Work can be dangerous. People get hurt on the job every day. For that exact reason, we enacted workers’ compensation laws to make it easier and faster for injured workers to get medical treatment and monetary benefits...
Continue readingFolks, we love being part of and helping the upstate community. Please, take extra care of yourself and your passengers. Winter weather is beautiful, but it can be treacherous. Don’t take unnecessary risks behind the wheel. ...
Continue readingDon’t let anyone at work tell you that you don’t have a workers’ compensation case just because you fell on a flat surface at work. Likewise, don’t let anyone at work tell you that you don’t have a workers’ compensation case just because you didn’t slip on something or trip over something. If you fall down at work and get hurt, you need to notify your employer immediately and get medical treatment. ...
Continue readingMaking a personal injury or civil liberty claim in SC against the state or another governmental entity in the state can mean not getting the compensation to which you really should be entitled. That's due to a cap on most damages under the SC Tort Claims Act, limiting the maximum damages to $300,000. While that may seem like quite a bit of money, it is actually very little in many cases....
Continue readingWith heavy hearts, we learned this morning that SCTLA/SCAJ Founder, Eugene Huggins, of Bennettsville, passed away at his home on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Mr. Huggins, one of the founding visionaries in our state, who founded the South Carolina Association for Justice (formerly the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association) in 1958. We at The Carolina Law Group offer our deepest condolences to Mr. Huggins’s family and honor his lifetime of dedication to Justice. Eugene Huggins Obituary...
Continue readingAll bourbon is whiskey, but not all whiskey is bourbon. All bourbon is not created equal, but it should be labeled and marketed honestly. Just four years after Maker's Mark Distillery, Inc. (probably best known by its namesake mass-marketed bourbon) obtained an injunction protecting its trademarked red wax dip and seal, a class action lawsuit has been filed against the whiskey maker alleging false advertising. ...
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