COLUMBIA Injury Law Blog

August is a month to celebrate anniversaries in our office! Earlier this month, our attorney Jessica L. O’Neill Gooding celebrated her two year anniversary with us and now, our attorney Christian E. Boesl celebrates one year of working on our team at Goings Law Firm. How did Christian end up working at our firm? “Robert… Read More

If you’ve suffered a work-related injury or illness, you may be wondering whether to hire a workers’ compensation attorney. The answer depends on the severity of your injury, the overall complexity of your case, and the actions of your employer or its insurance company.  In South Carolina, the workers’ compensation system was designed to provide… Read More

We strongly recommend that you consult with an experienced workers’ compensation attorney to determine if you need help from a lawyer.  Not every claim requires an attorney, and we don’t think that everyone should automatically hire an attorney.  However, in our experience, you will likely need a workers’ compensation attorney if you have an injury… Read More

This month, our attorney Jessica L. O’Neill Gooding celebrates her two year anniversary with Goings Law Firm. We absolutely love having her on our team! She’s a dedicated attorney who works incredibly hard for and is dedicated to each one of her clients. “My favorite thing about working here is just working with the clients,”… Read More

Meet Chris Pascal, who has been working with Goings Law Firm this summer and will continue with us into the fall as he begins his 2L year at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Chris attended undergraduate at Wofford University and he graduated  in May 2017. When he arrived at Wofford as a… Read More

Our thoughts and prayers are with Rep. Katie Arrington, and the family of the deceased driver in a fatal collision that occurred in Charleston County on Friday night, June 22, 2018 Katie Arrington, a representative in the State House for the Lowcountry and a U.S. congressional candidate, was seriously injured in a fatal car wreck… Read More

On Wednesday morning June 20, 2018, a 40-year-old Indiana man was tragically killed when a tractor trailer struck the construction lift he was operating on I-77 South in Columbia.  The crash happened just after 5 a.m. on I-77 South near the Blythewood Road exit, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol. The collision involved a tractor-trailer… Read More

The Goings Law Firm, LLC has been featured in the Summer 2018 issue of Fig Magazine. Fig is a local publication that explores “shopping, dining, arts, history and community in Columbia.” The current issue focuses on food and drink. You can see the issue at https://issuu.com/figindustries/docs/figcolumbia_summer2018.pdf. Past issues are also available to view free on… Read More

Here is a list of the frequently asked questions about workers’ compensation laws that we receive from people who have been injured on the at work. How do I report an on-the-job injury? Report all injures at work to your employer immediately and request medical treatment, if needed. If you neglect to report the injury… Read More

Amtrak blamed a freight rail operator, CSX Corporation, for causing a crash on Sunday that killed two people and injured more than 100 others when one of its passenger trains was diverted onto a side track and slammed into a parked, unmanned freight train in South Carolina. In the U.S. passenger rail operator’s third fatal crash in… Read More