Archive for the ‘Accident Attorney’ Category
Monday, March 26th, 2012
http://bestandflatt.com Venue is sometimes an important topic, especially in our personal injury cases such as auto accidents. If we have to file suit, we have to go to the county where the accident happened or the defendant resides. There are certain counties in South Carolina that have particularly conservative jury pools, such as Lexington County. An accident attorney such as myself does not want to see his case tried in Lexington County typically. Unfortunately, we don’t have a lot of choice sometimes.
If you have been injured and think you may have a personal injury case or claim, please contact us immediately at 803-252-1800 and we’ll be happy to consult with you.
Tags: accident, auto accidents, defendent, jury pools, personal injury law, south carolina, suit, venue
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Thursday, December 29th, 2011
One thing we accident attorneys have to be very careful with is the statute of limitations of our cases. When I take in a new case, I assign it the appropriate statute of limitations, and my paralegal logs it in. We keep an update SL calendar, and also have current SL lists. If a statute of limitations is approaching, we make sure the claim or lawsuit is filed. This is for both workers’ compensation and personal injury/auto accident cases.
Tags: auto accident, cases, claim, lawsuit, personal injury, statute of limitations
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Was our bicyclist riding where he/she was supposed to be, were they wearing reflective gear, did they have lights, did the accident occur at dusk or in broad daylight? There are many questions, but basically it’s the same as many other car accident cases: did the other driver’s negligence cause my client’s injuries?
Tags: bicycle accidents, insurance, safety, scene investigation
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Tags: damages, hit and run, insurance company, personal injury lawyer, uninsured motorist coverage
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Friday, October 21st, 2011
Sometimes my workers’ comp clients will ask me about filing for unemployment. Generally, in order to receive unemployment, you have to be physically able to do the job. Since most of my comp. clients are unable to work, they would not be eligible for unemployment. Instead, they draw temporary total payments from the insurance company.
Workers’ compensation claims can be complicated and one small technicality can derail a claim.
Get experience on your side. 803-252-1800
Tags: insurance, total temporary checks, unemployment, work, workers compensation
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Thursday, October 13th, 2011
My heart just breaks when I read about incidents like this. As a personal injury lawyer, we see and hear and read too much about these types of incidents. If an accident attorney gets involved in this case, he/she is going to possible do a scene reconstruction, talk to all available witnesses, possibly hire an expert or two, and really work this up to the hilt. If the driver was negligent in any way, the family needs to know about it and possibly make a recovery.
W. Lamar Flatt
Best and Flatt, P.A.
3016 Millwood Ave.
Columbia, SC 29205
803-252-1800
803-252-4010 (fax)
Tags: car accident, car accident attorney in columbia sc, dent, dent youth killed, experts, personal injury lawyer, traffic accident, witnesses
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
“Columbia man dies”
We personal injury lawyers hate it any time we read someone dies in an auto accident. As car accident attorneys, many times we are hired by a family to pursue a wrongful death case. In this accident, since it was a one-car accident, there wouldn’t be anything a wrongful death attorney could do, as there is no one to bring a claim against. Unfortunately, this is just another in the tragic statistics on our nations’ roads.
Tags: auto accident attorney, car accident, wrongful death claim
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Sunday, May 8th, 2011
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Auto accident claims are a big part of our practice as Personal Injury Attorneys in Columbia, SC. Many of our clients view us as car accident lawyers.
If a policeman is in pursuit of a defendant, and is going at a high rate of speed, they still owe a duty of due care to the public at large while they are pursuing their suspect. If they are negligent in exercising that duty, and end up causing an accident, they might be liable in a personal injury or automobile accident claim. If something like that has happened to you, please call an experienced car accident lawyer such as Best and Flatt. Call us for more info at 803-252-1800. We’ve been handling car wreck cases for over 20 years.
Tags: auto accident attorney, car accident lawyer, Police
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
http://www.thestate.com/2011/02/20/1705205/tipster-helps-police-arrest-dui.html
Hit and Run Suspect Free on Bail
As personal injury attorneys, we’re always interested in what’s going on with the underlying criminal case involving one of our accident cases, but it’s important to remember that it’s not dispositive of the civil case. We injury lawyers handle civil claims, while the state prosecutes the criminal case. One is not binding on the other. In this case, the fact that the defendant is freed on bail, and may or may not end up being convicted in criminal court, really will have little to
no bearing on the civil case.
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