina’s asbestos docket....
Jean Hoefer Toal
S.C. Supreme Court Strikes Down Alex Murdaugh’s Murder Convictions
by Jenn Wood
'Trial of the Century' undone, case remanded back to circuit court......
South Carolina Supreme Court Probes Numerous Fault Lines in Murdaugh Convictions
by Jenn Wood
A deep dive into the 'appeal of the century...'...
Murdaugh Appeal: Five Questions the Court Could Ask
by Jenn Wood
With oral arguments approaching, here's what is likely to matter most to the justices — and why....
Toxic Justice: S.C. Supreme Court Sets Oral Argument In Asbestos Receivership Fight
by Jenn Wood
Justices to weigh the legality of a dubious receivership, foreign court rulings, and whether South Carolina courts overstepped their reach......
Toxic Justice: S.C. Supreme Court Steps in on Corrupt Asbestos Docket
by Jenn Wood
High court fast-tracks review of controversial receivership as questions mount over jurisdiction, secrecy, and judicial power...
Toxic Justice, Part 5: The Asbestos Carveout
by Jenn Wood
State lawmakers promised to fix South Carolina’s broken civil-justice system — then wrote a law that kept their own asbestos network immune from reform....
Toxic Justice, Part 4: Courtroom Collusion
by Jenn Wood
A closed loop of power and influence......
Toxic Justice, Part 3: The Fishing Expeditions
by Jenn Wood
Decades-old insurance contracts have become the new gold mine in South Carolina’s asbestos racket......
Toxic Justice, Part 1: The South Carolina Asbestos Machine
by Jenn Wood
How a dying elderly woman’s lawsuit opened a window into a court system where dead companies are resurrected — and political power shields the players...