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Car Accidents
- Summer Driving Safety
- How to keep your family and others safe from drunk drivers, reckless drivers and road defects by Conway / Myrtle Beach Accident Attorney Dirk Derrick
- Driving while talking on phone impairs a driver as much as having a .08 alcohol level
- Why I Wrote "The Truth About Your South Carolina Injury Claim"
Wrongful Death
Workers Compensation
General
- CPSC Warns Manufacturers Over Safety of Children's Products
- FDA warns of potential confusion over Maalox products
- Pregnant women who are exposed to elevated levels of some types of phthalates may give birth to boys who exhibit less-masculine play behavior than other males
- Federal safety regulators have announced the recall of more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs made by a Canadian manufacturer.
News
Motorcycle Accidents
- Teen Racer Killed In Motorcycle Wreck...
Posted on 8/30/2010 - Department of Transportation at fault for motorcycle crash...
Posted on 7/21/2010
Car Accidents
- Helicopter Called To Head-On Collision...
Posted on 9/2/2010 - N.C. Student Struck In Hit-And-Run...
Posted on 8/31/2010
Tractor - Trailer Truck Accidents
- Beer Truck Accident Cleanup Continues...
Posted on 9/1/2010 - Toddlers Dragged By Truck...
Posted on 9/1/2010
Wrongful Death
- Man Dead In Hit-And-Run Accident...
Posted on 9/2/2010 - Man Dies After Car Wreck...
Posted on 8/30/2010
Personal Injury
- Fund Started For Teen Hit-And-Run...
Posted on 9/2/2010 - Suit Filed Against Marshall In Football Injury Case...
Posted on 9/1/2010
Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Man Falls From Balcony, Dies Of Traumatic Brain Injury...
Posted on 8/23/2010 - Driver, Caltrans responsible for accident and brain damage...
Posted on 7/19/2010
Spinal Cord Injuries
- Maryland woman awarded damages for spinal cord injury...
Posted on 5/19/2010 - Woman awarded damages for spinal cord injuries...
Posted on 5/11/2010
Workers Compensation
- Workers' comp insurers must repay customers...
Posted on 5/20/2010 - Exams of injured workers often one-sided...
Posted on 5/4/2010
Social Security Disability
- Social Security payments to be made electronically...
Posted on 6/17/2010 - Social security checks may get smaller...
Posted on 3/9/2010
Denied / Delayed Insurance Claims
- WellPoint's CEO's defense of rate hikes seen as unapologetic...
Posted on 3/2/2010 - Consumer group sues Anthem for restricting coverage...
Posted on 3/2/2010
General
- Kids And Golf Carts: Complaints Lodged...
Posted on 9/2/2010 - Thousands Of Kia Cars Recalled...
Posted on 9/2/2010
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Motorcycle Accidents
- Why are motorcycle deaths on the rise? What can be done to help prevent them?
- Motorcycle helmets do not significantly interfere with vision or hearing of riders
Car Accidents
Tractor - Trailer Truck Accidents
Personal Injury
- Why the Derrick Law Firm is Different in Handling Your Injury Claim
- What does an experienced personal injury attorney actually do to help your case?
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Spinal Cord Injuries
Workers Compensation
- The Truth About Your Workers Compensation Claim
- The Biggest Mistakes That Could Harm or Destroy Your SC Workers' Compensation Claim
Social Security Disability
- How Will the Derrick Law Firm Handle Your Social Security Disability Claim Differently?
- Mistakes made that could hurt your chances of qualifying for disability
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- Car Accidents
- Summer Driving Safety
- How to keep your family and others safe from drunk drivers, reckless drivers and road defects by Conway / Myrtle Beach Accident Attorney Dirk Derrick
- Driving while talking on phone impairs a driver as much as having a .08 alcohol level
- Why I Wrote "The Truth About Your South Carolina Injury Claim"
- Every day, 36 people in the United States die, and approximately 700 more are injured, in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver.
- Troopers ready to Arrest those who choose to Drink and Drive over the 4th
- The 10 Worst Insurance Companies in America
- Preventing problems instead of trying to fix them
- Statistics on how Alcohol is destroying our kids
- Why you need uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage on your own vehicle
- Workers Compensation
- Wrongful Death
- General
- CPSC Warns Manufacturers Over Safety of Children's Products
- FDA warns of potential confusion over Maalox products
- Pregnant women who are exposed to elevated levels of some types of phthalates may give birth to boys who exhibit less-masculine play behavior than other males
- Federal safety regulators have announced the recall of more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs made by a Canadian manufacturer.
