South Carolina Injury Law Firm BLOG

Worker Killed in North Charleston Backhoe Accident

Posted on May 20, 2013 by McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC

The Associated Press reported that 53-year-old Kenneth Louis Drayton was killed in a backhoe accident at Sanders Brothers Construction in North Charleston on May 11. North Charleston police said Drayton was operating an excavator when he fell into the hole and dirt fell on him. A coworker noticed Drayton was missing and found him covered with dirt. One of Drayton’s coworkers was going to get a bulldozer and fill the hole, according to a police report. The coworker made several trips filling the hole before noticing that Drayton had not been seen for 30 or 40 minutes, digging the hole back up using the excavator and finding Drayton’s body. Backhoe accidents are frequently the result of safety precautions being ignored or the backhoes being defective. The AP reported that one of Drayton’s coworkers said that large metal plates were put in place for safety, but police were still investigating the…
Read More »

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Construction Accidents, Construction Litigation | No Comments »

South Carolina Injury Attorneys Urge State Legislators to Take Action on Distracted Driving

Posted on May 17, 2013 by McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC

The South Carolina news website MyHorryNews.com reported on May 7 that a state Senate bill that would strengthen distracted driving laws stalled in the state legislature. Senate Bill 186 would make it a felony when accidents caused by distracted driving result in a fatality. The bill was referred to the Senate judiciary committee, but it has remained there since January 8 and MyHorryNews.com said that passage in the current legislative session “appears unlikely” since May 1 was the deadline for legislation passed in one chamber to be sent to the other. The timing was particularly disheartening since prosecutors also recently decided to drop charges in a fatal crash in which distracted driving was a factor. MyHorryNews.com reported that a charge of reckless homicide against truck driver Vincente Virola Rodriguez was dropped. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said Rodriguez was driving too fast for conditions and was also using a cell…
Read More »

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Auto Accidents, Wrongful Death | No Comments »

Accident Survivors, Safety Advocates Implore Congress to Pass Bill Limiting Truck Size

Posted on May 15, 2013 by McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC

Last April, Goose Creek resident Pina Arrington lost her husband Scott when a truck driver turned sharply to the right, crossed two lanes of traffic and slammed into the 44-year-old man while he was driving his motorcycle to work. According to the Goose Creek Patch, Pina was Scott’s common-law wife and they were supposed to get married nine days after he died. On May 7, Pina and other families of truck accident victims joined the Truck Safety Coalition in Washington DC to call on Congress to stop “dangerous and deadly” increases in the weight and size of commercial trucks. “What happened to my husband was not an accident,” Pina said. “The unacceptably high numbers of truck crash deaths like Scott’s are the result of bad actors in an industry choosing profit over safety, and adding more size and weight to trucks will only result in greater loss of life.” The…
Read More »

Tags: , ,
Posted in Auto Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Truck Accidents | No Comments »

« Older Entries