Auto Accidents

Driving is becoming safer and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has the numbers to prove it. Back in 1964, an astounding 45,000 people lost their lives in auto crashes. 5.39 people died for every 100 million miles driven. More recently in 2013, the number of fatalities declined to 32,719, and just 1.10 deaths per…

Roughly one third (over 10,000) people die due to drunk driving every year. In the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s 2013 report, 65 percent of those deaths were those of the drunk drivers, 16 percent were passengers of the drunk driver, 11 percent were occupants of another vehicle, and eight percent were non occupants such…

Driving in the U.S. has become safer with each passing decade. Rampant drunk driving is one of the reasons that South Carolina is the fifth most lethal state in which to drive, with a 1.57 fatalities per 100 million miles driven. Back in 1964 there were 45,645 motor vehicle fatalities, according to the National Highway…

Officials are still investigating a serious four-vehicle car crash that killed four people. The wreck took place just prior to the Thanksgiving weekend on Highway 378. Investigators believe that a westbound Chevrolet pickup truck crossed the center line onto the eastbound side, where it sideswiped a Ford van which then spun around like a top.…

Car accidents are daunting experiences for all parties involved. They are referred to as “accidents” because no one wants to be involved in a crash, especially one that results in an injury. But the reality is that car accidents occur each day. In fact, there were 5,657,000 car accidents in 2013, with 30,057 resulting in…

We live in an age of seemingly endless technological innovation. Watch an episode of the Jetsons from decades ago, and you will catch a glimpse of what we thought the future might hold: flying cars, robotic maids, and handheld computers. Today, we live in a society where nearly two-thirds of Americans own smart phones, three-dimensional…

Car accident cases can be fatal and traumatic. Typically, the purpose of insurance claims and civil lawsuits following an accident is to compensate the victim for his or her injuries, and to make that person “whole” in the eyes of the law. In certain situations, courts will go above and beyond simply compensating a victim…

When adjudicating a car accident claim, courts lie in either a no-fault jurisdiction, or an at-fault jurisdiction. South Carolina is a “fault” state, which is also referred to as a “tort liability” state. In fault states, the plaintiff must shoulder the burden of establishing that the defendant was at fault for the accident and liable…

In June of 2014, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed legislation imposing a statewide texting while driving ban, which was essentially a formal response to eliminating, in part, all of the various inconsistent and disparate local texting bans enacted by local municipal governments, and creates a uniform texting while driving ban throughout the state. The…

As the weather begins to get colder, many individuals are thinking ahead to winter. South Carolina winters may involve some snow and ice, which means that road conditions may become dangerous and the risks will increase for auto accidents. Some collisions simply cannot be avoided and are entirely due to the weather conditions. However, many…