Welcome to our South Carolina personal injury blog.  At Hughey Law Firm, I, attorney Nathan Hughey, my partner attorney Stuart Hudson, and the caring staff do we do what we do for a reason – helping families put their lives back together after being injured.  Take a look at some of the examples of people we have […]

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I previously wrote about the damages caps related to Tort Reform in South Carolina.  Now I address the procedural hurdles that Tort Reform in South Carolina applies to your case.  I, Nathan Hughey, have taught and practiced in the area of Tort Reform in South Carolina and the Non-Economic Damages Act of South Carolina extensively […]

I, Nathan Hughey, have had the opportunity to teach “tort reform” to other lawyers and professionals within the State of South Carolina since “tort reform” was enacted in this state in 2005.  From the beginning, I researched his area of the law and have not only taught continuing legal education on this subject, but I […]

Defamation allows a plaintiff to recover for injury to reputation as the result of the defendant’s communication to others of a false message about the plaintiff. Slander is a spoken defamation while libel is a written defamation or one accomplished by actions or conduct. In certain instances, the messages themselves will be presumed to be […]

In South Carolina, the Legislature has chosen to impose strict liability against dog owners and others having “the dog in [their] care or keeping.”  Strict liability is a policy decision to impose liability regardless of fault. With the singular exception for the circumstance where the injured person provokes the attack, dog bite cases involve strict […]