Personal Injury Blog

The National Transportation Safety Board has urged automakers to make forward car collision avoidance system — automatic braking when an upcoming object is detected — standard on all vehicles sold in the United States. Last year, the safety agency released...

SC Drivers Top List of Worst Drivers in America South Carolina drivers are among the worst in the nation, according to a recent study by CarInsuranceComparison.com.  The study evaluated U.S. motorists by looking at states with high rates of fatal...

Spring break is a good time to get together with your friends, especially if you’ve all scattered to different colleges since high school. For a lot of people, that means having alcohol on hand to serve to guests — but...

Just about everyone looks up how to do things on the internet these days — and YouTube can be a big help if you’re trying to figure out how to install a garbage disposal or get a pair of false...

A new study from Vanderbuilt University uncovers something interesting—although it might take a medical malpractice attorney to appreciate the real significance. Apology laws, which exist in more than 30 states, allow a physician to apologize to a patient or the...

Citing the need for greater awareness and more transparency to lessen human error in health care, researchers point to ways that patients themselves can help reduce medical errors. Currently, medical errors come after heart disease and cancer as the third...

Seat belts and airbags have helped more people than ever survive the devastating upper-body and head injuries that used to kill so many car accident victims. However, these safety devices don’t do anything to prevent victims from suffering serious injuries...

With more and more people shopping online throughout the year for everything from shoes to groceries, the delivery truck is a common sight in just about every neighborhood these days. Those delivery drivers are under a lot of pressure to...

Many South Carolinians worry about the side effects of anesthesia when they need surgery — and understandably so. While experts say the risks of anesthesia are generally low, research suggests the general anesthesia death rate may be as high as...

Prosecutors can only bring a case to trial if they have enough evidence to convince a jury that a crime has been committed “beyond a reasonable doubt,” which is the highest standard of evidence used in court. That can sometimes...