Guardian ad Litem for Children in Car Accident Cases A guardian ad litem is a person assigned to represent a child in various legal cases including automobile accidents in which a child is injured. Ad litem is Latin for “the lawsuit” or “for purposes of legal actions...
Do Winter Coats Make Car Seats More Dangerous?
Winter Coats Make Car Seats Dangerous Bulky winter coats and car seats can be a dangerous combination for children. If a car seat harness isn’t tightened properly because of the coat’s padding that creates extra space between the harness and the child, you could be...
Keep your Teen Safe While Driving in South Carolina.
Keeping Your Teen Safe While Driving in South Carolina 21-27 October 2018 marks National Teen Driver Safety Week? Sponsored by the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Traffic Safety Marketing division, this campaign seeks to promote parent-teen conversation toward...
October 7-13, 2018 is Fire Prevention Week. What Should You Do to Keep Yourself and Family Safe?
October 7-October 13, 2018, is Fire Prevention Week in the U.S. Each year, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) sponsors the week and provides information to the public to help everyone understand the causes of fire, how to protect themselves and their...
5 First Steps to Hiring a Personal Injury Attorney in Greenville SC
Suffering a personal injury can be scary, but it is always important to try and keep calm. The steps you take following a personal injury can affect the amount of compensation that you will get after filling a personal injury claim. Continue reading to find out the...
Venus Poe has a perfect 10 rating on Avvo!
What is an Avvo Rating? The Avvo Rating is our effort to evaluate a lawyer’s background, based on the information we know about the lawyer. The rating is calculated using a mathematical model that considers the information shown in a lawyer’s profile, including a...
How Should Children be Secured in Vehicles?
How Should Children be Secured in Vehicles: Tips from the NHTSA Children are our most valuable resource and it is imperative to keep them safe from harm. Tragically, many young children are killed in traffic accidents because their parents or guardians did not secure...
How to File a South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Claim
If you are injured on the job in South Carolina, you have only 90 days to report your injury to your employer and two years to file a claim with the Workers’ Compensation Commission. Of course, your case is always much stronger the closer to the accident that you...
Staying Safe Over the Labor Day Weekend
Tips for Staying Safe over Labor Day Weekend It’s hard to believe that summer is almost over and Labor Day is not far on the horizon. Labor Day weekend is one of the busiest in terms of travel because, to many, it is one of the last weekends of nice weather before...
South Carolina Law on Dog Bites-Who is responsible?
South Carolina Law on Dog Bite Responsibility Per the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs each year with most dog bite victims being children between the ages of five and nine. Of these bites, nearly...