You’ve been hurt in an accident. Maybe you were just driving down the road, listening to your favorite music on the radio, when another car T-boned you out of nowhere at an intersection. Or you were riding your bicycle through the neighborhood on a beautiful sunny...
Marijuana is not legal in South Carolina for recreational or medical purposes. What about CBD oil or other CBD products? CBD stands for cannabidiol, which is an active ingredient in marijuana and hemp plants that: 1) does not get you high, and 2) is proven to be an...
It can – but not in the way that you might think. Your own use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer is extremely unlikely to affect the breathalyzer/ Datamaster result in a SC DUI case. But, the officer’s use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer prior to...
You dealt with the pain and suffering of a work-related injury or illness. You jumped through the hoops of paperwork for your employer, for insurance companies, for and doctors’ offices all to get workers’ compensation benefits you are entitled to. And now? Now your...
You’ve been investigated, questioned, arrested, fingerprinted, and locked in a cage for days before posting bond and returning home. Now you’ve got criminal charges hanging over your head, you may have lost your job because of the arrest, and the sobering reality of a...
Carolina Forest Blvd, located off Highway 501 in-between Myrtle Beach and Conway, SC, has seen a dramatic increase in auto accidents this year. Construction of the new Ten Oaks Middle School, the opening of the new school, and ongoing construction in the area has...
According to AAA, this holiday weekend will see the highest number of travelers on the road since 2005: According to information from AAA, almost 51 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home for the holiday weekend. That’s a 3.3 percent...
In August, I wrote about the Supreme Court’s first opinion in Doe v. State. The SC Supreme Court held that South Carolina’s domestic violence laws, both criminal and civil, discriminate against same-sex couples and violate the Equal Protection Clause: The...
No one goes to work expecting to be injured, but sometimes accidents happen in the workplace. And unfortunately it happened to you. So, now what? How can you get past this and have a normal, whole life again? Since your injury is work-related, you may be eligible for...
As you step through the double glass doors at the front of the jail, you squint as the morning sun explodes in your vision. It’s been a long night. You had a couple of drinks at the bar with your friends, and on the way home an officer pulled you over. You did not use...