South Carolina’s $600 Million Problem. Cell phone use while driving costs American’s $43,000,000,000.00 (that’s $43 Billion) in annual losses, says Harvard University. To put that number in context, the trade deficit in September was $43 Billion dollars. That means, texting drivers rack up $3.58 Billion in losses every single month. South Carolina’s share of annual … Read more
The Zombie Apocalypse is coming. Even the Center for Disease Control has published tips for how to prepare for an outbreak. Before you take the streets and start hunting down the undead, learn how to avoid getting sued by a Zombie. What Are Zombies? This is a difficult question and popular literature and media disagree. … Read more
Frivolous: Walmart Blames Tracy Morgan After Walmart Trucker Causes Crash Last month, Walmart blamed Tracy Morgan for the injuries he received when a Walmart trucker crashed into Tracy’s vehicle. Walmart’s offensive came in a legal response to Tracy Morgan’s lawsuit. Everyday, valid cases are filed across thousands of courthouses across our nation. Some are … Read more
Brian R. Murphy Law Firm Opens Greenville Office South Carolina – the Brian R. Murphy Law Firm announced the opening of its Greenville Office today. Located at 220 North Main Street, Suite 500 in Greenville, South Carolina, the firm focuses on personal injury and car accident cases. Brian R. Murphy is a South Carolina personal … Read more
October 1, 2014 South Carolina – The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys recognized Brian R. Murphy as one of the “10 Best Under 40” Attorneys for South Carolina. The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys is an impartial third-party attorney rating service. The Institute awarded Brian R. Murphy the recognition as one of the … Read more
Everyday, valid cases are filed across thousands of courthouses across our nation. However, some are just frivolous. These lawsuits abuse our civil justice system and make it more difficult for deserving cases to achieve justice. This month’s frivolous case is Lucas v. McDonalds. Mr. Lucas is suing McDonalds for $1.5 Million Dollars after receiving only … Read more
September is National Preparedness Month. It is also the month that terrorists attacked our country in 2001. Most of us remember that day. Where we were. What we were doing. Most of us remember tuning into the television, not sure what was going on. Then it happened. Another plane hit the South Tower. We gasped … Read more
No one is discussing the pending civil lawsuit that Tony Stewart will likely face. Tony Stewart’s involvement in a recent race track death has been well reported in the news media. People around the water cooler and on Facebook are debating whether or not Tony Stewart should face criminal charges. Whether or not Stewart is … Read more
SECTION 50-21-112. Operation of moving motorized water device or water device under sail while under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol; offense; penalties. (A) It is unlawful for a person to operate a moving motorized water device or water device undersail upon the waters of this State while under the: (1) influence of alcohol to the … Read more
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-3890 SO AS TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATED TO THE USE AND OPERATION OF A WIRELESS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO USE A WIRELESS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO COMPOSE, SEND, OR READ … Read more