When you say, “forgery,” most people will imagine a person stealing someone’s checkbook and then signing the owner’s name to cash a check… That’s forgery. But, sometimes people are surprised to find that forgery in SC covers much more than a forged signature on a...
How do you try an auto accident case to a jury in SC? Even the simplest auto accident trials are not simple – here are a few things you need to know: A pro-se auto accident trial with no attorney is a train wreck that will likely be derailed by the insurance defense...
Myrtle Beach City Council voted this week to ban smoke shops from Ocean Boulevard between 6th Avenue South and 16th Avenue North, including: Smoke shops; CBD oil; Sexually explicit items; Cannabis products; Vape products; and E-cigarettes. Myrtle Beach has struggled...
Want a permit to grow hemp legally in South Carolina? Take a number… This year, the SC Dept. of Agriculture approved only 20 applications for hemp growing permits in SC. For next year, 162 farmers have signed up for hemp permits – a maximum of 40 hemp permits will be...
Auto accidents are traumatic and can result in tragedies that scar a family for life. When the accident was caused by a drunk driver, however, you know it was avoidable, and the trauma and anger can be much worse… why would someone do something so stupid that could...
Swimming pool lawyers in Myrtle Beach know that hotel, motel, and resort swimming pools in Myrtle Beach lead to hundreds of swimming pool injuries in the Myrtle Beach area every year – some result in lawsuits and some do not. When you or your child is injured at a...
Nationwide, interest in farming hemp has been growing over the last decade, along with confusion as to whether industrial hemp is legal under state and federal laws. Hemp is a variety of the marijuana plant that is grown with a minimal THC content – it is...
Even when a car wreck or another type of personal injury case seems “open and shut,” it may not be as simple as you think. No matter how obvious liability and damages seem, we will have to prove it with admissible evidence before you can be compensated – how do you...
South Carolina does not have sentencing guidelines. Should we? The federal courts, 15 states, and the District of Columbia have sentencing guidelines, and the federal courts, 22 states, and the District of Columbia have sentencing commissions whose purpose is to study...
The parents of a St. James Middle School student did. The lawsuit alleges that their child was repeatedly assaulted at school, the child told his teachers, but the school did nothing to protect him from future assaults. The parents allege that their child was stabbed...