Pain and suffering are an important part of your damages award in a personal injury case – something that the insurance company is not likely to tell you before your attorney gets involved in your case. The at-fault party must compensate you for the financial losses...
Damages
How Do You Know if You Have a Valid Car Accident Claim?
If you have been involved in a car accident, how do you know if you have a case? Under South Carolina law, the driver who is at fault in an auto accident is liable for all damages that were proximately caused by their negligence. Auto accident lawyers often look at...
Types of Damages that are Available in a SC Auto Accident or Personal Injury Claim
What are the types of damages that you can recover in an auto accident or personal injury claim in SC? Many people are unaware of the different types of damages that they are entitled to after a car accident – and the insurance company is not going to tell you what...
Can I Recover Lost Wages After an Auto Accident?
Can you recover lost wages when your injuries cause you to miss work after an auto accident? There are many types of damages that you can recover after a car crash that is caused by another driver, including financial, mental, and physical losses. One of these...
When Must Insurance Pay Damages in a Car Wreck?
When does insurance pay damages in a car wreck case? Can they get out of paying by filing a separate lawsuit? An insured gets into a car wreck, it is their fault, and the other, injured, driver gets a verdict against the insured. Next, the insured's insurance company...
When Can I Get Punitive Damages in SC?
Tort law is meant to compensate people who are hurt by other people or companies - if we did not have tort law, corporations would kill for profits, people would refuse to pay for damage that they caused, and ordinary people would turn to self-help... Criminal law is...
Proving Negligence and Damages After a SC Motorcycle Accident
Two important facts about motorcycles: There are far fewer of them on the roads than cars and trucks, and drivers are significantly more likely to fail to see them, pull out in front of them, fail to yield the right-of-way or plow into the side of them without even...
Auto Accidents and Punitive Damages
When you are injured because of another driver's negligent actions, the at-fault driver is required to fully compensate you for the losses that are attributable to the at-fault driver's negligence. They or their insurance company must pay for past and future medical...