- Pfizer Inc. must pay $28 million in punitive damages
- Bone-Growth Proteins Show Risk in New Study
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- Conway SC Workers Compensation Attorney Myrtle Beach Comp Lawyer
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News
- Vehicle Checkpoints Set For County
- Thousands Of Kia Cars Recalled
- Kids And Golf Carts: Complaints Lodged
- Helicopter Called To Head-On Collision
- Man Dead In Hit-And-Run Accident
- Fund Started For Teen Hit-And-Run
- New Cars May Get 'Green' Grades
- Motor Vehicle Regs On Hold For Hurricane
- Toddlers Dragged By Truck
- Beer Truck Accident Cleanup Continues
- Man Injured In 40-Story Fall
- Suit Filed Against Marshall In Football Injury Case
- Car Seat Checkpoint Planned
- S.C. Transportation Bill To Be Discussed
- N.C. Student Struck In Hit-And-Run
- Teen Charged In Hit And Run
- Car Accident Kills Toddler In Driveway
- Man Dies After Car Wreck
- Teen Racer Killed In Motorcycle Wreck
- Police Seek Car In Hit-And-Run
- Pilot Identified In Fatal Crash
- Woman Sentenced In Wrong-Way Collision
- Elderly Woman Dies In Collision
- Truck Wreck Causes Major Delays
- Woman Dead, Four Injured In Wreck With State Trooper
- Dillon Mayor Pro-Tem In Car Wreck With Pedestrian
- Police Target DUI's This Labor Day
- Civil Suit Filed For Fireworks Injury
- New "I BELIEVE" License Plate Considered
- Marion Police Buy SCHP Cars
- I-73 Project Picks Up Speed
- Man Killed In Car Wreck
- One Killed, One Injured Washing Windows
- Three Die When Truck Hits House
- Daughter Injured In Jetski Accident
- Nurse Killed By Distracted Driver
- Inner tube boating accident death
- Suspect Found In Hit-And-Run
- N.C. Man Dies In S.C. Boat Accident
- Man Injured In Jet Ski Collision
- Man Falls From Balcony, Dies Of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Three Charged In Fatal Boat Crashes
- One Dead, One Injured As Car Strikes Home
- Police Search For Hit-And-Run Car
- Local Man Dies In Wreck
- Van Sought In Hit-And-Run
- Buses Start Back To School
- Third Victim Of Hit-And-Run
- Mother Charged In Deaths Of Sons Strapped In Car
- Crackdown On I-26 Drivers
- Car Strikes Five Others
- Man Charged In Fatal Car Crash Released
- Man Dies In Three-Car Wreck
- Teen Killed On Inner Tube
- Georgia Couple Killed In Car Crash
- Drivers Warned As School Year Begins
- Children Drown In Car
- 4 killed in crash at Dillon County intersection
- Honda recalls vehicles over ignition switch
- Man dies in collision with log truck
- Family of man run over on beach sues city of Myrtle Beach
- Horry County wreck leads to death of child
- Man arrested in fatal Myrtle Beach crash
- Fatal crash on I-95 in the Pee Dee
- Teenager dies in Florence County rollover wreck
- Horry County wrongful death suit upheld
- Tractor-trailer crash leads to traffic delays
- City of Myrtle Beach to conduct child car seat safety check
- Driver charged in 501 accident
- Fatal car crash kills two Horry County women
- Pedestrian killed on U.S. 17 Business in Myrtle Beach
- Four-car crash in Dillon County leaves mother dead
- Department of Transportation at fault for motorcycle crash
- Playard tents recalled for strangulation risk
- Dump truck and car collide in 701 crash
- Wreck closes road near Aynor, SC
- Head-on collision causes death of 2 South Carolina women
- Golf cart struck by a vehicle on Highway 90
- Man killed in early morning Georgetown accident
- Wreck on SC 319 sends one to hospital
- Driver, Caltrans responsible for accident and brain damage
- Boy pleads guilty in fatal wreck
- Pedestrian hit by van on U.S. 17 Bypass in Myrtle Beach
- Toyota research may indicate driver error
- Johnson and Johnson expands recall
- Lawsuit filed against Johnson and Johnson by consumers
- Lawsuit filed against city, park district president over death
- 1 dead, 2 injured in Marion County car crash
- Businessman dies in motorcycle crash
- 3 vehicle wreck sends SUV onto hood of small car
- Murrells Inlet man killed in crash with 2 tractor-trailers
- Tractor-trailer accident causes injury on I-95
- Motorcycle crash kills Conway man
