Personal Injury

Dealing with troubled teenagers is extremely challenging. As a result, an entire industry has sprung up to provide options for parents struggling to get their teens on the right path. However, the “troubled teen” industry is increasingly facing lawsuits for abusing and neglecting young residents. What is the troubled teen industry? The term “troubled teen…

The decision to place a child in a residential treatment facility is rarely an easy one. Parents and caregivers who turn to residential treatment facilities often do so as a last resort, but they do it with the child’s best interests at heart. Typically, they have already tried to get their child or loved one…

From the moment parents bring their child home, they typically try to do everything in their power to protect that child. This includes feeding them a healthy diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables. Imagine doing all of that and then realizing that your child is suffering from neurological damage that is the direct…

It is a simple fact of life that children fall. They slip, they trip, they tumble, and they hit the ground. Most of the time they get back up and go back to playing or whatever they were doing without another thought. Sometimes they may need a cuddle from a parent or caregiver, and to…

Dogs have a reputation as being man’s best friend, and while that is often true, the same may not always be true of the relationship between dogs and children. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there are approximately 4.7 million dog bites every year in the United States. Of those, the Humane…

Congresswoman Debbie Dingall (D) from Michigan has introduced a bill to Congress, requiring that all vehicle manufacturers install alcohol monitoring equipment by September 30, 2024. Representative Dingall introduced this legislation in honor of the Abbas family, all five of whom died in a drunk driving crash in January 2019. The Abbas family was driving through…

Rideshare services like Uber and Lyft are increasingly prevalent in South Carolina and across the country. Ease of use, on-demand availability, and convenience have made these services explode in popularity ever since Uber was founded in 2009. The rapid growth of this industry has also caused a slew of legal issues, as courts and legislators…

The dangers of vaping and vaping illness have been all over the news (and our blog) during the past few months. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and hundreds of hospitals across the nation, have been working nonstop to try and find a reason for a mystery lung illness causing some of the…

Many people in the United States have been exposed to Legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever in the last decade. The most recent outbreak of Legionnaires disease occurred at the North Carolina State Fair in the Asheville, NC and Hendersonville, NC area. The current outbreak has produced at least four deaths, with many more fairgoers suffering…

In 2012, an armed gunman killed 20 students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Since then, countless pieces have been published – by doctors, by teachers, by government officials, by advocates – about the causes of mass shootings, and the “best” way to stop them. While these debates rage on, another…