South Carolina Personal Injury Law Articles
It can be hard to know where to turn when you are looking for reliable information about pursuing a personal injury claim in South Carolina.
You may be wondering whether you should accept the insurance company’s settlement offer or hire an attorney to negotiate on your behalf. The Derrick Law Firm's website has many informative articles regarding many of the questions you may have about your claim.
We offer articles on a wide range of subjects from the personal injury legal process to workers' compensation questions and beyond. Browse our free legal library to learn more about car, truck, and motorcycle accidents—as well as other kinds of personal injury claims—in South Carolina.
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Interacting Safely with Commercial Motor Vehicles The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and its affiliate program, TACT (Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks) attempts to curtail aggressive driving and unsafe driving characteristics that increases commercial motor vehicle-related crashes, injuries and fatalities. -
Spinal Cord Injury Motor vehicle accidents account for forty percent of all new spinal cord injuries that occur every year. This article outlines information about spinal cord injuries and what you can do about it. -
Myrtle Beach Auto Accident Attorney explains, "What is Distracted Driving?" According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, distracted driving is any non-driving activity a person engages in that has the potential to distract him or her from the primary task of driving and increase the risk of crashing. -
Cost of Speeding-related Crashes Speeding is one of the most prevalent factors contributing to traffic crashes. The economic cost to society of speeding-related crashes is estimated by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to be $40.4 billion per year. In 2008, speeding was a contributing factor in 31 percent of all fatal crashes, and 11,674 lives were lost in speeding-related crashes. -
How to Deal with Aggressive Drivers The NHTSA offers helpful advice on how to deal with aggressive drivers in order to protect your and your passengers' safety. -
Motorcycle helmets do not interfere with vision or hearing A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has demonstrated that wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle does not significantly interfere with the rider's ability to see, hear or respond to changes in traffic conditions. -
How safe is a motorcycle? Motorcycle fatalities represent approximately 11 percent of all highway fatalities each year, yet motorcycles represent approximately 3 percent of all registered vehicles in the United States. One of the main reasons motorcyclists are killed in crashes is because the motorcycle itself provides virtually no protection in a crash. For example, approximately 80 percent of reported motorcycle crashes result in injury or death; a comparable figure for automobiles is about 20 percent. -
The Large Truck Crash Causation Study FMCSA and the NHTSA conducted the Large Truck Crash Causation Study to examine the reasons for serious crashes involving large trucks. -
Can my insurance company cancel my plan Insurance companies can cancel an individual's insurance when they need it most -- when they become seriously ill. -
Can the insurance company cancel my insurance? Insurance companies can document your phone calls and later treat them as a claim.