- Sony recalls laptops for burn risk
- Multi-vehicle crashes stall 501 traffic in Conway
- Campbell recalls 15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs
- 18-wheeler crashes on SC 22 in Horry County
- Johnson & Johnson recalls additional medicines
- Social Security payments to be made electronically
- Damages awarded in fatal crash
- Kroger recalls ice cream for nut allergy concerns
- BMW, VW recalls models for fire hazards
- Johnson & Johnson uncooperative in House investigation
- Woman charged in fatal I-95 crash
- GM recalls vehicles over fire hazard
- Toyota sudden acceleration blamed for fatal crash
- Myrtle Beach woman denied lesser charge in fatal crash
- Faulty tire blamed for fatal crash in Florida
- Chrysler recalls 5 models for safety hazards
- SC Supreme Court repeals Myrtle Beach helmet law
- NC man charged with felony DUI in Thursday wreck
- 2 toddlers die in I-85 wreck
- 87-year-old man dies in wreck with police car
- McDonald's recalls glasses for cadmium
- Horry County man dies in night crash
- 4 PediaCare children's products voluntarily recalled
- Time runs out for SC texting ban
- Fatal crash in Kingstree
- Toyota has 30 days to turn over documents
- Brain injured man awarded $40 million
- Owners of Ford Fusions, Mercury Milans warned about stuck accelerators
- 4 family members killed in I-95 crash
- Settlement reached in helicopter crash suit
- Woman injured in motorcycle accident
- 1 killed in Pee Dee motorcycle wreck
- Johnson and Johnson faces possible criminal charges
- Congress has many questions for drug manufacturers
- Suit with former Major League Baseball player settles
- Pediatric group urges warning labels on foods
- Global effort launched to end distracted driving
- Injured motorcyclist missing from accident scene
- TV ad aims to find responsible party in I-95 crash
- Law enforcement looking to reduce summer accident-related fatalities
- Single car accident stops 707 traffic
- Congress to introduce legislation banning drop-side cribs
- Anti-texting bans should carry heavier penalties for violators
- 45 million Americans don't buckle up
- Fatal accident kills 1 in Florence County
- 4 injured in weekend motorcycle collision
- Walmart recalls kids' jewelry over toxic metal
- Congress and automakers discuss black boxes in cars
- Conway police focus on seatbelt safety
- Workers' comp insurers must repay customers
- NYC judge allows wrongful death suit to proceed
- Driver blames brakes for fatal crash
- Toy dart gun recalled after two child deaths
- Families settle over wrongful death of child
- City seeks to settle taser-death suit
- No charges in wreck killing 2 motorcyclists
- Police seek help in I-95 crash investigation
- Maryland woman awarded damages for spinal cord injury
- Accident closes down southbound 501 in Conway
- Texting while driving course shows teens dangers
- Mo-ped rider dies in crash
- NHTSA opens investigation on Ford Windstars
- Woman, 3 children injured in 2 car accident
- Texting while driving campaign launches in South Carolina
- Teen nighttime driving risks increase
- Biker killed in motorcycle-car crash
- Fewer motorcycle crashes during spring rally this year
- Father of strangled shoplifter files wrongful death suit
- Federal rule bans texting for truck and bus drivers
- Woman paralyzed from E. Coli infection awarded damages
- Suit says restaurant liable for injury to worker
- New cell phone app prevents texting while driving
- Family files suit against Toyota following crash
- Fatal traffic accident kills 2 motorcyclists
- Dept of Transportation to enforce commericial vehicle safety hours
- Infusion pumps recalled under FDA agreement
- NHTSA opens investigation in 2005 Toyota recall
- Man crashes car while fleeing police
- Man charged with DWI in fatal crash
- District liable for bicyclist's spinal injuries
- Woman awarded damages for spinal cord injuries
- U.S. regulators to closely monitor Toyota's safety promise
- Multiple Grand Strand Motorcycle Accidents reported
- Progress in the Toyota recall
- Best cars for teenage drivers
- Mother files wrongful death suit over DUI crash
