Injured in a Collision in the Congaree Vista, Facing Growing Medical Debt, and a Corporate Rideshare Insurer is Dodging Accountability?

The Congaree Vista is one of Columbia’s premier cultural, dining, and nightlife destinations, generating a heavy, constant flow of pedestrian traffic, delivery vehicles, and thousands of rideshare trips every week. When a serious collision or pedestrian strike occurs here, multiple insurance carriers, including major rideshare corporate networks, frequently deploy to protect their bottom lines. They rely on a specific defense tactic: exploiting the confusion of who was at fault or using the chaotic traffic environment to delay your claim, hoping you accept a quick, lowball payment before independent medical specialists can evaluate the true, long-term scope of your structural injuries.

Our client left her home in Chapin and was traveling on Hwy 76 near Prosperity in Newberry County. She was hit head on by a drunk driver who had repeatedly been convicted of drunk driving. He was operating his company vehicle which evidence showed he had used to go to various stores and restaurants drinking throughout the day. We were able to show this accident would not have occurred if the employer had proper safety protocols in place to prevent this type of driver from having access to the vehicle and the restaurants and stores had followed the law and not continued selling alcohol to someone clearly under the influence.