Robert Usry

When a person dies in an accident, his family and his estate have rights. A lawyer who's helped families in this situation explains.

Wondering what benefits workers' comp gives employees hurt on the job? A lawyer who helps injured workers describes the benefits you're entitled to, and who's likely paying for them. \n\n Transcript \n\n Getting seriously hurt at work can be overwhelming. All of a sudden, you’re worried about how you’re going to support your family, and how you’re going to get better. You’re already doing the right thing, trying to find more out about your worker’s comp case. Our website is chock full of helpful information folks want to know. \n\n Here’s what comp basically does: it pays your medical bills. It pays two thirds of your wages if you’re out eight or more days and it pays you permanent disability compensation. Remember, it’s probably not your boss who’s paying for this out of his pocket. Most likely, its and insurance company he’s paid to look out for you in this situation. \n\n Serious injuries can complicate your case with more medical care and the possibility you may not be able to work the same again. It makes it more important for you to consider protecting your rights for future care and maximizing your settlement. You might even be deemed permanently and totally disabled, which is not what you think. \n\n Sadly, you can’t count on the insurance company to do the right thing. That’s where we can come in. Often the most important thing that we do is maximize the cash part your cash settlement, which is permanent disability compensations. We’ll meet with you to understand how you’re injuries make it harder for you to live your life, and to work, so we can present it convincingly to the insurance company so they’ll maximize your settlement. If we can’t get a settlement to enforce your rights, we’ll request a hearing and have you ready for it. \n\n Remember, this is the only chance you’re going to have to be compensated and provided for, for an injury you might to have to deal with for the rest of your life. I thank you for thinking about this with me.  \n

If you've been charged with a DUAC in SC, a DUAC defense lawyer gives you a starting point to learn more about the charge, the penalties, and some key defenses. \n\n Transcripts \n\n Here's a question we get a lot: “what is driving with an unlawful alcohol concentration or as the initials say D-U-A-C or ‘du-ack?’” Well the first thing you need to know about DUAC is, the most important thing about DUAC. it carries the same penalties as a DUI. To convict you of DUAC the state has to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, you drove with a blood-alcohol concentration of .08 or higher as shown by your breath test. There are many defenses under South Carolina law that you have you're going to need an experienced DUAC lawyer to find and properly present. Here’s just a few. \n\n The first is video violations. South Carolina law requires all DUAC investigations and breathe tests to be videotaped with limited exceptions. Those videos have to contain certain aspects of the investigation and show the officer taking certain steps. If they don't the case can be dismissed even if the evidence against you is overwhelming. \n\n Another defense can come from an experienced DUAC lawyer's knowledge of how to research the machine you gave your breath sample for. Sometimes, as we say in Spartanburg County, those machines get broke! An experienced DUAC lawyer can figure that out present it properly and get the breath test result thrown out which essentially gets your case dismissed. And one of the most important DUAC defenses is what I call “The catch-all.” South Carolina law lets DUAC suspects present any evidence that calls into question the validity of their breath test. It may be that you drove perfectly fine while you were on the video before you got pulled over. It may be that you look like a regular human being when you're not asked to do those crazy field sobriety tests. \n\n An experienced DUAC lawyer knows how to review your videos to evaluate them for the wealth of evidence that can show you were not your breath test result that night and can cause a jury to decide to find you not guilty. I thank you for thinking that about this with me. \n

A SC DUI/DUAC defense lawyer highlights the high price you pay for a conviction, showing the main reason to fight the charge- beisdes the fact you might not be guilty. \n\n Transcript \n\n The first question just about anybody who's charged with a DUI or a driving with an unlawful alcohol concentration, which we called DUAC wants to know is: “what am I facing?” The answer is, the same thing and a lot. It doesn't matter whether you're convicted of DUI or DUAC the penalties are the same and these are the major ones. \n\n First, you may be facing immediate license suspension even without a conviction which after October 1 st , 2014, you can choose between the restricted license, that only lets you drive some places or get costly, burdensome ignition interlock to avoid. You’re also facing possible jail time, which is mandatory if it's a repeat offense. You’re looking at fines and court costs. If you're convicted you're looking at another driver's license suspension which again can be headed off by ignition interlock, which we discuss at another article and video on our website. You’re looking at paying at least five hundred dollars to take and complete an alcohol drug and safety action program. You’re also going to have to get sr22 insurance which can dramatically increase the cost of your auto insurance premiums. \n\n If you're a college student, you might lose your state scholarship and your parents could lose tax breaks associated with you being a college student and, perhaps worst, if you are a young person who's looking at changing jobs in the future or just going to be new in the job market, before too much longer, it could impair your employment future because your employer might be concerned about that driving record, especially if you're getting a job that's going to feature a company car. \n\n Those are the major penalties associated with a DUI or DUAC conviction. The idea is, you owe it to yourself to fight against having to pay that price because you may not be guilty. I thank you for thinking about this with me. \n