Results

Personal Injury Cases

Prior results should not and cannot be relied on to create any expectation about what can be recovered for a client in a subsequent case or considered as a description or characterization of the quality of the firm’s work. The value of every case is determined based on specific factual and legal circumstances. Because every case is different, past results are in no way intended to imply that a similar result can be obtained in a case.These results provide examples of our experience in Personal Injury Cases:

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Results

Summary

Motorcycle Accident with Newspaper Delivery Person

Confidential Settlement

Mr. Fulda represented a motorcyclist who suffered severe injuries when he crashed head-on into a newspaper delivery vehicle that was traveling in the wrong lane around a blind curve.  The newspaper...read more


Motor Vehicle Accident Resulting in Death

$500,000

Orangeburg, SC -- Ms. Perkins, Mr. Myers and others, represented the estate of an out-of-state driver against a rental car company for negligence.  The initial claim for orthopaedic injuries turned...read more


Catastrophic Injuries Resulting from Motor Vehicle Accident

$50,000

Columbia, SC -- Mr. Carson procured a $50,000 settlement on behalf of a young man who was run over by the driver of a motor vehicle.


Negligence by Road Contractor Resulting in Car Crash and Paraplegia

$1.55 million

Chester, SC -- Mr. Myers and Ms. Perkins successfully pursued a case against a road contractor for negligence in failing to finish a road properly.  Because of the contractor's negligence, a young...read more


Othropaedic Injuries in Violent Car Crash

$65,500

Lexington, SC -- Mr. Carson and Mr. Myers settled this car accident claim for the total available coverage.  The case involved a college student hit by a drunk driver.


Othropaedic Injuries in Violent Car Crash

$250,000

Columbia, SC -- Mr. Carson and Mr. Myers were able to procure the policy limits of the at-fault driver in this car accident claim, as well as the limits of the underinsured coverage, totaling...read more


Delivery Truck Accident Involving Brain Injury to a Minor

$1.2 million

Greenville, SC -- Ms. Perkins and Mr. Myers obtained a settlement of $1.2 million for a minor who suffered brain injury in a motor vehicle crash.  The negligence action involved negligent hiring of a...read more


Failure of Railroad Company to Maintain Right of Way Resulting in Death at Crossing

$250,000

Mr. Myers and Ms. Perkins represented the estate of a middle-aged woman killed at a rural train crossing because the railroad company had not kept its right of way cleared.  They were able to...read more


Negligent Road Construction Resulting in Car Crash and Quadriplegia

$8 million

Winnsboro, SC -- A star athlete's life was changed forever when his car crashed on a country road abandoned by a road crew during a summer thunderstorm.  The road contractor left the road coated with...read more


Airplane Crash

$3.25 million

Charleston, SC -- Mr. Myers represented a Department of Natural Resources pilot when his airplane crashed because a refueller at a municipal airport pumped the wrong fuel into the airplane.  This...read more


Car Accident Resulting in Herniated Disk

$235,000

Aiken, SC -- Mr. Myers and Ms. Perkins obtained a jury verdict for injuries sustained as the result of a rear-end collision.  The defense had alleged the injuries were pre-existing and unrelated to...read more


Failure to Supervise Children on Golf Cart Resulting in Orthopedic Injuries

$176,000

Florence, SC -- Ms. Perkins and Mr. Myers represented a child who suffered severe ankle injuries in a golf cart accident.  The case was settled for $176,000.


Negligent Operation of Government Vehicle Resulting in Amputated Legs

$4.95 million

Savannah, GA -- Mr. Myers, with co-counsel, represented a young man after a U.S Army vehicle crossed over several lanes on the interstate highway and hit him as he was getting back into his wrecker...read more


Negligence of Federal Prison in Failing to Implement Suicide Watch Resulting in Death of Inmate

$965,000

Greenville, SC -- Mr. Myers and co-counsel represented the estate of a man arrested for drug trafficking who committed suicide while in the custody of Federal prison authorities.  He was to undergo...read more


High Speed Crash by Negligent Police Officer Resulting in Severe Injuries

$600,000

Ms. Perkins represented a grandmother who was severely injured when the car she was riding in was struck by a speeding law enforcement officer.  This catastrophic injury case was settled pre-suit...read more


Negligent Repairs to Automobile Resulting in Accident and Herniated Disk

$343,510

Conway, SC -- Mr. Myers, Mr. Whetstone and Ms. Perkins tried this case to verdict against a big box store which failed to tighten lug nuts on a young woman's car after her tires were rotated.  This...read more


Negligence by Airline in Transporting Quadriplegic, Resulting in Broken Bone

$100,000

Columbia, SC -- Mr. Whetstone represented a quadriplegic woman who was mistreated by an airline when a handicapped lift was not available as promised.  The client was dropped and suffered broken...read more




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