- Two car crash shuts down Highway 544
- Hyundai ordered to pay damages in fatal crash
- One killed in motorcycle accident Wednesday
- Senate introduces auto safety overhall
- FDA report shows quality control issues at medicine manufacturer
- Nissan recalling vehicles to address possible air bag problems
- Car accidents leading cause of teenage deaths in United States
- Exams of injured workers often one-sided
- Family of California trucker files claim over death
- One dies in fatal car accident on Saturday
- Family files wrongful death suit against state of Illinois, trooper
- Grassley urges creation of independent drug safety office at FDA
- OSHA to crackdown on unsafe workplaces
- Cribs recalled over suffocation risk
- Cardinal left abusive priest in pastoral job
- Parents of fatal crash victim to file lawsuit against millionaire
- Truck accident kills one in Marion County
- One dies in Darlington County car crash
- FDA making changes in medical device approval
- Boy Scouts to pay $18.5 million in sex abuse lawsuit
- Sebelius asks Wellpoint to stop dropping women with breast cancer
- AAJ report links vehicle-design-defect to safety improvements
- Woman killed in one-car accident in Horry County
- FDA tightens oversight of drug pumps
- Study shows hospital infections rates still high
- Car accident near Aynor sends one to the hospital
- Workplace incentives slow workers compensation claims
- Hospital ruled negligent in retiree's death
- Toyota to pay federal fine
- Myrtle Beach teen charged in fatal car accident
- South Carolina woman gets 18 years in prison for fatal DUI wreck
- Waterway boating accident sends one to hospital in Myrtle Beach
- One person killed in car accident near Loris in Horry County
- Conway car accident sends 5 to hospital
- Alabama woman awarded damages in wrongful death lawsuit
- Toyota recalls 600,000 Sienna minivans
- Suit filed against officer in car wreck
- Two South Carolina students killed in wreck on way to school
- Families of 2 Maryland miners file wrongful death suit
- Police release details about fatal car accident near Myrtle Beach
- Settlement reached in fatal drunk driving crash
- Woman dies in two car crash after police chase in Horry County
- Family files lawsuit over construction site death
- Documents show that Toyota delayed a U.S. recall
- Marion Man Dies in ATV Accident
- Multiple Car Accident Occurs on 501
- Myrtle Beach Man Sentenced in Felony DUI Case
- North Carolina Man Killed in Crash in Dillon County
- Statewide improvements aim to make South Carolina roads safer
- Myrtle Beach Man Dies in Crash
- Spartanburg woman arrested at scene of fatal accident
- North Carolina teenager dies after crash in Myrtle Beach
- Two Teenagers Taken to Hospital After Wreck in Myrtle Beach
- 5 Taken to Hospital after Wreck in Myrtle Beach
- Accident Shuts Down Highway 501 Intersection
- Study Shows Majority of Drivers Can't Multitask with Cell Phone
- 2 Hurt in Wreck Involving Toyota Camry Near Little River
- Car Wreck Kills Horry County Woman
- Fatal Crash on I-95 Wednesday Morning
- Parents of student killed in bus crash sue school district
- SC Trooper Killed in Car Accident Saturday
- Horry County Police Awarded for DUI Efforts
- More than 1 million baby slings recalled
- Horry county woman killed in fatal crash near Loris
- South Carolina Fire Captain Charged with Drunk Driving
- Judge defers sentencing in triple fatal crash
- Suicidal driver punished for death of child - Horry County SC
- Honda recalls 410,000 vehicles for brake problems
- Man killed in crash with ambulance
- Man killed in motorcycle accident in Timmonsville
- Social security checks may get smaller
- How to stop uncontrolled acceleration - Toyota
- Head-on collision kills Darlington County man
- Troopers look for hit and run vehicle
- Child, adult killed in five-car collision
- Crash st US 301 in Dillon
- Families file suit over salmonella outbreak
- Nursing home settles wrongful death suit
- Concern over radiation exposure prompts efforts to curb CT scan use
- Federal judge allows FMLA claim against individuals
