If the other driver doesn’t have insurance, your own policy pays. Every auto policy issued in South Carolina must carry uninsured motorist (UM) coverage. Hence, a crash with an uninsured or hit-and-run driver becomes a claim against your own insurer. Hughes Law Group handles those claims alongside its Columbia car...
Speed set wrong for the conditions, impaired driving, and failure to yield cause the most serious injury collisions in South Carolina. All three surface constantly in Richland County files, and each changes who answers. Hughes Law Group tracks these common causes of serious car accidents through our work handling Columbia...
No, not before you know what the claim is worth. A first offer usually arrives while you are still treating, so it cannot cover the surgery, the therapy, or next month’s missed work. Hughes Law Group sees these offers land within days of a Columbia personal injury accident, and the...
South Carolina follows a modified comparative negligence rule with a 51% bar on your potential recovery after your involvement in a collision. You can still recover when your share of the fault is 50%. Adjusters handling Columbia car accident claims know the rule cold, which is why Hughes Law Group...
In a South Carolina injury claim, evidence including photos, medical records, and witness accounts does the heaviest lifting, backed by the paperwork showing what the injury cost you. Because physical evidence fades quickly, the order in which you gather it matters. Hughes Law Group builds personal injury claims on exactly...
Get a lawyer involved when the injury is serious, the other side disputes fault, more than one party may share the blame, or the insurer disputes, delays, or undervalues the claim. A minor case with clear fault and a quick recovery can sometimes be handled alone, but those four situations...
The most common mistakes in personal injury cases include delaying or stopping medical treatment, giving recorded statements to insurance companies, posting about the accident on social media, accepting an early settlement offer, and missing the filing deadline. Avoiding these errors can make a significant difference, as preventable mistakes often have...
Serious burns come from four sources: heat, electricity, chemicals, and radiation. Vehicle fires, workplace explosions, defective products, and unsafe rental properties produce most of the burn cases Hughes Law encounters in personal injury litigation across the Midlands. The Four Sources of Burn Trauma Emergency physicians classify burns by mechanism of...
Most people in South Carolina have three years from the date of injury to file a personal injury claim in court. Shorter deadlines apply when a government body caused the harm; the clock can pause for children and adults with mental incapacity, and Hughes Law checks those distinctions at the...
Seek medical care first, report what happened, photograph the scene, decline recorded statements from insurance adjusters, and get legal advice before signing anything. Those five steps protect both your health and any future personal injury claim, and Hughes Law has watched them decide case outcomes across Richland County for years....