Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Spider Bites And Premises Liability
If your only experience with premises liability law comes from seeing billboards of personal injury law firms, you might assume that the circumstances that lead to spider bites and the circumstances that lead to premises liability lawsuits are mutually exclusive. You might think that premises liability lawsuits only occur when a customer slips and… Read More »
Golf Cart Accidents In South Carolina
In 49 out of 50 states, people associate golf carts with harmless fun. People who are seeking danger drive motorcycles, sports cars, or all terrain vehicles, but golf carts are a vehicle for enjoying life’s simple pleasures. Old men ride golf carts from one area of the golf course to another, and teens too… Read More »
Family Gets Settlement After Rear Axle Detachment Causes Teen’s Fatal Collision
We have all heard the stories about the fancy new cars that went berserk and caused accidents despite the driver doing everything right and about the ostentatious vintage vehicles built, or rather rebuilt, for show and not for safety that provided 1970s levels of safety in the event of a collision. Who can forget… Read More »
Traumatic Brain Injury Is More Than Just A Headache
Seatbelts and driver and passenger side airbags save lives, and so do motorcycle helmets. With these items of protective equipment, you can greatly reduce your risk of dying in a car accident or motorcycle crash. Hitting your head against a structure in the car, or hitting the pavement, even with a helmet on, can… Read More »
Vicarious Liability And South Carolina Personal Injury Cases
What are personal injury lawyers thinking when they run TV advertisements that make it sound like they can easily make tens of thousands of dollars, or even more, materialize in the pockets of people injured in car accidents? Alternatively, what is the television audience thinking? The dreams of money raining from the sky disappear… Read More »
One Car Strikes Five Others On Parklane Road
Chain reaction collisions can be very destructive. One car strikes another, and then the second car strikes a third car, and so on until the last car does not have any other vehicles in its path and is able to come to a stop without hitting anything. When a chain reaction collision happens on… Read More »
South Carolina Still Has A High Rate Of Drunk Driving, Despite Strict Laws
Everyone knows that it is dangerous to drive under the influence of alcohol, but people still do it. Alcohol is a contributing factor in approximately one third of fatal accidents. Of course, many of the victims of drunk driving accidents were sober at the time of the collision; some of them were too young… Read More »
Can You Sue Over A Freak Accident?
When you contact a personal injury lawyer about a car accident where your injuries resulted in costly medical bills, your lawyer has probably worked with other clients injured in accidents very similar to yours. While it is upsetting that the same kinds of accidents keep happening, and neither legal regulations nor advancements in vehicle… Read More »
Hospital Faces Lawsuit From Family Of Patient Who Suffered Fatal Injuries In Preventable Fall At Hospital
Near the main entrance of a hospital, you often see staff members bringing patients who have recently been discharged from the hospital down to the lobby in wheelchairs, only for the patients to walk across the lobby to their family members’ cars without assistance. The rationale is that even patients who are healthy enough… Read More »
Cosmetics Companies Pay Damages To South Carolina Woman Who Developed Mesothelioma From Exposure To Talc Products
Inhaling dust is not good for you; this is obvious as soon as it happens. In the short term, all you need is to get away from the dust and be exposed to some fresh air; you usually start feeling better almost immediately. Prolonged and frequent exposure to certain types of aerosols can cause… Read More »