On behalf of Kinard & Jones, LLC | May 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Driving while under the influence (DUI) of drugs or alcohol may be one of the most common offenses that people get arrested for in South Carolina. Despite the prevalence of impaired driving arrests and charges, quite a few people still struggle to understand what...
On behalf of Kinard & Jones, LLC | May 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
The answer to that question is yes. You do have a right to refuse a breathalyzer test in South Carolina, however, there are serious consequences if you do say no, as there are in other states that have implied consent laws. When you’re pulled over by a police officer,...
On behalf of Kinard & Jones, LLC | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
When you get hurt in a workplace accident or develop symptoms of a work-acquired illness that keeps you from doing your job, you find yourself in the exact situation that workers’ compensation insurance exists to address. No one who works for a living should...
On behalf of Kinard & Jones, LLC | Apr 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is used to set the legal limit for drinking and driving in the United States. It is set at .08% as of this writing. If you do not break that limit, does that mean that you cannot get a DUI? It does not. Rather than outlawing a certain...
On behalf of Kinard & Jones, LLC | Mar 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Distracted driving is a serious problem in the U.S. It results in around 10,000 fatalities a year, many of which would never have had to have happened if not for being distracted behind the wheel. Distractions come in many forms. Though people often think of...
On behalf of Kinard & Jones, LLC | Mar 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
According to the Brain Injury Association of America, someone in this country suffers an acquired brain injury every nine seconds of the day. Many of those injuries are related to strokes, complications of disease or trauma — and they leave victims struggling...
On behalf of Kinard & Jones, LLC | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Motorcyclists in South Carolina and around the nation share the roads with drivers of bigger automobiles, trucks and buses, and they are in much greater danger of being injured in a crash than other drivers. In fact, motorcycle crashes are 27 times more likely to...
On behalf of Kinard & Jones, LLC | Mar 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
You know better than to drive while intoxicated, and you know your limits. What you may not know, however, is that any alcohol in your system — and many prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medications — can still expose you to a charge of driving under...
On behalf of Kinard & Jones, LLC | Mar 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
To be perfectly direct: It’s never smart to drive under the influence (DUI) of drugs or alcohol. You can end up in a serious accident that puts your life — and the lives of others — in danger. If you happen to be a doctor or another medical professional,...
On behalf of Kinard & Jones, LLC | Mar 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Police officers can’t pull over vehicles just because they feel like it. Instead, they either have to have a specific pattern for stopping them, such as during a sobriety checkpoint, or they have to have reasonable suspicion. The legal standard for reasonable...
