North Charleston Personal Injury Lawyer
We’ve Represented Negligence Victims for More Than 25 Years
Our clients receive the legal representation they deserve when they partner with our law firm. We bring more than 25 years of experience to any case we handle. Attorney Akim Anastopoulo leads our team in handling a wide range of injury cases. Furthermore, we serve clients at locations throughout South Carolina, including North Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach, and others.
We Have Secured Millions for Injured South Carolinians
We also are proud of the financial recoveries we have achieved for our clients. Our firm has earned the distinction of winning seven of the 10 largest verdicts in South Carolina, going back to 2017. So, you can take a look at our case results here, which include:
- $50 million for a motorcyclist killed when a truck ran a red light (jury verdict)
- $5 million for a hit-and-run accident victim (judgment)
- $2.6 million for a passenger killed in a stolen car (judgment)
- $1.9 million for a motorcyclist’s wrongful death in an accident (judgment)
Our team will always seek the maximum award for your damages and do everything we can to move your case along. Additionally, we will offer you legal counsel, direction, and any help you need as you navigate the claims or lawsuit process. We will take care of your legal action while you recover from your injuries. If you can’t come to us to talk about your case, we’ll come to you. Whether at home or in hospital, we can meet with you and help you figure out your legal options.
For a free legal consultation with a personal injury lawyer serving North Charleston, call 803-222-2222
Damages You Could Recover After a North Charleston Injury Case
Injured clients want to know how much they can recover after enduring an injury, and the answer depends on each person’s condition and their accident’s unique circumstances. When we assess your situation, we review your damages to determine how much you could seek from the liable party.
The types of injuries you suffered and their severity will play an important role in how much you can ask for. How long it takes your recovery and how your injuries affect you in the future will also influence how much money you can request. Most injury cases divide damages into two categories: economic and non-economic damages.
Economic Damages
Economic damages are accident losses that cost you money. We can show how much money the accident cost you with written records, such as receipts and invoices. These expenses include:
- Medical bills
- Lost wages
- Reduced earning ability
- Property damage or replacement
- Other accident-related losses
Non-Economic Damages
Non-economic damages have no dollar value attached. However, they still count as they show how much the accident affected your life and physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Damages of this nature include:
- Pain and suffering
- Mental and emotional anguish
- Disability (temporary or permanent)
- Disfigurement, scarring
- Loss of life enjoyment
- Loss of companionship
Our North Charleston personal injury lawyer will identify both kinds of damages. Additionally, they will let you know about other losses you can claim. It can be difficult to assign a financial value to non-economic damages, but our attorney team will take care of that. We will calculate these losses and add them to your economic damages. Once that’s done, we will have a dollar amount for your case that we will request from the liable party.
Wrongful Death Actions Can Result from a North Charleston Injury Case
Unfortunately, some injuries that victims suffer in accidents are fatal. If you have lost a loved one to an accident, please accept our condolences. We are sorry for your loss. These situations are never easy to deal with, but if you want to take legal action against the party that caused your loved one’s death, we can help you file your wrongful death action under South Carolina law.
These actions benefit certain surviving family members of the deceased. If the family recovers awards, they can use them to pay the decedent’s end-of-life costs, such as:
- Their final medical expenses
- Funeral and burial arrangements
- Loss of their financial contribution to the household
- Survivors’ pain and suffering after losing a family member
Our attorney will help you take steps toward filing a wrongful death action and help you navigate that path. If you feel it is right for you and your family, you can reach out to us at any time to get started.
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How Our North Charleston Personal Injury Lawyer Will Help Your Case
Recovering from an injury takes focus and time, and you may run short on both when you think of pursuing legal action in your case. We don’t believe you have to give up seeking legal recovery as you heal after an accident. You can have both when you have legal representation on your side. We manage every injury case from start to finish, freeing up our clients’ time to take care of themselves and other matters.
We take care of all the following and more when we represent you:
- Investigate your accident to find out what happened and why
- Gather, review evidence to prove your case (e.g., police reports, video footage, photos)
- Collect witness statements, interview expert witnesses for a professional opinion about your injuries or accident
- Name all parties responsible for the accident/incident
- Build your compensation case, which includes a listing of damages and their values
- Negotiate with all parties, including the liable party’s insurer and attorney
- File a lawsuit for compensation if negotiations fall through
- Meet all key deadlines, including South Carolina’s statute of limitations
- Handle all paperwork, communications
- Represent you in all legal meetings, whether online or in-person
- Explain the laws that apply to your case, answer your questions and concerns
- Update you regularly on your case’s status
- Consistently communicate to make sure we are all on the same page and working together
We will Prove Negligence in Your Case
One of the most important things our North Charleston injury attorney will do is prove negligence led to your injuries, as well as who is responsible for them. This can be easy to do in motor vehicle accidents that involve one driver who hit another driver or a pedestrian.
But in more challenging situations, such as medical malpractice or a commercial truck accident, this can be harder to do because of how many people could be liable for a person’s injuries. Having legal counsel who knows what to look for is beneficial in these situations.
Four Elements Required to Prove Negligence
Regardless of how many liable parties there are, we must be able to prove that four elements occurred in your accident that shows someone else’s negligence caused you or your loved one harm. These elements are:
- Duty of care. The liable party had a legal obligation to keep you safe.
- Breach of duty of care. They did not meet this obligation either by doing something or not doing something they were supposed to do.
- Causation. This breach caused an accident or incident that injured you.
- Damages. As a result of the accident, you suffered compensatory damages.
We can establish liability and negligence with these elements, and we can determine if they apply to more than one party in your case.
What If I Played a Role in My Accident?
If you are partially responsible for your accident, you can still collect damages. We will set out to prove that the other party’s liability is greater than yours. However, if you played a part in your accident, you could still seek compensation if you are 50% or less responsible for your injuries, as S.C. Ann. § 15-38-15 explains.
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South Carolina Personal Injury Lawsuits Have a Time Limit
If you are considering legal action, we urge you to start as soon as you can. As S.C. Ann. § 15-3-530 explains, you have a three-year window to take legal action in your case. Wrongful death cases also must be filed three years from the decedent’s death date. If you are filing a medical malpractice lawsuit, your three years starts either from the date of the medical error or the date you discovered the error, per S.C. Ann. § 15-3-545.
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Personal Injury Cases We Manage in North Charleston, S.C.
Anastopoulo Law Firm helps clients with a wide range of personal injury and wrongful death cases. Our attorneys in North Charleston will speak with you about your case and help you figure out your next steps to securing legal representation.
You can reach out to us at any time. We handle cases in the following areas:
- Car accidents
- Truck accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Boat accidents
- Bicycle accidents
- Slip and fall accidents
- Premises liability accidents
- Medical malpractice
- Nursing home abuse
- Workers’ compensation
- Wrongful death
Our full-service law firm also offers legal representation for other legal matters, such as
If you don’t see your case type listed, please consider calling us so that we can learn more about your situation.
Call Anastopoulo Law Firm Today for a Free Consultation
Your personal injury case deserves attention and professional legal care, and our North Charleston personal injury lawyer provides these and more. We are ready to speak with you about your injuries and losses and protect your rights while you seek compensation for them. Our 25-plus years of legal experience can work for you. We want to help you recover from your losses and rebuild your life.
Call us today at (800) 313-2546 for a free consultation. We’re ready to get to work for you. The sooner you call us, the sooner we can start fighting for your recovery.
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