- New law guarantees mental health parity in insurance coverage
- Consumer group sues Anthem for restricting coverage
- WellPoint's CEO's defense of rate hikes seen as unapologetic
- Pfizer ordered to pay damages to cancer patient
- 50k die a year from hospital infections
- Cell Phone Case Settle for $5 Million
- Driver fails DUI tests after fatal crash in North Myrtle beach
- South Carolina Legislators Approve a Texting, Cell Phone Ban
- Fatal wreck on I-85 South on Tuesday morning
- Travelers spent $1.66 million lobbying gov't in 4Q
- Court sides with injured migrant worker
- Washingto Governor Gregoire, Boeing Co. and Workers Compensation
- South Carolina Legislators Pass Workers Compensation Bill
- NHTSA says Toyota acceleration defect linked to 34 fatalities
- Mitchell White Dies In Accident On U.S. Highway 17
- Toyota said to have staved off inquiries by hiring NHTSA officials
- Sebelius Rejects WellPoint's Explanation of Premium Increases
- $10.5 Million Accord Reached in Teen's Death
- Horry County Bus Driver Charged
- Coastal Carolina Student Heather Meade Dies
- Two Car Accident Claims the Life of Terry Roberts
- Texting Dan Postponed
- Single Car Accident Takes Life of 20 year old
- Georgetown Woman Died in Accident
- Woman Killed Thursday Morning in Accident
- Dangerous intersection will not be changed notwithstanding fatal accident
- Kids killed in Accident
- Three People Killed in Accident Wednesday Night.
- Man Hit By SUV
- Student Hit By Bus
- 71 Year Old Man Dies After Accident
- Kencory Vereen died as Result of tire separtion
- Deadly Accident Leaves 2 Dead
- Mans Dies Hours After Accident
- Two Buses in Less Than Two Hours
- US 17 Bypass Shut Down By Police
- Horse killed by Horry County School Bus
- Accident on Horry County Road Takes a Life
- Family Files Lawsuit Over Fatal Bicycle Accident
- Jury Awards Damages to Drunken Driving Victim
- Insurance Cancellations Keys in Health Care Debate
- Labor Day wreck claims life of Hopkins woman
- Woman found 19 hours after wreck
- Boat Accident injures 3
- A car accident in Conway kills a 44-year-old woman on Friday morning
- Biker charged with Felony DUI for death of his passenger
- 31 year old Lady loses life due to reckless driver
- Jet-skier flown to MUSC after accident
- Talking on a phone impairs a driver as much as having a blood alcohol content of .08 percent
- Alcohol likely a factor in head on collision killing 4 people
- Car Accident in Conway leads to injuries and knocks out power
- Myrtle Beach not including motorcycle laws in tour books
- Truck Accident sends five to hospital
- 9 year old girl struck by car in Myrtle Beach
- Fan distributor agrees to pay $587,500 settlement
- Yet another driver charged with DUI after head-on collision
- Manning man killed in head-on car accident
- National Transportation Safety Board Investigators determine trolley crash in May 2008 could have been prevented
- Dennis Carl Smith charged with Felony DUI for 2nd time after killing two teenagers
- Bail set and paid by Myrtle Beach man charged with felony DUI
- Weekend full of serious injuries and death on our local highways
- The Lexington County Coroner's Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol are investigating an early morning one-car accident.
- Woman Gets 7 Years for killing couple on sidewalk
- 4th Circuit Chief Judge Williams retires
- Blogger explores danger of cellphones to children.
- FDA not sure how Nestle cookie dough became contaminated.
- Salmonella product recalls
- Deputy charged after boating crash
- Darvon, Similar Drugs to Carry Stronger Warnings
- Crash on Interstate 26 involves 42 vehicles
- S.C. man dies after being shocked, falling 100 feet
- The families of five people killed in a fiery 2007 crash are suing a convicted drunken driver and two bars
- Study indicates number of Emergency Room visits for computer-related injuries have increased
- Columnists advise consumers on acetaminophen risks following FDA panel recommendations
- Matrixx discloses class action suits related to Zicam.
- Federal regulators announce recall of children's pool floats, cribs.
