Matthew W. Christian

I have been practicing law since 2002 and presently am a member of the firm of Christian and Davis, LLC.  I handle personal injury cases, emphasizing nursing home neglect and medical negligence cases.  I also handle other complex litigation cases including,tractor trailor wrecks, products liability, business litigation, and insurance disputes.  Additionally, I have had the opportunity to successfully handle appeals before the South Carolina Court of Appeals and the South Carolina Supreme Court. More recently I was involved in a case where we successfully defeated a nursing home's Petition for Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court.  The appeal arose out of the denial of the nursing home's motion to dismiss and compel arbitration at the trial court.  I am admitted to the South Carolina Bar, the United States District Court of South Carolina, the United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Areas of Practice:
Nursing Home Litigation
Products Liability
Medical Negligence

Personal Injury
Pharmaceutical Cases
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Construction Litigation

Representative Cases:
U.S. Supreme Court certiorari denied in Mariner Health Care, Inc. et al v. Coleman,
2014 U.S. LEXIS 7615 (US Supreme Court 2014);

Coleman v. Mariner Health Care, Inc. et al., 407 S.C. 346, 755 S.E.2d 450 (2014);
Vaughan v. Town of Lyman, 370 S.C. 436, 635 S.E.2d 631 ((SC Supreme Court) 2006);
Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Tolbert, 378 S.C. 493, 662 S.E.2d 606 (S.C.App. 2008);
Robinson v. Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, Inc., 382 S.C. 224, 675 S.E.2d 744 (S.C. 2009);
Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Tolbert, 387 S.C. 280, 692 S.E.2d 523 (S.C. 2010);
Pohto v. Allstate Ins. Co., 6:10-CV-02654-JMC, 2011 WL 2670000 (D.S.C.  2011);

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Past Chair, South Carolina Bar Practice and Procedure Committee 2012-2014;
American Association for Justice, Nursing Home Litigation Section;
South Carolina Association for Justice;
South Carolina Bar Association;
Greenville Bar Association;
South Carolina Bar, Practice & Procedure Committee Member, 2006 - Present;
Mentor, SC Lawyer Mentoring Second Pilot Program, South Carolina Bar Association

Awards:

The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 South Carolina;
Super Lawyers Rising Stars