Sep 13, 2012 | Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Uncategorized
The South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a collision that occurred sometime after 1:00 a.m. last Wednesday on Houcks Gin Road, about 2.6 miles east of the town of Cameron. The incident left one victim, a pedestrian, who unfortunately died early Thursday morning due to the collision.
The Calhoun County Coroner will be conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
Investigators have not yet identified the type of vehicle that hit the pedestrian or which direction it was traveling, but are currently working diligently to resolve the case.
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Sep 13, 2012 | Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Uncategorized, Wrongful Death
Two weeks ago in the city of Rock Hill, an 84-year-old man was riding in the back seat of a car driven by his son, when the car collided with another, causing an accident. Strangely enough, it was not the impact of the collision that was fatal to the elderly gentleman, but rather it was the shock.
Apparently, the elderly man was taken to the hospital after the accident with no major injury to his person. However, shortly after his arrival, he had a heart attack and passed away at the hospital.
The circumstances surrounding the car accident are as follows: the elderly man and his son were driving on Rock Hill Road around 3:30 p.m., when a car driven by a Florida resident pulled out of a restaurant and into the pathway of the victim and his son, striking their vehicle.
The accident is currently still being investigated, and no charges have been filed yet.
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Sep 13, 2012 | Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Uncategorized, Wrongful Death
This past Monday, it was reported that a man from Health Springs, SC ran his own car off the road, subsequently striking a tree and taking the man’s life.
The accident occurred a little after 4:00 p.m., on Highway 521, near Shiloh Unity Road.
There have been no details released discussing how or why the man’s car ran off the road. The SC state troopers have reported that the man was travelling south bound when the accident took place. There were no other cars involved in the accident, and no other persons or property has been damaged or injured.Sadly, even though the man was said to have been wearing his seatbelt, he was pronounced dead on scene.
As of this point, the State troopers have not said why the driver’s car ran off the road.
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Sep 12, 2012 | Personal Injury, Uncategorized, Workers' Compensation
In a recent 2-1 decision, the South Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed the workers’ compensataion commission’s position against former stripper, LeAndra Lewis’ claim for benefits because she was not considered an employee of Boom Boom Studio 54 in Columbia.
Lewis, who was 19-years-old when she was performing at the Columbia Club, was shot in the abdomen during a fight that occurred between two customers. The 2008 shooting left Lewis with serious injuries to her liver, intestines, pancreas, kidney and uterus.
During her stripping days, Lewis would normally work five nights a week, traveling between the Carolinas. However, the scarring resulting from her injuries has cut her stripping career short.
Various arguments that Lewis was not an employee support the Court’s decision, including that management never specified how she was supposed to dance for patrons and that the club had not supplied her with any equipment. In fact, “from the standpoint of both the Boom Boom Room and its customers, Lewis brought her own ‘equipment’ for her work,” wrote the court. The Court further noted that the club did not pay Lewis to perform and that it was actually Lewis who paid for the opportunity to dance and collect tips from customers.
Judge Paul Short, dissenting, argued that Lewis was an employee of the club because management had the power to fine or fire strippers who missed their turn in rotation, who left early, charged their own V.I.P. dance price, or broke any other rules.
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Sep 11, 2012 | Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Uncategorized, Wrongful Death
A single car accident took place this past Sunday, claiming the life of a Third Infantry Division Soldier.
Spc. Nolan W. Mincey, 22, of St. George, S.C., was assigned to the 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID, as a combat engineer. He had been a member of the Army since October 2008, and arrived at Fort Stewart in 2011 where he stayed until this fatality. He was lucky enough to only have one deployment, and was subsequently awarded the Combat Action Badge.
The collision occurred on Friendship Road near St. George, where Mincey’s car somehow lost control and drove off the road, only to strike a tree around 6:10 p.m. The details of the Soldier’s cause of death, and what if any where the contributing factors is still a mystery.
Thus, the accident is under investigation.
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