South Carolina roadways are extremely dangerous – on them, a car accident occurs every 4.3 minutes and a fatal collision occurs every 9.1 hours. Car accidents can cause lasting injuries and death, leaving families emotionally and financially devastated. After an accident, insurance companies are more focused on protecting their bottom line than looking out for the injured. They’ll often try to avoid responsibility by shifting the blame to the injured person and denying the claim or insurance coverage, or may offer minimal compensation. When you have a claim related to a car accident, it’s essential to have an experienced car accident attorney like Kinon Law Firm on your side. We can assist with the following aspects of a car accident case:

• Investigating the facts of the incident;
• Gathering witness statements;
• Determining who is responsible;
• Exploring other avenues of recovery;
• Identifying all available insurance coverage/assets;
• Assisting in medical bill reduction;
• Gathering the necessary medical evidence;
• Negotiating with the insurance company;
• Filing a lawsuit; and
• Trying your case.

Many families visit South Carolina every year to enjoy the State’s many attractions and great weather. Unfortunately, vacations can end in tragedy when visitors suffer injuries or death. Common ways in which tourists are injured include car accidents; drunk driving accidents; falls at hotels, restaurants, or beach houses; falls at golf courses or other attractions; drownings; chemical burns in pools; assaults at bars or hotels; and boating or jet ski accidents.

When a tourist is injured while vacationing in South Carolina, engaging a local attorney like Kinon Law Firm is an absolute necessity.  A South Carolina personal injury lawyer is best equipped to handle the nuances and complicated aspects of the law related to an injury case that occurred within the State. In addition, a South Carolina attorney is familiar with how insurance companies operate in the area and has knowledge of the local courts and legal system. Kinon Law Firm has represented injured people and their families from locations throughout the United States, including clients who make their homes in Wisconsin, Arizona, California, New York, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.

Contact Kinon Law Firm if you or a loved one were injured in South Carolina.

A wrongful death occurs when the wrongful or negligent acts of an individual or company result in the death of an innocent person. Wrongful deaths may be caused by car accidents, trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, falls, medical negligence, drunk driving, or criminal conduct. Following the wrongful death of a loved one, families are left devastated by the emotional trauma of their loss, while simultaneously looking for answers and facing unforeseen financial difficulties.

While nothing can bring a family member back, the law allows for financial recovery when a wrongful death occurs. Family members can recover amounts to compensate them for funeral expenses, final medical bills, the loss of financial and household services, and their emotional pain, suffering, and grief. In wrongful death cases, it’s vital to have an experienced lawyer on your side to navigate complex issues such as establishing the facts of the incident, determining responsible parties, identifying potential insurance coverage, and exploring possible claims against the wrongdoer.

Kinon Law Firm has extensive experience handling and litigating wrongful death cases.

When visiting a property, a person expects to be kept safe from dangerous conditions on that property – whether it’s a restaurant, store, golf course, hotel, school, hospital, parking lot, or other venue or facility. In fact, the law requires landowners and business owners to maintain a safe premises, because hazardous conditions are dangerous and may cause serious injury or death. Because of this obligation, if injuries result from hazardous conditions at a property or business, the owner may be liable. Hazardous conditions include wet floors, cracked sidewalks or concrete, use of improper cleaning chemicals, poorly maintained structures or furniture, and other dangers. The most common types of accidents caused by hazardous conditions at a business or property are “slip-and-falls” or “trip-and-falls.”  Often, these types of incidents would have been entirely preventable if the business or property owner had taken the proper care.

To have a successful premises liability case, you must be able to prove the property owner either knew or should have known about the hazardous condition; proving that fact often requires litigation. To prove a premises liability case, a personal injury attorney may review surveillance footage, inspect the dangerous area, examine business safety plans and cleaning chemical labels and instructions, study maintenance logs, and apply knowledge of local building codes and regulations.

Kinon Law Firm has considerable experience litigating and handling high-value premises liability cases, as well as those involving serious injuries.

Trucking companies and tractor-trailer drivers must follow strict laws and regulations regarding 18-wheelers. Violations of such legal requirements often result in collisions. Due to the nature and size of tractor-trailers, these accidents are often catastrophic or deadly.

