The fate of a bill that would modify South Carolina’s joint-and-several liability law now rests with the state House of Representatives after the state Senate last week approved the measure following weeks of heated debate.
“We’re finally getting some movement on it. I guess we’re doing like Georgia did and thinking about tort reform,” said Tom Bates, an insurance agent in Traveler’s Rest, South Carolina. “Anything that will help consumers is good.”
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