Author Archives: Jay Butchko
The Leading Causes Of Car Accidents In South Carolina
Everyone knows about the dangers of drunk driving and how alcohol played an outsized role in fatal traffic collisions and single vehicle crashes. Catastrophic accidents represent only a small share of all collisions, though. Every day, cars collide on the roads of South Carolina, although the number of collisions has steadily declined by a… Read More »
Driver Gets 15 Months In Prison For Horry County Collision That Killed Motorcyclist
Rear-end collisions are among the most common types of traffic accidents, but they are not the most likely to result in severe injuries. Even in cases where the rear driver was distracted and was late in applying the brakes, the vehicles involved usually are not traveling at high speed. Most rear-end collisions take place… Read More »
Who Is Legally Responsible When A Pedestrian Gets Hit By A Car In A Parking Lot?
When one vehicle strikes another, the structure of the vehicles offers protection, as do seatbelts and airbags. Therefore, it is often possible to avoid serious injury if the drivers are obeying the speed limit and if all of the occupants of the vehicles are wearing seatbelts and any children in the vehicles are in… Read More »
Was The Truck That Caused Your Accident Just Passing Through South Carolina?
One of the first things that lawyers learn in law school is that most of the laws that affect people’s daily lives are state laws. This is why lawyers who move to another state must pass that state’s bar exam; their knowledge of the law does not automatically transfer, since state laws vary so… Read More »
Two Motorcycles Collide, Resulting In Death And Injuries
Rear-end collisions are a common type of traffic accident, but they are not usually the most destructive to life and limb. Most of the time when one vehicle rear-ends another, it occurs at a red light or in heavy traffic on an urban street, which means that the vehicles are not traveling very fast. … Read More »
Hit And Run Accident That Killed Two Men Results In Prison Sentence For Woman Convicted Of Causing Collision
The law requires drivers who are involved in traffic collisions to stop at the site of the collision and see if anyone is injured. If there are injuries, then both drivers must remain at the scene until first responders arrive to render assistance to the injured people. It is possible to get criminal charges… Read More »
Columbia Man Dies After Man Fleeing From Police Causes Multi-Vehicle Collision
Excessive speed is a leading cause of traffic fatalities. Speeding is especially dangerous in residential neighborhoods, where pedestrians and bicyclists are plentiful, and where the other cars are traveling at low speed because of low speed limits and frequent traffic lights and stop signs. When you are driving on the interstate highway or on… Read More »
Mesothelioma Surgery Can Give You A New Lease On Life
Despite all the gloom and doom you might read about the state of public health in the United States, the number of deaths from cancer has steadily decreased over the past several decades, as new treatments and screenings for early detection have become more effective and more widely available. Long-term remission has become the… Read More »
What Are The Rights Of Survivors Of Victims Of Single Vehicle Crashes?
The basic elements of a car accident lawsuit are showing that the at fault driver engaged in a dangerous action that caused the accident and that the accident caused your injuries, which are the direct cause of the financial losses for which you are seeking compensation. This is, in fact, how most car accident… Read More »
Alligator Attacks On Waterfront Property
If you love scenic natural surroundings and a relaxed pace of life, there is no better place than South Carolina’s Lowcountry. In recent years, its population of human retirees has been increasing, but so has its population of alligators. Alligator sightings have become more frequent throughout South Carolina and even into North Carolina, but… Read More »