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Your cousin says the wife files, the adjuster says sign now - both can be dead wrong

In South Carolina, a fatal crash claim after a dump truck rear-end wreck usually has to be filed by the estate's personal representative, but the money can go to surviving family - and comparative negligence can gut it.

ARTICLE by Priscilla Gadsden

Valuing a Work Truck DUI Injury Claim

If a drunk driver wrecked your company truck and workers' comp picked up the ER bill, the real fight is over lost overtime, the comp lien, and how much liability coverage is actually there.

ARTICLE by Lisa Hucks

Buried under $38,000 in bills after a Columbia motorcycle wreck, and the owner's insurer says the borrowed truck isn't covered

A Columbia rider hit loose construction debris, went down hard, and now has to fight both a coverage denial and the usual blame game against motorcycles.

ARTICLE by Janet Inabinet

The driver had no insurance, but that does not mean you're stuck

A Greenville salon worker can still have a claim after a red-light crash with an uninsured driver, but the fight usually shifts to her own policy and the details matter fast.

ARTICLE by Janet Inabinet

vehicular assault

Miss this term, and you can badly underestimate what happened after a crash: a wreck that looks like "just an accident" may actually be treated as a violent criminal act...

People often confuse a move-over law with a general duty to slow down for road hazards. The difference is narrower and more specific: a general slow-down rule requires drivers...

My hip is wrecked after a sidewalk hit in Columbia - what kills the payout?

A Columbia sidewalk crash claim can still pay, but social media can slash the value fast if the insurer uses your own posts to argue you were not really hurt.

ARTICLE by Priscilla Gadsden

uninsured motorist penalty

Insurance companies and defense lawyers sometimes use this phrase like a weapon, suggesting an injured person loses the right to recover because they did not have insurance....

I drive rideshare and those old workout photos may cost me real money

A Spartanburg rideshare driver got slammed by a wrong-way driver on an entrance ramp and now the insurance fight is about old social media photos, policy layers, and how much the case is actually worth.

ARTICLE by Darius Middleton

Walking to work on Shop Road can still unlock your own UM coverage

You can be a pedestrian, have no plate number, and still end up fighting your own South Carolina policy for uninsured motorist money and more PT.

ARTICLE by Tammy Burriss

Greenville light went dark, I got hit, and months later my back is still wrecked - does that old MRI ruin my case?

A self-employed Greenville business owner gets hit after a dead traffic signal, has no disability coverage, and now the insurer is using old back records and a broke LLC to duck the bill.

ARTICLE by Carlos Morales

No money for a lawyer after a North Charleston brake-failure crash? You're not out of moves

A North Charleston carpenter with real MRI injuries can still blow his case fast if he lets the brake-defect issue or the insurance IME control the story.

ARTICLE by Priscilla Gadsden

How do pre-existing injuries affect a Charleston child injury claim?

The biggest money mistake is letting the insurer use your child's old MRI, therapy notes, or prior diagnosis to pretend the new crash caused nothing. In South Carolina, that is...

The payout is "structured" and my mom needs me now - is this even a fair deal in Myrtle Beach

You were on the sidewalk, a driver backed into you, and now the insurer wants to stretch your money out over years while your parent depends on you today.

ARTICLE by Lisa Hucks

misclassification as independent contractor

You may see this come up in a pay dispute, a workers' comp denial, or a company email saying you were a "1099 contractor" instead of an employee. Plainly, it means a business...

Columbia pileup lawyer went quiet while the insurers keep circling - what are they trying to pin on you?

A restaurant server hurt in a fog crash near Columbia can switch lawyers mid-case, but the fee fight between the old and new firm matters and so does where the crash happened.

ARTICLE by Brenda Smalls

My coworker said Greenville crash claims stall unless I give a recorded statement. True?

$0 is what the insurer has to pay quickly just because a claim was opened. A realistic Greenville example: a single parent is driving on I-85 near Greer during fall...

non-compete agreement enforceability

Not every paper you signed at work can actually keep you from taking a new job. A non-compete is not automatically valid just because an employer put it in your onboarding...

Miss the deadline, file in the wrong place, or leave out key facts, and a workplace discrimination case can stall before it really begins. An EEOC complaint is a charge filed...

South Carolina Motorcycle Injury Insurance Deadlines

If you got hurt in a South Carolina motorcycle wreck, the clock for telling insurance is usually much shorter than the clock for filing a lawsuit, and mixing those up can wreck your claim.

ARTICLE by Mike Fortner