Which Common Cause of Accidents Causes the Most Collisions?

02/08/22 | Personal Injuries
Serious collisions can occur in the blink of an eye. Most people know some of the more common causes of collisions, including things like distracted driving and speeding. When asked about common causes of collisions or fatal ...Read More

How Are Personal Injury Settlements Paid Out?

02/03/22 | Personal Injuries
A personal injury claim can take a long time to settle. Once you have reached a settlement agreement, you may feel a wave of relief. You can finally get the compensation you need to pay off your ongoing expenses and move forw...Read More

How Can I Prove My Pain and Suffering?

02/02/22 | Personal Injuries
If someone else’s negligence caused your injuries, you might be entitled to compensation. The at-fault party can reimburse you for pain and suffering beyond your medical bills and surgery costs. Pain and suffering are intan...Read More

Legal Terms: Your Guide to the Language You Might Hear in Your Personal Injury Case

01/19/22 | Personal Injuries
The law contains confusing and convoluted language. One can think of the law and the world of attorneys as having a different language than the commonly spoken words between laypersons. Sometimes it’s called legalese. S...Read More

How Much Does a Lawyer Cost?

09/04/21 | Personal Injuries
To most people, hiring a lawyer for a personal injury claim makes sense. Hiring an expert with any complex issue is generally; a good idea and can pay off dividends in many different ways. This is certainly true of having an ...Read More

How Much Is an Accident Injury Claim Worth?

06/10/21 | Personal Injuries
After an accident, one of the first questions that pop into your mind is how you are going to pay for medical bills and a lawyer when you can’t work. When you retain us to handle your personal injury case, you don’t have ...Read More

Why Should You Take Neck Injuries Seriously?

03/30/21 | Personal Injuries
Popular culture tends to portray neck injuries as non-serious. More times than we can count, we’ve seen characters in television comedies get laughs by wearing a foam collar that limits mobility and looks silly. Neck braces...Read More

Violent Crime and Uber Drivers:

08/25/19 | Personal Injuries
How to Stay Safe When Your Ride Arrives Earlier this year, Samantha Josephson, a University of South Carolina student, was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by a man posing as an Uber driver. What began as a fun night out with...Read More

Do You Need a Personal Injury Lawyer?

12/18/18 | Personal Injuries
The question of whether you need a personal injury lawyer after being involved in an accident or suffering an injury is one that is very fact specific, generally to be decided on a case-by-case basis.  However, there are som...Read More

Spinal Cord Injury FAQ

02/12/18 | Auto Accidents, Personal Injuries
Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) can terrify their victims, who often go on to face long-term medical issues that may never resolve—or even disabilities that can prevent them from living independently. It is not surprising, ther...Read More

New SC Law Requires Liquor Liability Insurance

07/03/17 | Personal Injuries
If you are involved in an accident or incident in South Carolina in which alcohol is involved, multiple parties may be held liable and owe you just compensation for your injuries.  For instance, imagine a scenario in which a...Read More

GCSO: Caregiver pepper-sprayed, beat vulnerable patients | Local News – WYFF Home

08/22/14 | Abuse and Neglect, Auto Accidents, Personal Injuries
South Carolina wrongful death attorney Nathan Hughey has a pending wrongful death claim against SC Mentor arising out of an autistic male eloping from the facility in his underwear and a shirt, which has also been featured in...Read More

South Carolina Jury Awards $50 Million in Car Wreck Death Case

01/17/14 | Abuse and Neglect, Auto Accidents, Personal Injuries, Settlements
A jury in Charleston, South Carolina today awarded $50,000,000.00 in an automobile accident death case.  I believe this is the largest verdict in South Carolina history in a personal injury lawsuit. The case involved a wron...Read More

Golf Cart Law and Golf Cart Injuries in South Carolina – Golf Cart Injury Lawyers

