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Judge Patrick Michael Duffy

Judge, D. SC

Democrat Court: SCD Born: 1943-01-01
118
Cases in Database
20%
Settlement Rate
29%
Dismissal Rate
14%
Trial Rate
168,185
Court Cases (FJC)

Education

SchoolDegreeYear
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaB.A.1965

Judicial Positions

CourtPositionStartEnd
D. SCJudge1995Active

Disposition Patterns — SCD

How 168,185 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

20%
Settled
29%
Dismissed
14%
Went to Trial
$336,533
Avg Award
$17,000
Median Award
14,807
Judgment for Plaintiff
Case TypeTotalSettledDismissedTrialPretrialAvg Award
Other Personal Property Damage19,5971%98%0%0%$234,464
Prison Condition11,5442%62%20%0%$481,111
Foreclosure10,7855%15%3%57%$294,590
General9,8221%45%36%0%
Civil Rights8,6616%52%24%0%$348,545
Employment8,09846%11%22%0%$555,615
Other Contract7,39342%13%13%4%$359,336
DIWC/DIWW (405(g))7,0490%4%6%0%$1,000
Employee Retirement Income Security Act6,85672%6%6%1%$359,663
Personal Injury - Product Liability6,54622%11%9%0%$737,024
Insurance6,43850%9%14%1%$519,034
Other Civil Rights5,89322%35%21%0%$205,594
Other Personal Injury5,69346%12%12%0%$287,636
Motor Vehicle4,90459%10%8%0%$323,190
Motions to Vacate Sentence4,7761%24%56%0%
Health Care/Pharmaceutical3,3673%5%77%0%
Asbestos2,8368%8%1%0%$151,200
SSID Title XVI2,8120%5%4%0%
Other Statutory Actions2,44640%13%14%3%$274,767
Recovery of Student Loans1,6062%4%17%54%$302,822

South Carolina State Court Analytics by Category

CategoryFilingsSettledDismissedTrialDefaultMedian Duration
Landlord-Tenant57,80028.5%31.2%2.1%33.4%42d
Contract29,70238.6%24.1%2.9%28.7%275d
Divorce/Family18,50048.5%24.2%5.2%16.5%275d
Personal Injury10,20066.2%20.5%3.5%5.2%380d
Consumer Protection6,74334.2%22.8%2.4%35.1%195d
Workers' Comp4,97771.2%12.4%6.8%3.2%445d
Employment3,93364.2%21.3%4.5%4.8%420d
Wrongful Death61072.5%14.8%5.2%3.1%520d

Source: South Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts

Financial Disclosures (200 holdings)

YearDescriptionValue Code
2018126/78 Associate LLC purchase date 12/30/88, purchase price $60,000L
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2018Amencan FD Cap World BD CL FIJ
2018Amenican FD EuropacificJ
2018American FD Cap Strategic BDJ
2018American FD Cap World BD CL3J
2018American FD EuropacificJ
2018Bank of AmericaJ
2018Charles Schwab Money Market Fund AccountJ
2018Charles Schwab Money Market Fund AccountJ
2018Credit Suisse Commodity Retum Strategy FundJ
2018Credit Suisse Commodity Return Strategy FundJ
2018DFA Emerging Markets Value FundJ
2018DFA Emerging Mkts ValueJ
2018Dodge & Cox Income FundJ
2018Dodge & Cox Intl Stock FundJ
2018Future Scholar - Columbia Grwth A AgerTrackJ
2018Future Scholar - Columbia Moderate Aggr Trk AJ
2018Future Scholar - Columbia Moderate Growth Alt AJ
2018Hartford Dividend & GrowthJ
2018Hartford Dividend & Growth Fund CLJ
2018Invesco Comstock CL RAJ
2018Invesco Global Real Estate FundJ
2018JHancock Intl Growth CLJ
2018JP Morgan Federal Money Market Fund Institutional CLJ
2018JP Morgan Short Duration Bond Fund Select CLJ
2018Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund CL 1J
2018Jensen Quality Growth Fund CLJ
2018Jensen Quality Growth Fund CL 1J
2018MFS Int] Value Fund CL R6J
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