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Columbia Personal Injury Lawyers

We are passionate advocates for our clients' rights. Our lawyers work hard, and we are prepared to fight for the compensation you deserve for injuries and other damages. While our services cannot turn back the hands of time, we do provide our clients with the tools, resources and drive to effectively achieve justice.

At the Orangeburg law firm of Lanier & Burroughs, LLC, we represent people throughout the South Carolina Lowcountry and statewide as personal legal representatives. Our legal advice and guidance are tailored with devotion to the livelihood of individuals and families within the region that we have lived all of our lives.

Compassionate, Native South Carolinians With a Hometown Touch

Each of our attorneys is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia. We are dedicated to protecting the interests of our injured clients and their loved ones, and we strive to provide each client with the pinnacle of service excellence.

Founding partner Lewis C. Lanier has represented people in Orangeburg since 1974. He has earned an AV-Preeminent rating* from Martindale-Hubbell, and each of our clients benefits from attorney Lanier's personal attention to his or her case.

Charleston Truck Accident Attorneys

As an invested and established law firm, we work collaboratively with professional investigators, accident reconstructionists and other experts in a range of fields on each case we take on to solidify evidence and sound strategies in several practice areas.

When you or a family member needs legal advice, consult with attorneys who care about your successful recovery. Work with a legal team that is serious about helping you achieve your goals and obtaining the compensation you deserve for a brighter future.

Contact Lanier & Burroughs, LLC, Today | Wrongful Death Law Firm

We provide a free initial consultation along with the advice and options you need now. Call us at 803-937-4199 or toll free at 866-220-9257, or e-mail us to schedule a meeting with one of our Columbia personal injury attorneys at your convenience.

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.

Representative Cases

  • $3,500,000.00

    Pharmacy Error/Misfilled Prescription: Client received a misfilled prescription of rt (a blood thinner) which resulted in her body hemorrhaging and ultimately resulting in a stroke. Due to the pharmacy error, Client was left in an incapacitated state, and ultimately, the pharmacy settled...

  • $1,875,000.00

    Trucking case/Moving Company: Client sustained spinal cord injuries when a moving company allowed and encouraged him to drive his motorcycle up a ramp into the moving van. While doing so, the ramp slipped underneath the motorcycle causing the Client to fall...

  • $1,500,000.00

    Tractor-Trailer Wreck: This was a tractor-trailer versus pedestrian case that occurred on I-26 in Calhoun County. A driver of a tanker truck fell asleep, veered off the side of the road, lost control of his tanker and struck the client's vehicle which struck the client...

  • $1,035,000.00

    Forklift/Tractor trailer case: Client was operating a forklift across a loading dock into the back of the tractor-trailer. While operating her forklift into the back of the trailer, the tractor trailer pulled away from the docking plate wherein the Client crashed to the ground, while still belted in to the forklift...

  • $1,028,844.00

    Premises Liability/Parking lot design defect: Client was standing outside of a drugstore when a vehicle jumped out of gear and rolled down the hill of the parking lot and crashed into the Client pinning her against the wall of the drugstore. The client suffered crush injuries to both legs and hips...

  • Confidential Settlement

    A group of teenage friends were returning from the South Carolina State Fair on October 5, 2003, on I-26 when the front, driver's side tire tread separated causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle resulting in the ejection of four occupants...

  • Confidential Settlement

    Ford Explorer Rollover / Roof Crush / Partial Ejectment / Occupant Restraint (Settled) / Product Liability: Client was the passenger in a 1996 Ford Explorer which was being operated by his sister...

  • Confidential Settlement

    Tractor-Trailer Wreck: Our client was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer when she was attempting to exit off of I-26. The force generated from the tractor-trailer caused significant permanent and debilitating injuries to her neck and back...

  • $500,000.00

    Tractor Trailer wreck: Case involves a tractor trailer that was left partially extended into the roadway. Due to the lack of lighting on the roadway and the trailer partially extended into the roadway, the Client struck the trailer causing his death...

  • $500,000.00

    False Imprisonment/Slander: Client was charged with shoplifting, handcuffed, paraded through the store, publicly ridiculed and embarrassed in front of the patrons at the store and was thrown in jail. Due to the Client's incarceration, she suffered a myocardial infarction (heart attack)...

  • $500,000.00

    Delivery Truck wreck: A delivery truck, at a high rate of speed, "T-Boned" the client who was in his driveway after coming home from work...

  • $705,000.00

    Slip and Fall/Insurance Bad Faith: Client slipped and fell at a truck stop, while working as a truck driver. Client sustained significant and debilitating back injuries...

  • $341,000.00

    Tractor Trailer wreck: The client, a tractor trailer driver, wrecked while traveling on the interstate causing his tractor trailer to overturn and resulting in his untimely death. This settlement exceeded the policy limits...

  • $230,000.00

    Repetitive use trauma/Worker's Compensation: Client's work included repetitive lifting and bending resulting in a disabling back injury. The case was denied by the insurance carrier for the employer and successfully tried before the Workers Compensation Commission...

  • $355,000.00

    Tractor Trailer wreck: Head-on collision involving a tractor-trailer. Client, while on the job, suffered severe back injuries in the wreck. A workers' compensation claim, as well as a negligence claim, against the at-fault party, was filed. This settlement for the negligence claim exceeded the policy limits...

  • $345,000.00

    Slip and Fall/Workers Compensation: Client slipped and fell while at work resulting in a shoulder injury. After the settlement of the worker's compensation claim, a negligence claim was filed against a construction company who left oil on the floor...

  • $300,000.00

    Tractor Trailer Wreck: Our client was side-swiped. What initially appeared to be soft-tissue injuries resulted in a cervical fusion. Although the client had a preexisting neck condition, the wreck exacerbated or worsened his preexisting cervical condition...

  • $200,000.00

    Legal Malpractice/Professional negligence: This was a legal malpractice case for failing to file a medical malpractice within the applicable statute of limitations. Case settled prior to trial....

  • $200,000.00

    Tractor Trailer Wreck: This was a tractor-trailer wreck involving soft-tissue injuries to the neck and back. Plaintiff had less than $25,000.00 in medical expenses...

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