Texting and driving can be a deadly mistake. For one story of how texting affected this family’s life, watch the video, provided by Zero Fatalities, here. .

A little less than one year ago, The Post and Courier published a letter I wrote in response to an article concerning the acquittal of Tyrone Winslow Jr. Mr. Winslow sat in jail for two years waiting on a murder trial that “by all accounts, never should have happened.” Mr. Winslow was finally freed when

Occupy can sue Gov. Haley over arrests By: The Associated Press December 16, 2013 COLUMBIA (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley isn’t immune from being sued by Occupy Columbia protesters who were kicked off the Statehouse grounds in 2011, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The Republican governor could theoretically appeal the decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit

By Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Litigation News Contributing Editor – November 27, 2013 A person who sends a text message when she knows the recipient is driving may be liable for negligence if the driver causes harm while texting in response, according to a New Jersey appellate court, in the first case of its kind.  In Kubert v. Best [pdf], the

Most people at sometime in their lives will suffer an accident. If this accident has been caused by a third party and has resulted in an injury then the wisest course of action is to seek the advice of a personal injury lawyer.

The good news: fatal car crashes are on the decline. The bad news: fatal car crashes involving cell phone use—anything from texting to talking to reaching for a ringing phone—are on the rise. In fact, the leading cause of death for teenage drivers is now texting, not drinking, with nearly a dozen teens dying each day in a