Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Fall Foliage Safety Hazards For Drivers And Pedestrians
October is here, and another beautiful South Carolina autumn is coming soon. In South Carolina, you get to experience the beautiful colors of fall foliage even as the temperatures remain mild; the drive to South Carolina’s many fall festivals is as enjoyable as the festivities themselves. Fall leaves look beautiful when they are on… Read More »
Premises Liability And Vacation Rentals
It is a popular trope in movies and television that a teenager hosts an epic party when the teen’s parents are out of town, and when the parents find out, they react with outrage and panic. What are they so scared of? Teens can engage in all kinds of risky behavior even when their… Read More »
Exposure To Vinyl Chloride In Drinking Water Increases Cancer Risks
Most people associate the word “vinyl” with phonograph records, imitation patent leather, or a type of material used to weatherproof the outsides of buildings, but the term refers to a whole group of molecules that can occur not only in solid form, but also as liquids or gasses. One of these substances is vinyl… Read More »
Rental Car Accidents In South Carolina
Driving a rental car is just like driving your own car, except when it isn’t. Except for the fact that the rental car company puts an expensive charge on your credit card, promising to refund it after you return your car, most of the rules are the same. Getting into a car accident always… Read More »
What Are The Most Common Medical Errors?
Caring for the physical health of another person requires an almost impossible balancing act of long-term and short-term planning and in-the-moment judgments. It is not possible to do it perfectly, as anyone who has ever been a full-time caregiver to a child or medically vulnerable adult knows. Healthcare facilities such as hospitals, doctors’ offices,… Read More »
Do Personal Injury Lawsuits About Exposure To Carcinogens Cover Alternative Cancer Treatments?
Personal injury lawsuits are not just for people injured in car accidents or people who slipped and fell on the wet floors of supermarkets. Any time one party’s negligence, which includes failure to maintain safe conditions in a place for which that party is responsible, causes another person’s preventable illness or injury, the injured… Read More »
Residents Point Fingers At Homeowners’ Association After Fatal Alligator Attack
South Carolina’s wildlife species are among its many attractions. If you retire to South Carolina, then you can look forward to looking out the window of your waterfront property and seeing ibises and sandpipers. If you go for a nature hike, you have a chance of seeing wolves, foxes, coyotes, white-tailed deer, opossums, armadillos,… Read More »
What Is Honoring The PACT Act, And How Can It Help Veterans Exposed To Contaminated Water At Camp Lejeune?
For decades, military personnel and their families who were stationed at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base and Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, both in North Carolina, were exposed to levels of environmental pollutants such as benzene, vinyl chloride, trichloroethylene (TCE), and perchloroethylene (PCE) at concentrations hundreds of times as high as what… Read More »
Implantable Pain Relief Device Offers Hope For Car Accident Survivors
Even if you are a relentlessly optimistic person who tends to let bygones be bygones, chronic pain is a serious obstacle to your quality of life after a car accident. Managing pain can feel like a full-time job. Almost all of the available treatments only work for a short time, or else have serious… Read More »
Former Camp Lejeune Residents Can Seek Damage For In Utero Exposure To Contaminated Water
This month, both houses of Congress passed the Honoring Our Pact Act, which enshrines the right of military veterans and their families to seek damages if they have suffered preventable illnesses because of exposure to harmful chemicals. The law includes provisions related to toxic fumes from burn pits, which have harmed the health of… Read More »