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Gruesome photos may sway jurors or repulse them
Graphic injury photographs can increase a plaintiff's chance of a favorable jury finding. But some photos can be so gruesome that jurors become angry at the plaintiff's lawyer for displaying them.

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LEGAL NEWS FROM ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA (09/02/10)

·	Bats BBQ fights Batman maker over trademark rights (Rock Hill Herald)
·	County says Cunningham suit the result of 'outrageous and illegal actions' of former council (Anderson Independent-Mail)
·	Mintz lawsuit settlement details to be discussed today (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
·	Magistrate recommends dismissing states' gun suit (The Associated Press)
·	Teen will be tried as an adult (Charleston Post and Courier)

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Court still taking care of business
If you build it, they will come. In the movies, that means baseball players walking out of an Iowa cornfield to play on an immaculate baseball diamond. In the S.C. Business Court, it means devotion to expediting resolution of disputes between corporate litigants.

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