Professional Liability

South Carolina medical, legal, and accounting malpractice counsel

The Professional Liability Practice Group at Young Clement Rivers, LLP defends professionals accused of negligence, malpractice, and other errors and omissions exposures in the performance of their professional duties. The firm has a well-earned reputation for success in the courtroom. In the last ten years, 90 percent of the malpractice cases tried to verdict have resulted in a defense verdict for Young Clement Rivers, LLP’s clients.

The firm represents a wide variety of professionals, including:

Doctors
Hospitals
Nurses
Dentists
Stock brokers
Lawyers
Accountants
Real estate agents

Life, health and casualty insurance agents
Home inspectors
Architects
Engineers
Marine contractors
Nursing homes
Assisted living facilities

The group’s significant litigation experience is supplemented by computerized systemization of the discovery and trial processes. The firm’s attorneys actively study national trends in professional liability defense and in the industries served, and cultivate a network of the most knowledgeable experts from across the country to support the firm’s clients.

The group also represents professionals in credentialing and disciplinary proceedings before state and federal regulatory agencies. Typical claims include:

Malpractice
Negligence
Negligent misrepresentation
Fraud

Churning
Negligent design and construction
Pharmaceutical malpractice

Risk management advice

The firm’s attorneys also understand that, from a professional standpoint, avoiding litigation in the first place is an important goal. The group provides advice and counsel on claims handling, pre-suit risk management, and liability exposure, individually and through seminars and programs for hospitals, nursing homes and other large institutional clients.

Practice group attorneys

Case law update

Medical Malpractice Case Law Update, Spring 2010
Medical Malpractice Case Law Update, Fall 2009

Articles and case studies

Multi-Week Dockets: A Pilot Project by D. Jay Davis, Jr. and Christine K. Toporek

Contact Young Clement Rivers, LLP

To contact the firm about a professional liability matter, please call Jay Davis at 843-577-4000 or send him an email.

Professional Liability
News & Headlines

D. Jay Davis, Jr. has been elected to membership in the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel ("FDCC"). The federation was founded in 1936 to further the principals of knowledge, justice and fellowship. Its members include experienced attorneys in private practice who specialize in the defense of civil litigation, corporate counsel, risk managers and insurance claims executives. Members are selected after an extensive peer review selection process.

D. Jay Davis, Jr. has become a member of the Professional Liability Defense Federation.

Jay Davis has been asked to serve on the Charleston Day Board of Trustees.

On February 25, 2011, D. Jay Davis, Jr. presented "Key Themes and Tactics in Medical Malpractice" to The National Business Institute in Charleston, South Carolina as part of its continuing legal education programs.

D. Jay Davis, Jr. has been asked to speak to at the Medical University of South Carolina Dental School on Risk Management and Dental Malpractice issues.

D. Jay Davis, Jr. has been asked to speak at the South Carolina Neurological Association's Annual Meeting. He will present on issues related to Medical Malpractice Liability.

D. Jay Davis, Jr. has been asked to present a Medical Malpractice Mock Trial to the South Carolina Medical Association.

Jay Davis and Jim Scott recently presented seminars on litigation risk management to the South Carolina Medical Association, the Medical University of South Carolina and Roper St. Francis Healthcare

Jay Davis was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Maritime Foundation