Former death row inmate Spann wins parole, plans move to Conn.
Associated Press
Former death row inmate Sterling Spann plans to move to Connecticut after winning parole Wednesday when the Probation, Parole and Pardon Services board voted 5-1 to release him.
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Ware Shoals grads suing school district over Jill Moore’s employment
The Index-Journal
A pair of former Ware Shoals High School students have filed lawsuits against Ware Shoals School District 51 and its board of trustees in relation to the district’s employment of ex-cheerleading coach and guidance clerk Jill Moore.
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Lionel Lofton mixes it up in the courtroom
The Daniel Island News
After he graduated from high school, Lionel Lofton seemed destined for a life in the swamps, surrounded by the cypress and sweetgum trees of his native Palmetto State. In fact, his guidance-counselor mother encouraged her outdoorsy son to get a forestry degree.
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Insurance Company Gets Unfavorable Decision
Defendant Wins Over Insurance Company
The Carolina Verdict Reporter
Declaratory judgment for defendant
against plaintiff insurance company. The parties had previously stipulated
to the amount of $95,000 in available coverage in the event the court found
for the defendant.
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Lofton Represents North Carolina Plaintiffs
Fraud/Forgery Case Awarded to Plaintiffs
The Carolina Verdict Reporter
In a fraud/forgery case in which the surviving children of
a businessman claimed that their rightful property was conveyed to their uncle
pursuant to forged documents, a Martin County jury determined that the documents
were indeed forged. As a result of the jury verdict, the children’s property
was returned to them and thereafter the parties settled an additional punitive
damages claim for $200,000.
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Feds Find No Violation at Stratford
Justice Dept. ends probe of drug raid at high school
Post and Courier/August 20, 2004
BY TONY BARTELME
Of The Post and Courier Staff
The U.S. Justice Department said Goose Creek
police did not violate federal civil rights laws in last year's drug sweep
at Stratford High School.
In a letter to Goose Creek Police Chief Harvey Becker, a Justice Department
official said "the evidence does not establish a prosecutable violation" of
federal civil rights laws, and that "accordingly, we have closed our
investigation. . . ."
. . ."
There was never any intent to do anything criminal," added Lionel
Lofton, an attorney for the officers. "Our clients are
glad to be getting back to what they do best, protect the people
of Goose
Creek."
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Criminal Defense High School Drug Case
High
School Drug Bust
turns ugly in Goose Creek
by
Joni Fletcher
sspba
Staff Attorney
. . . As of this date, five PBA attorneys
are representing the involved members in the ongoing criminal
investigation
of
their actions as well as in
the defense of the lawsuits which have been filed against them. Attorneys Andrew
Savage and Lionel Lofton became involved in the matter very early on and have
worked to keep the situation under control.
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Parents sue School District 56 and board of trustees
By Larry Franklin
The Clinton Chronicle
The parents of three former students at Bell Street Middle School are suing School District 56 and the district's board of trustees.
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Judge Clips Jail Time for MB Drug Doctors
By Kenneth A. Gailliard
The Sun News
A federal judge on Monday slashed prison sentences for three former doctors from a now-closed Myrtle Beach pain clinic where federal prosecutors say drugs were illegally prescribed.
In a federal courtroom in Florence, U.S. District Judge Weston Houck changed Michael Jackson's sentence to 30 months from 292, and Deborah Bordeaux's and Ricardo Alerre's to 24 months from 97 and 235, respectively, prosecutors said.
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Friendship or a Fast One?
By Ron Menchaca
The Post and Courier
In 1997, Eleanor and Bernard Breedlove hired Lisa Cramer to help them pay their bills. In 2004, Cramer was arrested on charges of exploiting a vulnerable adult. Did Cramer con the Breedloves out of millions?
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Criminal Defense Success for Dockworkers Case
Victory for Charleston Five!
Socialist Action/December 2001
By DAVID BERNT
The international campaign to free five victimized
dockworkers ended with a victory just before the beginning of
their Nov. 13 trial.
The dockworkers, known as the Charleston Five, had been charged
with "inciting a riot" in connection with a Jan. 21,
1999, incident.
The Charleston Five are members of International
Longshoreman's Association (ILA) Local 1422, which represents
employees of Nordana a lines in Charleston, S.C. In late 1998,
Nordana began using non-union workers to load their ships. To
protest the use of non-union dockworkers, the local set up informational
picket lines-which successfully delayed two Nordana ships.
. . . The longshoremen pleaded no contest to misdemeanor
charges-which means they admitted no guilt-and paid a token fine
of $100 each. The state government had no choice but to back down
in the face of tremendous union solidarity across the U.S. and
around the world.
. . . In this time of reaction against the rights
and liberties of workers, immigrants, students, and all others
who fight against the profiteering of the bosses and their allies
in the government, the case of the Charleston Five serves as an
example of how to fight back in defense of the right to protest.
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Civil Success in School Sexual Molestation Case
Schools Settle for $1.78 Million
Times-News Staff Writer
Jonathan Rich
The Henderson County School Board has agreed to
pay a $1.78 million settlement to the families of 17 children
who were sexually molested by a former teaching assistant.
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