Trucking and tractor-trailer accidents are entirely different from car accidents and must be handled with the utmost care. These types of cases require extensive investigations into the facts of the accident and the background of the driver and company, and a thorough examination of documents. Not only can the truck driver and trucking company be held responsible for your injuries, but the owner of the trailer, broker of the load, and shipper may also have liability in these cases. Often, trucking companies will dispatch their team of lawyers to an accident site within hours of a collision to conduct an investigation, secure the scene, and speak with witnesses.

If you’re injured in a trucking accident, it’s critically important to have an experienced trucking accident attorney such as Kinon Law Firm to handle your case and fight for your rights.

Collisions involving drunk or impaired drivers occur far too often in South Carolina. These collisions are almost entirely preventable and frequently result in serious injuries or death. In South Carolina, it is illegal and a criminal offense for a bar or restaurant to serve alcohol to an intoxicated person. It’s also illegal to serve any alcohol to a person under the age of twenty-one. Therefore, in the event of a drunk driving collision, South Carolina law allows an injured person or their loved ones to pursue not only a case against the drunk driver, but also against the establishment that served the alcohol to that driver. Such liquor liability claims may be brought against bars, nightclubs, restaurants, golf courses, hotels, country clubs, event and wedding venues, grocery stores, gas stations, convenience stores — and even homeowners, if the intoxicated person is a minor.

Drunk driving and liquor liability cases require an extensive investigation into the facts and circumstances of the specific incident. Overservice of alcohol is often proven through examination of the financial records of the bar and drunk driver, toxicology reports, and interviews with law enforcement.

Kinon Law Firm is well-equipped to handle drunk driving and liquor liability cases and has achieved successful results prosecuting these claims.

Catastrophic injuries are life-altering. They affect a person’s ability to work, enjoy their hobbies, participate in day-to-day activities, or even care for themselves. Examples of catastrophic injuries include brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, multiple fractures, amputations, vision loss, paralysis, and severe burns. Catastrophic injuries often result from car or trucking accidents, falls, electrocutions, or workplace incidents.

In a catastrophic injury case, an injured person is not only entitled to recover compensation for past medical bills, but also for future medical bills and other expenses, loss of earning potential, pain and suffering, and loss of enjoyment of life. Catastrophic injury cases frequently result in high financial exposure to both the wrongdoer and the insurance companies. Insurance companies will often fight these cases to the bitter end to avoid paying the injured person and their family what the law requires them to pay.

Given the nature of these claims, it’s crucial to have an experienced catastrophic injury lawyer on your side to help you and your family navigate the process. In addition to investigating all possible avenues of financial recovery to ensure you receive adequate financial compensation for your injuries, a catastrophic injury lawyer can help prove your past and future medical expenses, your economic losses, and who is responsible for your injuries.

Kinon Law Firm has substantial experience handling catastrophic injury cases.

High standards are imposed on medical professionals to ensure effective patient care and safety. Luckily, most medical professionals do an outstanding job and meet those standards. However, when a medical professional fails to meet those standards, the consequences can be catastrophic or fatal.

Medical malpractice cases may occur due to misdiagnosis, medication error, delayed medical treatment, surgical error, or birth injuries. South Carolina law makes medical malpractice and medical injury cases especially complicated and challenging.

If you have a medical malpractice claim, it’s critical to have an experienced medical malpractice attorney like Kinon Law Firm to represent you in your case.

People in the care of nursing homes and home health agencies are often the most vulnerable members of society. Many home health agencies and nursing homes are run by large corporations that place an emphasis on profits over people. Nursing homes and home health agencies are often understaffed, and their staff may be underpaid and/or lack appropriate supervision and training. Injuries due to nursing home or home health agency neglect can often be disguised as accidental falls, infections, malnutrition, dehydration, or bedsores.

These types of cases require extensive investigation into the facts and circumstances of the injury-causing incident. Kinon Law Firm has successfully handled numerous cases involving nursing home neglect and elder abuse.