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Although work environments are much safer than in years past, work injuries still happen. Approximately 35,000 claims are filed each year in South Carolina for work related injuries or illnesses. South Carolina's Workers Compensation law can cover the costs of medical care and provided compensation for time off work required for recovery after an on-the-job illness or injury.  Additionally, if the injury results in permanent disability, you may also be entitled to additional benefits for that disability

If your workers compensation claim was denied, you may be wondering what to do next. Should you take your boss or company to court to attempt to recover the costs of medical care and time spent off work? Today, we'll walk through the basics of why a claim might be denied, and what steps you should take to ensure your individual rights are respected.

Whether you've been the victim of a dog bite, your car has been damaged (or you've sustained injury) as a result of a vehicular collision involving a car, motorcycle, or tractor trailer, you or a family member has suffered due to medical malpractice, or any other personal injury matters, you may find yourself looking to hire a personal injury lawyer in South Carolina.

Trying to decide how to get started on hiring an attorney to represent you in a court of law can be intimidating. We'd like to help make it easier by giving you a few tips on what to do when you're preparing to meet with a personal injury attorney for the first time.

Last week, we took a look at the numbers of totally uninsured drivers on the road in South Carolina and what that could mean for you in the case of a collision in which an uninsured driver was at fault. One thing we just barely touched on in that post was the possibility of a car wreck where the at-fault driver leaves the scene without exchanging information.

Since the driver in these cases isn't always located and therefore it's impossible to know whether or not they had insurance, you'll need to take a few different steps in order to get the compensation you deserve.

What should you do if you're the victim of a hit-and-run vehicle collision? Read on to find out.

Car insurance is an essential aspect of vehicle ownership. Proof of insurance is one of the first things you'll be asked for if you're pulled over by a police officer, and we may take for granted that in case of an automobile collision that we'll be able to exchange insurance information with the other party.

Unfortunately, not everyone has liability automobile insurance. We've spoken before about the rate of underinsured drivers in South Carolina and how to protect yourself, but there's one problem that could be even worse — drivers with no insurance at all.

We tend to think of military veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in terms of military service in combat — that the disorder is caused by being under direct fire, subject to IEDs and their long-term effects, or just the day-to-day stress of combat possibilities.

While we've spoken before about how PTSD can occur even when you are not in direct combat during military service, there's one cause of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that can be hidden for years or even decades — military sexual trauma.

Today, we'd like to take a look at this tragically common occurrance and what you can do if you're a survivor.