Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Trucking Company Faces Lawsuits After Driver Crashes into Road Work Site, Killing Two Department of Transportation Employees
People who are fed up with their stressful jobs often say that they wish that they had gone to truck driving school, but driving a truck involves every bit as much vigilance and responsibility as the office job that is trying your patience. Truck drivers must inspect and maintain their trucks before and after… Read More »
Horry County Man Sues Restaurant Where Driver Got Drunk Before Fatal Crash
According to South Carolina law, if you are injured in a car accident, you can sue the driver that caused the accident. If the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs, your case against him or her is especially persuasive. The debate over how much legal responsibility bystanders have to prevent people… Read More »
Car Collides Head-On with Semi Truck on U.S. Highway 221 in South Carolina
A collision between a car and a truck is almost always bad news for the occupants of the car. Trucks are so big that the impact of a crash involving a truck can affect multiple vehicles. When you hear about pile-ups of ten or more cars on the highway, they almost always involve a… Read More »
Preteen Riding in Back Seat Dies in Single-Vehicle Crash in Lexington County
On the evening of June 2, 2020, a 1999 Honda Passport ran off the left side of Bub Shumpert Road in Lexington County, near the intersection of Hartley Quarter Road. The SUV collided with a tree and flipped over. The driver and the front seat passenger, who were wearing seatbelts, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and… Read More »
Comparative Negligence and South Carolina Car Accident Lawsuits
No one is perfect, and the law accepts and acknowledges this. In family law, you will not lose custody of your children just because your children are sometimes noisy in public or because you let them watch more screen time than the American Academy of Pediatrics currently recommends. In a criminal trial, the prosecution… Read More »
Expert Witness Testimony in South Carolina Personal Injury Cases
Somewhere on the Internet today, a website is claiming that your least favorite vegetable cures cancer. Why don’t doctors just tell patients to eat eggplant, cauliflower, or kale instead of referring them for surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy, then? It is because the recommended treatments are constantly being reviewed; researchers and practitioners publish case reports… Read More »
Insurance Companies Are Not Your Friend: Beware of Giving Them Too Much Information After a Car Accident
Insurance can be a lifeline. If you are fortunate enough to have employer-provided health insurance, it has probably saved you more money than you realize. Likewise, if your house was damaged in a natural disaster, your homeowner’s or renter’s insurance probably softened the financial blow significantly. If you get injured in a car accident,… Read More »
New, Less Strict Regulations About Mandatory Rest Periods for Truck Drivers May Increase the Risk of Truck Accidents
If you went to the supermarket and found food, thank a truck driver; trucks transport most of the things you buy on a regular basis. As much as trucks have the potential to supply us with the products we want and need, these enormous machines also have the potential to cause enormous destruction; the… Read More »
Can I Bring a Wrongful Death Claim?
If you’ve lost a loved one as a result of a fatal accident, you may be able to bring a wrongful death claim. If the accident resulted from the reckless, negligent, or intentional conduct of another, they can be held liable for the damage. How Does a Wrongful Death Claim Work? Essentially, if the… Read More »
Reducing Risk of Trucking Accidents
An average semi-truck weighs 80,000 pounds. Given that the average car weighs only 5,000 pounds, that means that colliding with a single truck is the impact-equivalent to colliding with 16 cars at once. Semi-trucks are involved in approximately 9% of fatal car-truck collisions. However, importantly, 80% of car-truck collisions are said to be caused… Read More »