Co-defendant settles in wrongful death lawsuit
On Monday, April 7, a co-defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit agreed to a settlement regarding a fatal March 2011 car accident. In 2011, Britney Ree Teague, 20, was killed…
GM’s CEO under scrutiny by Congress
At a Capitol Hill hearing initiated by a House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday, April 1, Mary Barra, the CEO for Detroit, Michigan-based automaker General Motors Co., faced scrutiny over…
Toyota settles for $1.2 billion over criminal investigation
A four-year-long criminal investigation over the Toyota Motor Corp. is ending in a $1.2 billion settlement. Toyota is paying the United States over failure to disclose safety problems regarding unintended…
NHTSA to conduct investigation on GM’s recent recall
On Wednesday, February 26 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it would investigate General Motor’s recent decision to recall 1.6 million vehicles with defective ignition switches. The recalled cars have…
Steinberg Law Firm CARTA Bus Hits the Streets
The Steinberg Law Firm wrapped a CARTA bus with informative information about accidents. The bus hit the streets in early 2014, and can be seen along Rivers Avenue, Mabeline Road,…
$50M awarded to family of fatal car accident victim
On Thursday, January 16, a Charleston, South Carolina jury awarded $20 million in actual damages and $30 million in punitive damages to the family of Frank Bales. Bales was killed…
Texting While Driving Now Illegal in the City of Charleston
Flickr: IntelFreePress Texting behind the wheel is now illegal in the city of Charleston. The ban was passed in October 2013, and allowed for a 30-day education period informing drivers…
Should I Buy Additional Car Insurance?
The State of South Carolina requires you to buy liability insurance. What you are buying is protection against lawsuits aimed at you if you caused a wreck and injuries to…
Lombard man gets charged for hit-and-run that left one man injured
A Lombard, South Carolina man was taken into custody by the Charleston Police Department on Friday, October 25 for a hit and run accident last month that left one pedestrian…
Man leaves after rear-ending Orangeburg trooper
Thirty-nine-year-old Columbia resident Bryan Carroll Biggart has been charged with committing a hit-and-run that involved personal injury, reckless driving, and other charges, and has been incarcerated since Wednesday, September 25…
Charleston among South Carolina’s most dangerous counties when it comes to road accidents
For the third time in three years, the counties of Charleston, Greenville, Richland, and Horry were included in the top five of AAA Carolina’s annual list of South Carolina’s most…
What is Under-Insurance (UIM) coverage?
If you are involved in a wreck, you have the right to file a claim against the driver who caused the wreck for the harms and damages you sustained. The…
Car hits golf cart, killing one person and injuring three others
A Gray court native was arrested and incarcerated after reportedly hitting a golf cart with his vehicle, resulting in the death of one person and the injury of three others….
‘Operation Border to Border’ undertaken on U.S. Route 15 in six states
“Operation Border to Border,” a road traffic safety enforcement initiative spanning approximately 791 miles of U.S. Route 15 from Waterboro, South Carolina to Corning, New York, was held last weekend,…
‘Poisoned’ man runs over pedestrian
Twenty-two-year-old Terrance Lamont Gadson was arrested by the Charleston Police Department last Wednesday, April 10 after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident resulting in personal injury. The accident happened…
Woman Killed After South Carolina Accident
A woman was killed Monday evening in a South Carolina car crash. According to officials with the Anderson County Coroner's Office, 33 year-old Kimberly Gail Rumsey, was the only person involved…
Pedestrians More Cautious after Major Car Collision in Charlotte
Seven people, five of whom are Myers Park High School students, were seriously injured in a 3-vehicle collision along Woodland Road and Halstead Drive at around 7 a.m. on January…
NY Jets player involved in car accident
Muhammad Wilkerson, defensive end for the New York Jets, was involved in a two-car accident Saturday morning on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. According to authorities, Wilkerson rear-ended…