Charleston is a beautiful tourist destination which is great for the local business and attractions, but it also means more cars traveling our local streets and highways. It also means more accidents. As motorcyclists share the city’s busy streets with so many other vehicles, they risk serious accidents and injuries. When an accident occurs, bikers sustain serious, catastrophic and life-threatening injuries. Truck drivers and private passenger vehicle drivers often leave an accident scene with no injuries at all.

The speed and weight of the vehicles involved make the difference in a motorcyclist’s post-accident outcome. When a car or pickup truck crashes into a motorcycle at even moderate speeds, the impact can send the biker flying to the pavement. When a large truck makes contact, the weight difference often makes fatal or catastrophic injuries inevitable.

2017 National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration data documented 145 motorcyclist fatalities on South Carolina roads. Motorcyclists who survive major crashes incur high medical bills and income losses. They often spend their lives adjusting to physical, psychological, and emotional impairments.

At Hughey Law Firm, we believe that negligent drivers should pay for the injuries they cause. Our Charleston motorcycle attorneys know South Carolina’s vehicle codes and liability issues. We understand that injured motorcycle victims encounter unfair biases. We’ve worked hard to eliminate the non-relevant issues and we’ve resolved our clients’ cases based on the facts.

We Get Results

Our attorneys handle injured plaintiff’s cases only. We fight to recover the damages they need to survive. As each case is unique, we can’t guarantee a specific settlement. Our attorneys have committed our experience, skill, and firm’s resources to pursue justice for our clients. While each case is unique and it is not possible to guarantee a particular outcome in advance, our past results nonetheless demonstrate our commitment to achieving successful outcomes on our clients’ behalf.

• Truck/motorcycle accident, $2,025,000: Our client was injured when a truck struck his motorcycle.
• Trucking accident, $5,425,00: Our client sustained catastrophic injuries when a large truck collided with his pickup.
• Dram shop/wrongful death case, $2,000,000: Our deceased client was killed by a drunk driver. We settled his case on behalf of his estate.
• Trucking accident case, $5,425,000.00: Our client suffered facial injuries and a spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia. We mediated the case and resolved it for $5,425,000.00.
• Motorcycle Accident Injuries

When a motorcyclist is involved in an accident with a larger vehicle, they often sustain significant injuries. The NHSTA’s statistics reveal that motorcycle fatalities occur 28 times more often than accident fatalities in other vehicles. Other than helmets, bikers have few protections from injury. A biker is always vulnerable to traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and other catastrophic injuries or conditions, including:

• Spinal cord trauma
• Complete paralysis
• Partial paralysis
• Traumatic brain injury
• Severe abrasions and “road rash”
• Nerve damage
• Disc injuries
• Eye injuries
• Multiple fractures
• Traumatic amputations
• Internal organ damage
• Fatal injuries