THE South Carolina Jury Verdict Reporter BLog

A quick look at verdicts, trial news or other stories of interest to South Carolina litigators.

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A quick look at our founder, Shannon Ragland, who kicked this all off back in 1997

Our fearless (somewhat) founder Shannon Ragland started publishing jury verdicts more than 25 years ago in the summer of 1997, publishing the Jefferson Circuit Court Reporter (Louisville) every two weeks. Quickly the publication moved statewide and over the years Shannon added a variety of books, The Year in Review, Classic Closing Arguments, The Expert Encyclopedia, among others.

In 2000 a similar publication debuted in Indiana and Shannon has four more that are still publishing. Shannon added Louisiana and Mississippi in 2011. That includes a couple of duds along the way including in OH, OK, NY, AR and VA. You can't win them all.
In January of 2026, we premiered the South Carolina Jury Verdict Reporter.

He's written a few books along the way too including The Thin Thirty which while about the fateful 1962 season for UK football.

Here's to 25 more years of verdicts and you can always reach Shannon at sragland@juryverdicts.net.

Read more about Shannon if you're interested. He's got a story and he's always interested in hearing about yours.

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Published 11-25-25

The South Carolina Jury Verdict is coming . . . January 5, 2026. Stay tuned