survivors of the shooting, or relatives of the dead, filed a civil suit against the security firm for which Vance worked, Regent Security Services. Federal District Court Judge Cameron Currie oversaw the settlement which was reached Monday, November 5, 2001, just one day before the case was scheduled to go to trial. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed. Vance himself sued R.E. Phelon, and settled with them in March 2001 prior to the Regent Security Services settlement. Vance's argument was that Phelon failed to warn him that Hastings Wise had a history of prior disruptions there. The amount of Vance's settlement was also undisclosed. Phelon and its insurer, Liberty Mutual, brought four suits against Regent on behalf of 32 employees who received workers' compensation payments for injuries and trauma related to the event. In July 2001, Phelon and Liberty dropped the four state lawsuits and intervened in the federal lawsuits filed by the victims, hoping to recover some of the over $380,000 spent on the work comp claims. See also Capital punishment in South Carolina Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in South Carolina List of people executed in the United States in 2005 References Further reading State v. Wise, 359 S.C. 14, 596 S.E.2d 475 (S.C. 2004) (Direct Appeal). External links Augusta Chronicle coverage of Hastings Arthur Wise trial through 2001; accessed September 19, 2006. Hastings Arthur Wise a subsite of a collection of information on death penalty sentences nationwide maintained by Clark County, Indiana prosecutor's office; contains numerous official records and media reports about Wise; accessed September 19, 2006. Hastings Wise a "Volunteer" for Execution November 3, 2005 Associated Press report reproduced in The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg, SC; accessed September 19, 2006. State v. Wise (2004) online text of appeal found in print as 596 S.E.2d 475; accessed September 19, 2006. 1954 births September 1997 events in the United States 2005 deaths 21st-century executions of American people 21st-century executions by South Carolina American mass murderers American people convicted of murder Executed African-American people Executed mass murderers People convicted of murder by South Carolina People executed by South Carolina by lethal injection People from Aiken County, South Carolina 21st-century African-American people Mass murder in the United States Mass murder in 1997