In South Carolina, you can sue the bar(s) or restaurant(s) that served the alcohol if they served the alcohol to 1) a minor or 2) a person who was already intoxicated.

Your Walterboro, SC, DUI crash lawyer will explore all possible sources of recovery, including:

• the drunk driver’s insurance policies,
• the drunk driver’s personal assets,
• all bars or restaurants that served the drunk driver if they knew the driver was intoxicated,
• any other liable third parties including other drivers who negligently contributed to the crash, and
• The victim’s uninsured or underinsured policies.

As you can see from browsing our website, the Boles Law Firm focuses on helping motorcycle crash victims, DUI crash victims, police misconduct victims, and people who are accused of crimes. We also handle other types of personal injury claims and auto accidents.

What we don’t do is try to deceive you just to bring in a case. You may have noticed some attorney websites that appear as if the attorneys only handle drunk driving crashes as a plaintiff’s attorney, until you come across another website from the same attorney that focuses on DUI defense as a criminal defense attorney…

With us, what you see is what you get, and we will never try to trick you into retaining our law firm. Instead, we are able to rely on our reputation for the highest ethical standards, honesty, hard work, and the results that we have achieved for our clients.

If the drunk driver was arrested and charged with driving under the influence or other crimes, a local municipal or state/county prosecutor will handle their criminal case, and there will be a victim’s advocate assigned to your case who will keep us informed as to the progress of the criminal case.

Your DUI crash lawyer at the Boles Law Firm will prosecute the civil side of your case in Common Pleas Court, negotiating with the insurance companies and filing a lawsuit when necessary to recover full and fair compensation for your injuries or your loved one’s death.

The amount of money you receive in the settlement or verdict is based on the severity of the damages as determined by evidence presented to the insurance company or to a jury at trial.

Some damages are easily quantifiable, like hospital and doctor bills, while other damages are more vague and subject to interpretation by the jury, like pain and suffering or punitive damages.

The categories of damages may include:

• Medical expenses – both current and future expenses, including hospital bills, doctor bills, emergency transport, medications, medical equipment, physical rehab, and all medical costs that were a result of the accident,
• Lost wages – lost income due to the injuries and loss of future income when there is a lost earning capacity due to disability caused by the crash,
• Property damage – to the motorcycle or any other property that was damaged,
• Future care – including the costs of long-term care when needed,
• Disfigurement and scarring,
• Funeral expenses when there is a wrongful death,
• Pain and suffering,
• Emotional distress,
• Loss of society and companionship,
• Loss of consortium, and
• Punitive damages when the at-fault driver’s conduct was willful, wanton, or reckless – and there is no cap on punitive damages in SC when the at-fault driver was intoxicated at the time of the crash.

SC law caps punitive damages, but not when a drunk driver hurts someone on the highway. See, SC Code § 15-32-530.

Not only is a drunk driver exposed to punitive damages at trial, but there are no statutory caps on punitive damages if the drunk driver was 1) convicted of a felony related to the collision (felony DUI or DUI fourth offense, for example) or 2) if it is proven that they were drunk at the time of the crash.

The Boles Law Firm handles DUI crash lawsuits and motorcycle crash lawsuits, as well as motorcycle collisions when the at-fault driver was intoxicated.

If your case involves a motorcycle, a drunk driver, or both, we have the experience that you need to handle your case and recover the maximum damages available under SC law and the facts of your case.