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Hedrick Gardner Recognized as a Best Law Firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2022

November 4, 2021. Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP received several top rankings in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2022 “Best Law Firms” report. The firm received Tier 1 regional rankings, the highest category awarded, in eight categories. The full firm report is as follows: Metropolitan Tier 1 Charlotte: Insurance Law Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants […]

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Maintains $750 Reporting Threshold

The SMART Act requires CMS to annually review the costs associated with the collection of Medicare conditional payments and set forth a threshold amount applicable to settlements, judgments, awards, or other payments (TPOC amount) for which it will not seek recovery. The threshold amount for 2020 was $750.00. On November 25, 2020, CMS announced the […]

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SC Supreme Court Provides Framework for Contesting Coverage of Construction Defect Jury Verdicts in Declaratory Judgment Actions

In Ex Parte: Builders Mutual (In Re: Palmetto Pointe v. Island Pointe), Opinion No. 27970 (May 13, 2020), the South Carolina Supreme Court held Insurers did not have a right to intervene in a construction defect action for the limited purpose of participating in the preparation of the verdict form to allocate damages, finding the proper […]

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COVID-19: Operations Update for South Carolina Courts

South Carolina courts have taken several precautionary measures in response to the spread of COVID-19. The following measures have been put in place for Circuit Court and Magistrate’s Court: The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina has also issued an Order dated March 16, 2020, impacting court operations in the following manner: […]

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