South Carolina Personal Injury Attorney
A personal injury can take you completely by surprise. Your life may transition from working full-time to becoming a full-time patient with no time to do the things you love.
If you have suffered an injury in an accident, you may be experiencing a whirlwind of medical expenses. If you are having trouble paying for your medical bills, you may begin to cut costs, not attending follow-up appointments to receive the medical care that you desperately need.
Nobody should have to bear the costs of medical bills due to another’s negligence. At Isaacs & Alley, LLC, we offer personal injury victims skilled representation during a time of chaos. Our South Carolina personal injury attorney is ready to fight for the compensation you deserve, even if that means taking your case before a judge.
Determining Liability
A personal injury is most often the result of another person’s lack of care, known as negligence. To prove negligence, four components must be fulfilled:
- Duty: You must establish that the wrongful party (defendant) owed you a reasonable standard of care. In a car accident, the other driver has a duty to follow traffic laws.
- Breach: You must establish that the defendant violated this duty of care. In a car accident, the defendant may have violated his or her duty by speeding.
- Causation: You must establish the relationship between the defendant’s actions and your injury (actual cause) and that your injury was a foreseeable consequence of the defendant’s actions (legal cause). Both types of causation must be demonstrated in personal injury cases.
- Damages: As a result of the defendant’s behavior, you have suffered measurable losses and injuries.
Personal Injury Causes More Than Physical Pain
A personal injury victim may experience physical, mental, and emotional pain or any combination of these. While physical symptoms following an accident often involve a financial loss, mental and emotional symptoms can impede a person’s ability to experience joy and meaningful relationships.
Personal injury victims may be eligible for compensation for financial losses (economic damages), and for non-pecuniary losses that impede their life (non-economic damages).
Economic damages may include:
- Lost income
- Loss of future earnings
- Surgeries and treatments
- Prescription costs
- Home modifications
Non-economic damages may include:
- Pain and suffering
- Mental anguish
- Emotional distress
- Loss of society and companionship
- Injury to reputation
Time Limit on Recovery
According to South Carolina Code §15-3-530, a personal injury victim only has three years from the time of an accident or death to pursue legal action. This time period is put into place to ensure that evidence is preserved.
Evidence from a personal injury comes in two main forms: physical and testimonial. While physical evidence can deteriorate over time, testimonial evidence is heavily relied upon in personal injury cases. Bystanders or any witnesses to the event may have trouble remembering details once too much time has passed.
Injured? Reach out to Our South Carolina Personal Injury Attorney
Accidents happen all the time. The consequences of some are more dire than others, resulting in devastating injuries that impact a person’s life. If you have been recently injured in an accident in South Carolina, we want to hear from you. To learn what we can do for you, contact Isaacs & Alley, LLC, by calling 803-252-6323 ext. 109 or ext. 102 for Robin or by filling out our online form. We offer free case evaluations.