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The headline is dismaying: “Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren’t doing it.” The premise of the 5,000-word USA Today report is stunning: “The vast majority of women in America give birth without incident. But each year, more than 50,000…

Thousands of motorcycle accidents happen every year in South Carolina. Because motorcycle riders and their passengers lack the safety benefits of air bags, seat belts and structural protection, they are highly likely to suffer severe or fatal injuries in these collisions….

If your child is a student-athlete who is looking forward to tryouts or another season with the team, it is natural for you to be concerned. You may worry about their readiness and about what will happen when they start…

If you are injured on the job in South Carolina, you have a number of rights. For instance, most workers who get hurt on the job have the right to receive workers’ compensation benefits. Those rights, unfortunately, do not come with…

Many nursing homes in South Carolina face the problem of understaffing. For some of these nursing homes, the problem reflects a national shortage of qualified nurses – one that is “on the cusp of becoming a crisis,” according to The Atlantic….

Drowsy driving contributes to far too many auto accidents in South Carolina. The National Sleep Foundation considers driving while fatigued to be just as dangerous as driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs. This is why we welcome Uber’s recent announcement that…

Seven inmates died and at least 17 others suffered serious injuries in a nearly eight-hour-long prison riot that started Sunday night at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, the Associated Press reports. The Charleston Post and Courier called the riot “the deadliest episode of…

A few years ago, ProPublica published a report on how states compensate workers if they get hurt on the job and lose use of a body part. As the report notes, it is truly a “patchwork of laws.” Workers’ compensation benefits vary from state…