12/11/13 | Personal Injuries
South Carolina has a huge number of golf carts being operated on our streets.  These vehicles are largely dangerous to begin with, as they were never intended to serve as automobiles.  Severe injuries, including fractured s...Read More

Negligent Security Lawsuit – Sexual Assault Lawsuit Filed by College Students – Attorney Nathan Hughey

11/04/13 | Abuse and Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injuries, Settlements
Federal lawsuit filed alleging sexual assault, inadequate security.  We have a #premisesliability lawsuit now alleging wrongful death as a result of inadequate security and have handled several others. Four Students File F...Read More

Elderly, At Risk, and Haphazardly Protected – PBS Frontline – Assisted Living Lawyer Nathan Hughey

11/04/13 | Abuse and Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injuries
Elderly, At Risk, and Haphazardly Protected by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Jonathan Jones, Special to ProPublica, Oct. 29, 2013, 10:56 a.m. A version of this story was co-published by “Frontline.” Workers found...Read More

A very inspiring story About Overcoming Odds – Charleston lawyer Nathan Hughey

10/24/13 | Auto Accidents, Personal Injuries
Stories like this touch my heart and fuel me with a drive to be the best I can be. Zach Hodskins certainly is doing his part. This post is from SouthCarolina accident attorney Nathan Hughey. It originally appeared in the AJC....Read More

How to Bust the Caps – Avoiding Tort Reform Damages Caps – Hughey Law Firm Injury Laywers

10/16/13 | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injuries, Settlements
South Carolina has limitations on what an injured person can recover in certain types of lawsuits covered by our tort reform statutes.  Recovery is not limited, however, to those amounts.  Contact a South Carolina injury la...Read More

South Carolina Dram Shop Lawyer Nathan Hughey – Employer liability for drunk driving accidents and deaths

09/10/13 | Brain Injury, Personal Injuries, Settlements
Hughey Law Firm Injury lawyers and Charleston drunk driving liability Lawyer Nathan Hughey have received verdicts and settlements totaling millions of dollars in liquor liability claims.  We were involved in the Husk Restaur...Read More

South Carolina Wrongful Death Lawyer Nathan Hughey – Settlement Reached in Wrongful Death of Student Killed by ATV at Football Practice

08/26/13 | Abuse and Neglect, Auto Accidents, Brain Injury, Personal Injuries, Settlements
ASHEVILLE — A lawsuit claims negligence on the part of the Buncombe County Board of Education and Roberson High football coach Jim Beatty contributed to the death of a student who was run over by ATV at the school. An admin...Read More

Assisted Living Abuse Video

08/24/13 | Personal Injuries
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Assisted Living Greed – SC Attorney Nathan Hughey

08/24/13 | Abuse and Neglect, Personal Injuries, Uncategorized
Assisted Living Facilities are run by companies who are out for profit.  They aggressively market the facilities because the bottom line is to produce profits, not to provide care.  There is zero compassion, only greed. Pat...Read More

Trial lawyer Ron Motley dies

08/22/13 | Personal Injuries
Ron Motley was an interesting guy.  I learned a lot by going against his firm when I was a defense lawyer, and I remember being fascinated by his flair both as his office and in his home for his wedding in recent years.  &#...Read More

Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer Nathan Hughey

07/24/13 | Auto Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injuries, Workers' Comp
South Carolina brain injury lawyer Nathan Hughey has handled cases involving traumatic brain injuries to clients.  These include fractured skull lawsuits, head injury claims, brain injury settlements, and others. PSYCHIATRY:...Read More

SC Hospital Malpractice Lawyer Nathan Hughey – South Carolina Medical Malpractice Attorneys Hughey Law Firm

07/23/13 | Auto Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injuries, Uncategorized, Workers' Comp
South Carolina hospital negligence attorney Nathan Hughey handles claims including hospital falls, hospital malpractice, ER negligence, South Carolina hospital wrongful death claims and other similar matters.  Contact SC mal...Read More