Practice Pointers for a South Carolina Personal Injury Practice
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Fried Goldberg LLC has attorneys admitted in South Carolina and we have developed a series of helpful hints for practicing personal injury law. We include references to South Carolina statutes and case law in order to provide insights for newer attorneys interested in improving their skills.
These practice pointers will cover a different injury topic each week, and a different practice pointer will be emailed to registrants every business day. We hope these daily practice pointers will help you in your South Carolina personal injury practice to recognize questions to ask yourself in each case and provide the answers you need as a personal injury attorney.
The practice pointers will be emailed each morning beginning on January 15, 2024. You must certify that you solely represent plaintiffs in order to receive the emails. Sign up by filling out the form below:
Topics for South Carolina Practice Pointers
Many of these topics will be presented for more than one week as the practice pointers run for a total of 50 weeks.
- Service of Process
- Statute of Limitations
- Responding to Motions & Pretrial Matters
- Minor Claims
- Parties and Multiple Defendants, Claims, and Claimants
- Depositions
- Written Discovery
- Dismissals & Default Judgments
- Demands & Negligent Failure to Settle a Claim
- Negligence Claims
- Loss of Consortium
- Comparative Negligence, Assumption of Risk and Apportionment
- Vicarious Liability
- Wrongful Death
- Venue
- Spoliation of Evidence
- Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage
- Liens
- Experts
- Punitive Damages
- South Carolina Tort Claims Act
- Dram Shop Liability
- Swimming Pools, Drownings & Boating Accidents
- Common Carriers, Elevators & Escalators & Dog Bites
- Liability for Injuries on the Premises
- Commercial Vehicle Accidents
- Personal Injury Damages
- Admissibility of Evidence at Trial
- Bankruptcy, Stays and Forum Non Conveniens
View Helpful Resources Available to You
Cocounselshare.com
Our website at www.cocounselshare.com contains information about generating fees for personal injury cases through co-counsel arrangements even if you are not a personal injury attorney. Ethical rules allow fee sharing arrangements between lawyers as co-counsel in personal injury cases. This site provides information on these types of agreements.
Personal Injury Webinar
Each month, Fried Goldberg hosts a free online webinar for personal injury attorneys. Participants are encouraged to ask questions during the sessions. Past topics have included preparing for depositions and managing ethical issues in a personal injury case. You can sign up for the webinar by clicking here.
Truck Accident Book
Our treatise Understanding Motor Carrier Claims, 7th Edition, provides an analysis of the commercial vehicle law and practical applications of handling commercial vehicle cases. Click here to request a complimentary copy of the book.
Lawyer Portal
The Lawyer Portal is a database of documents and information we have gathered over the past twenty years, including deposition transcripts, video clips, court documents, and forms. As a plaintiff’s lawyer, you can access the portal here. There is no cost for using the portal.
Breakfast Workshop
We host a complimentary breakfast workshop/seminar every 45 days. We invite plaintiff’s lawyers who have obtained recent verdicts to speak as well as physicians and experienced lawyers to speak on medical and legal issues. You can find information about these breakfast seminars here. The seminars are streamed live and archived here if you would like to view previous webcasts.