The Herald (Rock Hill, S.C.)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — If Richland County officials hoped to keep secret the millions they are paying to avoid a trial in an Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center dead inmate’s wrongful death lawsuit, their hopes were dashed Monday morning in a Charleston federal courtroom.
After all, county council member Paul Livingston had refused to talk about a possible settlement in the 2022 lawsuit when contacted a few weeks ago by a State newspaper reporter. An item on the county council agenda had indicated the 11-member council had discussed the lawsuit in an executive session…