Category Archives: Car Accident
Getting Answers And Justice After A Hit And Run Accident
Kelly Farmer was a memorable person to those who met him at work and to those who met him elsewhere. He was an employee of the public works department of the City of Goose Creek, where he worked in the water operations section. In his last two years working there, he held a supervisory… Read More »
What Happens When Multiple People Get Injured In The Same Car Accident?
Your most memorable moments of Easter Sunday from your childhood probably involve looking for dyed Easter eggs in your backyard or, if you live in the country or are old enough to be a grandparent, perhaps getting a pet bunny or chick for Easter. Six children from Colleton County will have a different story… Read More »
Post-Concussion Syndrome And Other Invisible Injuries
It is not possible to understand what it is like to live with a chronic illness or injury unless it happens to you or one of the closest people in your life. This is why, when strangers offer to help a person with a disability, the help they are offering is unnecessary or would… Read More »
Car Collides Head On With City Bus
People in cities with functioning subways or commuter rail systems, such as New York or Washington, D.C., love to look down their noses at South Carolina for its apparent lack of transportation infrastructure. They imagine South Carolina as a land of dirt roads where drunk drivers routinely mow down pedestrians who have no sidewalks… Read More »
South Carolina Proposes Bill To Strengthen DUI Enforcement
South Carolina has a drunk driving problem. Even though it is not one of the most populous states, it consistently ranks in the top 10 for number of alcohol-related accidents. Furthermore, alcohol is a factor in about a third of fatal traffic accidents nationwide, but in South Carolina as of 2024, that figure stands… Read More »
Can Bad Road Infrastructure Be To Blame For Car Accidents?
If the idea that poorly maintained roads can damage your car surprises you, you have never been to South Carolina. The cost of living may be lower here than it is in most places in the United States, but all the potholes in the road can mess up your car, and the cost of… Read More »
Recreational Vehicle Accidents
Before you depart on a road trip, personal injury lawyers will caution you that, if you get into an accident after you have crossed state lines, then the state where the accident happened has jurisdiction over any accident claims or lawsuits. That means that you would need to contact a lawyer in the state… Read More »
Old-Fashioned Car Safety Habits Are Irreplaceable
Yes, some old school automobile features were plenty dangerous. Consider the steering wheel design that caused Sammy Davis, Jr. a horrific injury, or those tiny knobs that some cars had instead of steering wheels for a brief period in the 1960s. Likewise, no one misses the days when cars came with built-in cigarette lighters… Read More »
Nervous System Injuries
Every part of your body performs a unique function, and you take them all for granted until something goes wrong with them. You have been breathing constantly since you were born, but chances are that you never think about your lungs, except perhaps when you feel out of breath after an unusually strenuous workout… Read More »
Collisions Between A Freight Train And A Motor Vehicle
Most of us only know freight trains from a distance. When something is noisy, we say it sounds like a freight train. We might see freight trains lumbering by as we drive on a road that runs parallel to the train tracks, and it is a relief when they get far enough past us… Read More »