2025 legislation pending in the South Carolina legislature would make changes to dram shop laws in SC, but the proposed changes will not help drunk driving victims. Instead, the legislature is considering passing several laws that would help the insurance industry, bars, and restaurants by: Limiting the damages available to drunk driving victims when a ...
The 2024 changes to SC DUI laws primarily mean one thing – ignition interlock devices for everyone who is convicted of DUI or has an implied consent suspension, with few exceptions. The new ignition interlock/ DUI laws were passed by the SC legislature in 2023 and went into effect on May 19, 2024. In this ...
When are parents liable for their teen's car crash in South Carolina? Can parents be sued if they weren't even in the vehicle when the crash happened? The answer depends, but, in many cases, the answer is yes. Below, we will cover four ways that a parent can be held liable for their teen’s car ...
What is dram shop liability in SC? When a drunk driver causes a crash and injures or kills someone else, 1) they will most likely go to jail for DUI or felony DUI, and 2) they are liable for the damages they caused which may include wrongful death and punitive damages. The bar or other ...
How do you spot a drunk driver on the road? And, more importantly, once you spot a drunk driver on the road, how do you avoid them? You would think that, as a society, we would be getting better at keeping drunk drivers off the road and preventing unnecessary DUI deaths. The truth is that ...
The main difference between motorcycle wrecks and car crashes or other types of personal injury cases is that motorcyclists are far more likely to be killed or seriously injured than the drivers or passengers of other types of vehicles. But there are other differences as well – enough that you should make sure that you ...
A Bivens claim is a civil rights lawsuit filed against a federal official for violation of a person’s civil rights. It’s an “implied cause of action,” which means it is not expressly authorized by statute, but the courts have authorized this type of lawsuit because there was otherwise no remedy for people who are hurt ...
Below is video from our recent SC Court of Appeals oral arguments in the case McHugh v. Doe. In most cases, the insurance company is not allowed to talk about prior crashes at trial. Although prior injuries may be relevant at trial, the insurance company cannot claim the plaintiff was at fault this time because ...
In just the past two weeks, there have been fatal motorcycle crashes across the state of South Carolina, including: Single-vehicle motorcycle crashes, Multi-vehicle crashes involving a motorcycle, A car making a left turn in front of a motorcycle, and A motorcyclist who was killed after a police chase. In some of these cases, the crash ...
South Carolina has America’s eighth-highest fatality rate for motorcyclists. These aren’t just statistics - they are real people who are now gone forever due to someone’s negligence, whether it is their own inattention or a careless driver who wasn’t paying attention. Below are the details of just some of the most recent deadly motorcycle crashes ...