- FDA issues warning on energy drink after utility blade is found in vial.
- OSHA regulators flag Delaware refinery for workplace safety violations.
- OSHA to investigate Disney monorail crash.
- Grassley probing Aetna over healthcare plan that left Texas man owing $200,000.
- Three bike rally-related lawsuits are still pending in Court.
- DUI Arrests Up - Myrtle Beach Alcohol Related Deaths Down
- 4th of July proves deadly on South Carolina Highways
- 2 fatal car accidents occur in Horry County
- Security Guard jumps into Window to Stop Drunk Driver
- Fatal Car Wreck being investigated - Highway 544
- Insurance Companies may be overcharging South Carolina Residents
- Highway deaths are continuing to fall in 2009
- Myrtle Beach man traveling near 90 mph when he crashed vehicle, died
- EEOC Steps up Disability Suits
- Wrongful death blamed on illegally imported drugs
- Crash Raises concern about Automation
- Two Chapin Children die in 4-vehicle wreck
- Couple dies in wreck when reckless driver speeded from a traffic stop
- 15 year old Georgetown student killed when he fell asleep while driving
- 36 year old Lori Pilot was killed in a one car accident near Loris on Thursday.
- Missing jet skier found
- Injections being used more and more for back pain
- Morgan Freeman denies fault in car crash
- Laws being considered to prevent TEXTING while driving
- State Troopers trained in accident reconstruction
- South Carolina Troopers looking for car in Kershaw county regarding a deadly wreck
- Horry County Police Officer charged in motorcycle wreck
Case Results
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Father killed in motorcycle accident
- Motorcycle Rider injured when car changes lanes and hits him (All Available Insurance obtained)
Awarded: "$1,200,000"
Awarded: $ 220,000.00
- Car Accidents
- Severely Fractured Hip
- Lady injures heel in head-on collision
- Man injured while trying to leave the scene of a traffic jam on a bridge
- Woman injured when defendant ran stop sign while dialing cell phone
- Woman fractures heel when defendant's car pulls in front of her
- Elderly lady suffers lacerations and severe contusions
- Man fractures leg when defendant runs off road and overcorrects (All Available Insurance obtained)
- Man injures leg when hit head on (All Available Insurance obtained)
- Passenger injured while riding in rental car (All Available Insurance Obained)
- Mother injured in accident (All Available Insurance obtained)
- Minor child receives cuts to the face when defendant runs red light (All Available Insurance obtained)
- Woman sustained microscopic fractures while stopped for a school bus
- Drunk driver ran into ditch hurting passenger (All Available Insurance obtained)
Awarded: $ 750,000.00
Awarded: $ 725,500
Awarded: $ 433,000.00
Awarded: $ 420,000.00
Awarded: "$280,000"
Awarded: "$130,000"
Awarded: "$125,000"
Awarded: "$125,000.00"
Awarded: "$125,000.00"
Awarded: $ 100,000.00
Awarded: "$100,000"
Awarded: "$100,000"
Awarded: "$100,000"
- Wrongful Death
- Father Killed in Motorcycle Accident
- Jet ski rider killed when he falls and is hit by another jet ski
- Bicycle Rider Killed at Intersection (All Available Insurance obtained)
- Death of a child pedestrian (All Available Insurance obtained)
- Death of 15 month old from defective stove - (Confidential amount)
Awarded: $ 1,200,000.00
Awarded: "$175,000"
Awarded: "Policy Limits"
Awarded: Policy Limits
Awarded: "Confidential"
- Workers Compensation
- Maintenance man injures spine while fixing washing machine
- Lady suffers Post Traumatic Stress after being robbed at convenient store
- Firefighter injures her back while twisting with air tanks strapped onto her back
- Convenient store manager robbed 3 times in 6 months suffers from Post Traumatice Stress Disorder
- Man falls from ladder and injures back
- Gentleman falls from a dump truck injuring head and back
- Brave employee injured trying to stop robbery
Awarded: "$282,000"
Awarded: "$175,000"
Awarded: "$160,000"
Awarded: "$158,000"
Awarded: "$125,000"
Awarded: "$102,000"
Awarded: "92,600"
- Social Security Disability
