Category Archives: Car Accident
How South Carolina’s New Dram Shop Liability Bill Could Affect Victims Of Drunk Driving Accidents
In most states, dram shop liability sounds like an obscure legal concept with a laughably old-fashioned name. Dram shop liability means that bars and restaurants that serve alcohol are legally responsible for car accidents caused by customers who drove after drinking alcohol there; “dram shop” is a 19th century term for an establishment that… Read More »
Car Crashes Through Storefront In Charleston
When two cars collide with each other, it is always a relief when no one suffers permanent injuries, but even if the resulting injuries are minor, the medical bills are still plenty painful. In cases like these, the way to resolve the financial issues is with the drivers of the two vehicles involved. Even… Read More »
Injury Accidents On Tribal Land In South Carolina
When you file a lawsuit, one of the first questions you ask is the question of jurisdiction. This means figuring out which court has the authority to issue a ruling about your case. For example, bankruptcy cases are always in federal court. Divorce cases are in South Carolina court if both spouses live in… Read More »
Back Injuries Resulting From Car Accidents
Your spine and spinal cord are what you have in common with all other vertebrates, from the majestic giraffe to the terrifying Komodo dragon to the tasty catfish. You never think much about all of the bones and ligaments that make up your spinal column until something goes wrong. Back pain has a way… Read More »
Road Rage In South Carolina
Without alcoholic beverages, there is no drunk driving. Without cell phones, there is considerably less distracted driving, as anyone who got a driver’s license before the age of the cell phone can tell you. The dangerous thing about road rage is that it has so many triggers. Anyone and anything on the road can… Read More »
Where Do Seatbelts Get Their Safety Superpowers?
“Seatbelts save lives” has become such a proverbial expression that hardly anyone gives much thought to how seat belts harness their life-preserving power. The current generation of newly licensed drivers has been buckling their seat belts for as long as they have known how to tie their shoes, as has the current generation of… Read More »
Yes, Head Injuries Can Cause A Hormonal Imbalance
It’s easy to blame other people’s hormones for the challenges in your life. Every time a teenager, a pregnant woman, or a middle-aged woman disagrees with you, you assume that the person’s refusal to see things from your perspective is because of the hormonal changes associated with puberty, pregnancy, or menopause, but hormones that… Read More »
Where Is The Safest Seat In The Car?
It is obvious to anyone who has had a driver’s license long enough to renew it that cars are getting safer. Today’s cars jolt you awake if you start acting drowsy and brake on their own if you are getting dangerously close to another vehicle or stationary object. They have a conniption fit if… Read More »
South Carolina Could Soon Get Its Own Version Of Bentley’s Law
Driving under the influence of alcohol is illegal in all 50 states, but the penalties vary from one state to another. Some states require people convicted of DUI to pay fines and surcharges where the money goes to help people injured by drunk drivers and to the surviving relatives of people killed in DUI… 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 »