Injury Attorney News in Columbia SC -Truck Overturns (Vehicle Accident)

A truck accident happened in a nearby town a few days ago…

“2 killed when truck overturns in Lexington”

http://www.thestate.com/local/story/895512.html

A vehicle accident like this case has wrongful death, personal injury, and potential workers’ comp implications which an injury attorney would want to jump right on.  First of all, the family of the passenger would have a wrongful death claim against the driver, since it was apparently a one-car accident.  Either of the occupants would have a workers’ comp claim which a workers’ compensation attorney would want to investigate if they were on the job at the time of the wreck.  Again, this is true regardless of who was at fault in the accident.  This is the kind of case that a competent wrongful death attorney, or injury lawyer, handles on a fairly regular basis.

Injury Attorney: “SC boy drowns in family pool”

“SC boy drowns in family pool”

http://www.thestate.com/statewire/story/885991.html

What a tragic situation indeed.  Our heart goes out to the family of this 11 year old boy who drowned in his own family’s pool.  Since it did belong to his family, there would most likely not be any liability issue here, but if the boy had been a neighbor, potential liability does arise.  A pool owner is under a duty to take reasonable measures to safeguard the area, including proper fencing, for example.  If someone built a pool, and took no measures to fence it off, and a neighborhood child entered the pool and drowned, potentially there would be a wrongful death/personal injury claim arising.  Again, it comes down to what is reasonable care, the very kind of question that a wrongful death attorney, or injury attorney, such as Best and Flatt, P.A. deals with quite often.