- Middle age Convenient Store Manager receives Social Security Disabiity for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- 60 Year Old Gentleman Awarded Full Social Security Disability Benefits
- 24 Year Old Male Awarded Full Benefits Suffering from Chrohn's Disease
- 34 Year Old Female Suffering Lower Back Impediments Awarded Benefits
- 32 Year Old Female Suffering Multiple Scelerosis Awarded Full Benefits
- 50 Year Old Male Awarded Full Benefits
- 47 Year Old Female with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Awarded Full Benefits
- 50 Year Old Man with Chronic Infection Awarded Full Benefits
- 61 Year Old Woman with Arthritis and Hypertension Awarded Benefits
- 61 Year Old Male with Pulmonary Insufficiency Awarded Full Benefits
Awarded: "Fully Favorable"
Awarded: Fully favorable
Awarded: Fully Favorable
Awarded: Fully Favorable
Awarded: Fully Favorable
Awarded: Fully Favorable
Awarded: Fully Favorable
Awarded: Fully Favorable
Awarded: Fully Favorable
Awarded: Fully Favorable
- Denied / Delayed Insurance Claims
- Insurance company lies to a farmer and then stops his benefits
- Insurance company lies to farmer about benefits
- Logger wins bad faith insurance verdict versus LLoyd's of London
Awarded: "$539,000"
Awarded: "$330,000"
Awarded: "$160,000"
- General
- Jet ski rider fractures face when hit by other jet ski
- Female injured at Go-cart track
Awarded: "$175,000"
Awarded: "$82,500"
Document Library
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Why are motorcycle deaths on the rise? What can be done to help prevent them?
- Motorcycle helmets do not significantly interfere with vision or hearing of riders
- Are motorcycles safe?
- Myrtle Beach passes new ordinances to discourage bike rallies
- Car Accidents
- Improving Auto Safety
- Auto Insurance
- Buying Auto Insurance
- What is Distracted Driving?
- Cost of Speeding-related crashes
- How to Deal with Aggressive Drivers
- Biggest Mistakes You Can Make With Insurance Adjusters
- Do you need an attorney?
- How to buy the automobile insurance coverage you need
- Biggest Mistakes made by Injured Victims
- Child Passenger Safety: - How to Best Protect Children in Cars
- Why You need to purchase auto insurance to protect your family's health and livelihood
- The Top 10 Things You Should Do After an Accident
- You need to buy Uninsured, Underinsured and PIP Insurance coverage
- Tractor - Trailer Truck Accidents
- Sharing the Road Safely with Large Trucks
- Interacting Safely with Commercial Motor Vehicles
- THE LARGE TRUCK CRASH CAUSATION STUDY
- New Study Concludes Driver Behavior Causes Most Truck Crashes
- Personal Injury
- Why the Derrick Law Firm is Different in Handling Your Injury Claim
- What does an experienced personal injury attorney actually do to help your case?
- Criteria for Picking the Right Attorney
- What is a Personal Injury Claim?
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Workers Compensation
- The Truth About Your Workers Compensation Claim
- The Biggest Mistakes That Could Harm or Destroy Your SC Workers' Compensation Claim
- Benefits Available to Injured Workers
- Social Security Disability
- How Will the Derrick Law Firm Handle Your Social Security Disability Claim Differently?
- Mistakes made that could hurt your chances of qualifying for disability
- An experienced attorney will:
- Disability as defined by Social Security
- 5 Steps to Prove You are Entitled to Social Security Disability Benefit (SS-DIB)
- If Approved for Social Security Disability -- What are the Benefits?
- The steps in the Disability application process and what to do if and when your application is denied.
- Types of Social Security Disability Benefits. Conway / Myrtle Beach Social Security Attorney Dirk J. Derrick of The Derrick Law Firm explains the different types of Social Security Disability Benefits.
- 47.5 Million U.S. Adults Report a Disability; Arthritis Remains Most Common Cause
- Denied / Delayed Insurance Claims
- Abandoning the Sick
- Canceling for a Call
- What can you do to protect yourself against insurance company tactics?
