Because the Louthian Law Firm has handled South Carolina auto accident cases for nearly 50 years, unfortunately we’ve seen firsthand that younger drivers are more likely to make bad decisions out of inexperience. That’s why we were pleased to see that the South Carolina legislature is considering a bill that…
A state department of transportation road maintenance foreman died after being hit by a pickup truck while on the job, according to an AP wire report. Standra Jones of Gaston , South Carolina died of multiple injuries at 6:21am at Lexington Medical Center following the truck accident according to authorities.…
Owners of rollover-prone Ford Explorers scored a major victory Nov. 28 when Ford Motor Co. agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by consumers. About a million people in Texas, Illinois, Connecticut and California had alleged that their SUVs were prone to roll over, which hurt their value because of…
More teens die each year in the U.S. from automobile crashes than any other cause, a group said Tuesday, and the national rate doubles among S.C. teens. The South Carolina National Safety council said it wants Alive at 25, a defensive driving survival course for young drivers 16 to 24,…
If you commute for any substantial amount of time on South Carolina roads, you see it on a daily basis; the remnants of dangerous, sometimes deadly, automobile accidents on the shoulders of our highways. Emergency vehicles treating the injured, highway patrol officers directing traffic and clearing the roads of the…
A bus driver was killed and 30 of his passengers were injured when his tour bus drove off a South Carolina highway into some trees on early Monday morning. The bus accident happened on a rural stretch of highway and no other vehicles were involved. The tour bus was traveling…
A pedestrian was struck and killed Wednesday morning off Monticello Road in Richland County. Michael D. Stevenson, 48, of Margate Street, died on the scene about 6:30 a.m. of multiple trauma, said Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. The incident happened on Blue Ridge Terrace off Monticello, said S.C. Highway Patrol…
Two men died in Charleston, South Carolina on Friday when their SUV blew a tire and plunged off the Don Holt Bridge, according to an Associated Press Report published October 3rd. Castillo Izaquirre, 31 and Pineda Cardenas, 21 both died from trauma resulting from the 90 foot fall. A Coast…
A recent Louisiana car accident lawsuit can teach personal injury victims an important lesson about the many routes to justice that can be taken by an experienced legal team. In the Turner v. Iafrate case, plaintiff Turner was struck by a car while riding as a passenger. 35-year-old Turner, who…
A 20-year-old Cayce woman who was a passenger in a car died early Wednesday in a collision in the 1700 block of Two Notch Road, according to a news release from the Lexington County coroner’s office. Ashley Crumpton, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 6:30 a.m. accident,…