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What to Expect in a Pedestrian Accident Claim
In short, pedestrian accident victims should expect long delays and high medical bills. We’ll discuss the long delay below. First, let’s examine the high medical bills. During vehicle collisions, vehicle occupants are protected by multiple safety and restraining layers. Pedestrians are protected by the clothes on their backs and pretty much nothing else. Therefore,… Read More »
Breaking Down a Sexual Assault Responsibility Claim in South Carolina
Except for the recreational use of unimproved land, property owners in South Carolina have a duty of care to protect the people who use their land. This responsibility includes an obligation to provide adequate security. If stagehands don’t do their jobs properly, actors cannot act and the show cannot go on. Likewise, if property… Read More »
Wrongful Death Claims: What You Should Know
Negligence or a defective product causes most of the unintentional deaths in the United States. These incidents claim about a quarter million lives per year. Negligence, which is basically a lack of care, causes most of these incidents. Car crashes, falls, and assaults are the most common examples. Defective products, such as drugs with… Read More »
Five Kinds of Child Injuries in South Carolina
The child serious injury and death rate has increased significantly in recent years. Today, unintentional injuries seriously injure or kill thousands of children every year. The tortfeasors (negligent actors) in the below examples usually don’t intend the result. They normally don’t intend to hurt children. But their negligence is usually intentional. Therefore, they’re responsible… Read More »
Crime Victim Compensation in South Carolina
If a criminal offender is convicted and if the offender receives probation, the defendant must normally pay limited restitution through the SCDPPPS. Both these outcomes are very uncertain. Prosecutors must establish guilt beyond any reasonable doubt. A he said-she said assault, sexual assault, or other such case probably won’t hold up in court. Furthermore,… Read More »
New Hope for PTSD Victims?
Australia recently became the first country in the world to approve psychedelic drugs as a treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The decision will allow psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, for treatment-resistant depression. It will also allow MDMA, known as ecstasy, in tablet form. Since these treatments are illegal in the rest of the… Read More »
What to Expect in a Catastrophic Injury Claim
In a nutshell, these victims can expect high medical bills and a final settlement. Catastrophic (life-threatening) injuries are expensive. The average economic losses in such situations, mostly medical bills, exceed $150,000. This figure does not include lost enjoyment in life and other noneconomic losses. When these cases go to court, they eventually settle out… Read More »
Legal Aspects of a Slip-and-Fall Claim
In recent years, although medical bills have shot up, the average slip-and-fall settlement has only increased marginally in South Carolina. As insurance companies tighten up on these claims and become even stingier, it’s more important than ever for an attorney to not only build a strong, evidence-based claim, but also to anticipate common insurance… Read More »
Picking Up the Pieces After a Wrongful Death
Life expectancy in the United States dropped 1.8 years in 2020, the largest single decrease since 1923, when the Spanish Flu pandemic raged across the country. Usually, no one is to blame for the start of epidemics like the Spanish Flu and coronavirus. However, property owners could be at least partially responsible for the… Read More »
Breaking Down a Nursing Home Abuse Claim
Nursing home abuse, unlike nursing home neglect, is an intentional tort. The intent refers to the conduct, not the result. If Jacob plays his guitar loudly in the middle of the night, he might not intend to disturb his neighbor Alice, but that’s the result of his conduct. Likewise, if Jacob forcibly pulls Alice… Read More »