Year: 2024

In the aftermath of a motorcycle crash, your immediate focus is likely on the treatment of injuries. However, once emergency medical issues are treated, you may be wondering how you will pay for that medical care and other losses, especially…

When someone is injured through no fault of their own, they can get compensation in a personal injury lawsuit, and the purpose of that compensation is to get the victim back to how they were before the accident happened, or…

Statistics show that wearing a seat belt is the best way to protect yourself from injuries in a crash. That’s why South Carolina requires drivers and passengers to wear seat belts and younger children to ride in car seats. Since…

Everyone in South Carolina knows that if it isn’t raining, just wait 15 minutes! That’s because the weather here is famously unpredictable, often changing on a dime.  So, while riders should avoid using their motorcycles during anticipated rain, that’s easier…

More construction workers are injured in August than in any other month of the year, according to data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. We can point to two likely culprits: one, there are more construction projects happening in…

A bill that would allow South Carolina’s 11,000+ firefighters, volunteer firefighters, and members of law enforcement to receive workers’ compensation if they are diagnosed with a mental or stress-related illness has received strong support in the House. But the legislation has…

Every year, thousands of South Carolinians are injured in motor vehicle accidents, falls, and other serious accidents. Traumatic injuries aren’t just painful and physically debilitating, they often are mentally and emotionally draining as well. If your loved one is recuperating after…

According to insurance data, American employers pay an estimated $1 billion every week in workers’ compensation benefits for disabling, non-fatal injuries. Employers, and insurance companies providing workers’ compensation insurance, don’t like paying out on claims for injured employees, and employees…