Bamberg County Resident Files Civil Suit Against Advance Auto Parts

Jessie Barnett Collins Sr., a Bamberg County resident, filed a civil complaint against Advance Auto Parts Inc. in the South Carolina Circuit Court on March 24, naming the national auto parts retailer as the sole defendant in case number 2026CP0500052.

The complaint landed on the public docket of Bamberg County's Court of Common Pleas, the civil division of the Circuit Court, which handles cases ranging from personal injury claims to contract disputes. Legal data service Law.com Radar flagged the filing as a common plea action, the standard vehicle for civil disputes brought before South Carolina's circuit-level courts.

The Circuit Court is the state's court of general jurisdiction, with the Court of Common Pleas serving as its civil arm. That division hears civil lawsuits involving large claims, such as injury cases, contract disputes, or property matters.

Advance Auto Parts, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, operates stores across South Carolina and has faced civil litigation in multiple states in recent years. The specific allegations Collins has leveled against the company are not detailed in the public docket entry, and no attorney of record was listed in the available filing data.

Circuit Court proceedings in Bamberg County are currently held at the Bamberg Civic Center, 2477 Main Highway, Bamberg, while renovations of the historic courthouse are completed.

The case remains in its earliest stage, with no hearing date yet scheduled on the public record.