Month: February 2015

One beautiful spring day, the lives of John and Anne O’Brien were forever changed. Their six-year-old daughter, Annie, was struck and killed by an automobile while exiting a school bus. Even though the investigating police officers did not fault the driver…

In February of 2003, the Joye Law Firm reached a multi-million dollar settlement in a personal injury / auto accident claim against an out-of-state corporate defendant. At the defendant’s insistence, the exact dollar figure of the settlement was deemed confidential under the…

The insurance industry proposal is bad for businesses and would be devastating to workers. Published: Friday, October 20, 2006 By Jason D. Porter, Guest Editorialist My daddy wore his knee out driving a truck. He always wanted me to make my living…

The Joye Law Firm handles a number of cases involving the trucking industry. One of our current cases involves an overloaded tractor-trailer. The cargo was initially shipped from Europe to Charleston by freighter, coming through the Charleston Naval Shipyard. It was…

BAYCOL® – BAYCOL® is a cholesterol-lowering medication that was initially approved by the FDA in 1997. BAYCOL® was prescribed to reduce cholesterol and to reduce the risk of heart disease. Health problems which have been attributed to BAYCOL® usage include…

One thing is certain – you have to have thick skin to be a trial lawyer in today’s climate. I can’t go anywhere without someone wanting to tell me their latest lawyer joke. While we are respected and liked by…

For Christmas in 1999, two sisters, Nancy Johnson and Jill Davis (the names have been changed per the families’ request), made plans for their families to go to Las Vegas. The Johnson family lived in Detroit, Michigan and the Davis…

One moment Phillip was in his car after eating lunch at a local diner. The next he was in the hospital unable to breathe on his own after being involved in a violent motor-vehicle collision. As Phillip lay in the hospital in…