Recent Blog Posts
New Driving-Related Laws Going Into Effect In South Carolina In 2026
If you follow the news carefully, then you know that members of South Carolina’s legislature are always drafting new laws and amendments to existing laws, voting on them, and modifying bills that did not pass, meaning that at least a few new laws go into effect each year. Some of the new laws going… Read More »
Single Vehicle Accidents During The Last Christmas Holiday
The Christmas holidays are the most dangerous time of year for motor vehicle accidents. There is a higher concentration of fatal car accidents between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than at other times of year. In 2025, there were more than 850 traffic fatalities in South Carolina. This year, Aiken County alone witnessed several… Read More »
Injured Woman Sues After Teen Crashes Go-Kart
Kids will be kids, and that is why the state does not issue them driver’s licenses until they have demonstrated some wisdom and maturity. Before that happens there is a time in kids’ lives when they are tall enough to operate a vehicle, and they have the gross motor skills necessary for this. That… Read More »
Beware Of Winter Driving Hazards In South Carolina
The winter season, from Thanksgiving through New Year’s, brings mixed emotions for many people. On the one hand, there is the general feeling of cheer, which the cooler weather brings and residents and retailers encourage with festive decorations, ambient music that features sleigh bells, and foods that you can only find at this time… Read More »
Pedicab Accident Leads To Multiple Lawsuits
The dangers of automobiles have been obvious from the beginning, and as the number of cars on roads in the United States increased, so did the number of catastrophic accidents. The fact that drunk driving was so common did not help, especially as interstate highways came to connect all major American cities, displacing railroads… Read More »
A Deadly DUI Collision Before The Driver Even Left The Parking Lot
The saying goes that friends don’t let friends drive drunk, but how far should you go to stop a drunk person from driving or a driver from drinking? Being a designated driver is one of the most thankless jobs around. It is no fun to be around a bunch of drunk people when you… Read More »
Driver Faces Criminal Charges After ATV Crash
Residents of Hilton Head Island have long known what visitors to the island have only figured out more recently, namely that this island off the coast of South Carolina’s mainland holds year-round fun for people of all ages. Retirees enjoy golf and birdwatching while children opt for swimming. Young adults can have just enough… Read More »
Three People Die In Head On Collision In Sumter County
Every town has its intersections and stretches of road that the local people just know are trouble. Sometimes they bear makeshift memorials, such as the “three wooden crosses” in the famous song. In other cases, the dangers of these unassuming sites in friendly towns live in the memory of the great Southern raconteurs that… Read More »
Log Truck Accidents
Sharing the highway with commercial trucks is usually a nerve-wracking experience. If you try to pass a truck, it is difficult to judge the speed you need to travel so that you can pass it. When you gain speed and drive next to the truck, it feels like negative pressure is sucking your car… Read More »
Dram Shop Liability And Underage Drunk Driving
Getting a fake ID and using it to buy alcoholic beverages under false pretenses is a young adult rite of passage, especially here in South Carolina, arguably the party school capital of the world. Consider that the most memorable part of the movie Superbad is the glaringly fake Hawaii driver’s license that identifies the… Read More »