Biography
Stuart Mauney is a Partner in the firm’s Greenville, South Carolina, office. His practice is focused on the defense of business and commercial clients in the professional negligence, tort and personal injury, and trucking law practice areas. Additionally, he serves the South Carolina legal system as a certified mediator.
Stuart works with a group of lawyers and staff who provide legal services to insurers, self-insured corporations, and third-party risk managers. This representation includes complex litigation involving unique tort liability and risk management issues as well as complex multi-party cases. Examples of cases regularly handled by Stuart include:
- Automobile and Other Vehicular Accidents
- Premises Liability (grocery stores, retail businesses)
- Industrial Accidents (fire loss/property damage, heavy equipment)
- Intentional Torts (assault/battery, false imprisonment, trespass)
- Business Torts (fraud, unfair trade practices)
- Slander/Libel
Stuart also defends trucking companies in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. This defense includes coordinating the emergency response to trucking and industrial accident scenes, the investigations that follows, and the subsequent litigation and trial of those matters.
Stuart’s professional negligence practice is centered on the healthcare industry. The experience includes defending professional liability and malpractice cases related to:
- Nursing Homes
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Independent Living Facilities
- Community & Residential Care Facilities
- Healthcare Providers
- Hospice
Practicing law for over 26 years, Stuart has developed a reputation as an attorney who knows his clients’ business and legal needs. Stuart is always responsive to client inquiries and perpetually willing to explain the smallest detail of an issue to clients. His efforts in these areas have resulted in countless satisfied clients.
Practice Areas
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Associations & Memberships
- American Bar Association
- ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs, Advisory Committee
- South Carolina Bar
– HELP Task Force, Former Member
– House of Delegates, Former Member
– Lawyers Helping Lawyers Volunteer
– TIPS Section Council, Former Member - Greenville County Bar Association
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Former Member of Board of Directors, South Carolina Council for Dispute Resolution
- Former Member of Board of Directors, Upstate Mediation Network
- Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), Former State Chair
- South Carolina Healthcare Association
- South Carolina Association of Residential Care Homes (SCARCH), Former Board of Directors
Honors and Awards
- Greenville County Bar, Tommy Thomason Award, 2019
- Best Lawyers in America, 2007 to Present
– Mediation
– Personal Injury Litigation
– Professional Malpractice Law - 2015 Legal Elite – Personal Injury, Greenville Business Magazine
- Leadership in Law, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, 2014
- American Jurisprudence Award, Constitutional Law
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Best Lawyers in America
- South Carolina Super Lawyer
- Certified Mediator
Notable Cases
- McClurg v. Deaton, 395 S.C. 85, 716 S.E.2d 887 (S.C. 2011)
- Brooks v. Northwood Little League, Inc., et al., 489 S.E.2d 647 (S.C. Ct. App. 1997)
- State Auto Prop. and Cas. Ins. Co. v. Raynolds, 592 S.E.2d 633 (S.C. 2004)
- Brooks v. Kay, 530 S.E.2d 120 (S.C. 2000)
- Campbell v. Beacon Mfg. Co., Inc., 438 S.E.2d 271 (S.C. Ct. App. 1993)
- American Mut. Fire Ins. Co. of Charleston, Inc. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 400 S.E.2d 147 (S.C. 1991)
Community Involvement
- Gateway House, Chair, Board of Directors
- Upstate Community Mediation Center, Former Chair of Board of Directors
- Leadership Greenville, Class 32, Class Speaker
- Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Board of Regents for Leadership Development, Former Member
- Mental Health Association of Greenville County, Former Member of Board of Directors
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1988
Education
- J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, 1987
- B.A., Furman University, 1984
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