- Denying Claims
- Delaying Until Death
- Confusing Consumers
- Discriminating by Credit Score
- General
Video Library
- Car Accidents:
- Danger of driving while texting - causing deaths on our highways - Public Safety Announcement
- Sad Reality of Drunk Driving - Not All Victims Die
- "Safe" way to handle your car when it leaves the road to avoid serious injury or death
- Wrongful Death:
- Personal Injury:
- Traumatic Brain Injuries:
- Workers Compensation:
- Social Security Disability:
- Denied / Delayed Insurance Claims:
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Insurance Adjusters
- Insurance Companies fight Bad Faith Penalties
- CNN Anderson Cooper Auto Insurance Investigation - bad faith
- CNN Anderson Cooper Auto Insurance Investigation part 2
- General:
Frequently Asked Questions
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Car Accidents
- Should I give an insurance adjuster a recorded statement?
- Does the insurance company of the at-fault driver have to pay your medical bills while they are being incurred?
- What should I tell my doctor about the wreck?
- What if my adjuster is nice and polite and indicates that he will make sure I'm done right?
- Do I sign documents and give statements to the truck company's insurance carriers after a truck accident?
- Are trucking companies regulated?
- Should I call the police?
What are the common causes of truck accident?
- Should I hire an attorney when I have a car accident?
- Wrongful Death
- What remedies are available to someone whose family member has been killed by a person or a product?
- Who has the right to bring a "wrongful death claim" and a "survival claim"?
- What is a wrongful death claim?
- What is a"Survival Action"?
- Workers Compensation
Can I get a second opinion if I am not happy with the doctor to whom the insurance carrier refers me?
- How do I file a claim
- What is a hearing
- When are my benefits terminated?
- How do I report an on-the-job injury?
- What medical treatment am I entitled to receive?
- How is the compensation rate determined?
- Will I get compensated for missing time from work because of my injury?
- What if the doctor releases me to light duty?
- What if I receive an impairment rating or have a scar?
- Do I get reimbursed for my travel expenses when I go to the doctor?
- Do I need an attorney to help me with my Workers Compensation claim?
- Who is an employee for workers' compensation purposes?
- Is the owner of a business or the principal contractor on a job liable for workers' compensation benefits to an employee or subcontractor?
- How is compensation determined for an injury?
- Who determines whether an individual is an employee for workers' compensation purposes? Who settles disputes over whether an injury occurred on the job?
- Social Security Disability
I applied for disability benefits 3 months ago and still haven't received an answer. When should I expect to be notified of the decision?
Why is there a five-month waiting period for Social Security disability benefits?
I am receiving Social Security disability benefits. Will my benefits be affected if I work and earn money?
I currently receive Social Security disability benefits. My disabilities have worsened and I have other health problems. Can my monthly benefit amount be increased?
Can a person with a terminal illness qualify for disability benefits?
- How do you apply for disability for a child under the age of 18
- How do I apply for Social Security Disability if I am an adult, 18 years or older?
- How much can you earn and still receive Disability benefits?
How many different types of Social Security disability benefits are there?
What do I need to do if Social Security has denied me?
- What do I do if Social Security has denied my claim for the second time?
- How do I ask for a hearing before a judge?
- What is my AOD?
How do I apply for Social Security Disability Benefits
I used to work but lately I have been staying home taking care of the kids. I have now become sick. Can I get Social Security disability benefits?
How long do I have to wait after becoming disabled before I can file for Social Security disability benefits?
What is the definition of disability used by Social Security?
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- Danger of driving while texting - causing deaths on our highways - Public Safety Announcement
- Sad Reality of Drunk Driving - Not All Victims Die
- "Safe" way to handle your car when it leaves the road to avoid serious injury or death
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Motorcycle Accidents
Car Accidents
- Should I give an insurance adjuster a recorded statement?
- Does the insurance company of the at-fault driver have to pay your medical bills while they are being incurred?
- What should I tell my doctor about the wreck?
Wrongful Death
- What is a"Survival Action"?
- What is a wrongful death claim?
- Who has the right to bring a "wrongful death claim" and a "survival claim"?
Workers Compensation
Can I get a second opinion if I am not happy with the doctor to whom the insurance carrier refers me?
- How do I file a claim
- What is a hearing
Social Security Disability
I applied for disability benefits 3 months ago and still haven't received an answer. When should I expect to be notified of the decision?
Why is there a five-month waiting period for Social Security disability benefits?
I am receiving Social Security disability benefits. Will my benefits be affected if I work and earn money?