COLUMBIA Injury Law Blog

Thousands of laptop batteries are affected by a broadened recall issued by Japanese-based company Toshiba over concerns that the batteries could emit excessive heat that may lead to fire and burn injuries, a report of cpsc.com stated on January 4. In March last year, the company had recalled 93,000 units of battery packs used in 41… Read More

Lexington County authorities have reported that Kathryn B. Ellison was killed in a car crash on Sunday. She was traveling on Corley Mill Road mid-day when her vehicle left the road and crashed into a tree. Two children in the back seat survived the crash but were taken to the hospital to be treated for personal injuries. The… Read More

Authorities have reported that 75-year-old Roger Wayne Johnson of Cayce, South Carolina was killed in a car crash in Lexington on Thursday night. They believe Nicole Marie Wilson, the driver of the other vehicle involved in the accident, was driving while drunk and failed to stop at a red light, causing her vehicle to crash into Johnson’s.… Read More

One week into 2017, the frightening numbers are in.  The State reported that although the number of traffic fatalities in South Carolina in 2016 is very similar to the number reported in 2015 (actually down just slightly), the number of fatalities in Richland County has spiked from 45 in 2015 to 68 in 2016.  In… Read More

An associate professor in South Carolina was recently taken into custody for operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, an article of The State reported on December 12. A Kershaw County officer observed a vehicle driving erratically on a highway in Lugoff on December 8. Authorities later identified the vehicle driver as 52-year-old Ronald… Read More

Jess Gooding is one of the newest members of the Richland County Bar Association’s  Newsletter Editorial Board, and she has been charged with the Newsletter’s pop culture column. “Bar Bites” is a column featuring tidbits on what local attorneys are interested in; it includes reviews on restaurants, bars, television shows, podcasts, and more!  This fall,… Read More

Authorities in Calhoun County, South Carolina said a workplace accident in a plastic bottle manufacturing facility resulted in a fatality and two injuries, an article of Insurance Journal reported on December 7. According to reports, the fatal workplace accident happened on December 6 inside the DAK Americas facility south of Columbia. Coroner Donnie Porth told… Read More

USA Today recently published the results of a AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study showing that drivers who are sleep deprived are significantly more likely to be involved in a serious car collision, similar to the increased risk of collision that results from drunk (or “buzzed”) driving. The study reviewed thousands of car crashes, but only… Read More

An article of News 2 revealed on December 2 that at least one person was killed and four others were injured in Berkeley County, South Carolina after a recent accident. According to the county coroner, the victim was identified as Michael Brandon Perry II, 22. Perry was one of the passengers of the GNC service truck that… Read More

A Massachusetts-based importer has issued a recall to estimated 10,000 units of air valves used in training people to conduct a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) due to a problem that could cause harm to people using it, a cpsc.gov article stated on November 23. According to the recall, the “Practi-VALVE” CPR training air valves of Work… Read More