Rideshare (Uber & Lyft) Accidents in Charleston, SC

Depends on who worked it. Charleston Police handle wrecks on city streets, and the Crosstown is a city street even though it carries US-17, so that report generally sits with the city rather than with the South Carolina Highway Patrol unless a trooper responded. Ask the officer for the case number before you leave. A report generally isn't ready the same day.

The Charleston County Court of Common Pleas. That's the civil trial court for Charleston County, and a South Carolina injury suit generally starts there. Most claims settle with an insurer and never see it. But the three-year filing deadline runs whether or not a suit is ever filed, and missing it generally ends the claim no matter how clear the fault was to everyone standing there.

Not the deadline, and not the fault rule. South Carolina is an at-fault state, so whoever caused the wreck is who pays, and that holds the same for a neighbor on James Island as it does for a visitor who flew in Thursday. What changes is logistics: a rental company, a home-state insurer, and a car that left South Carolina by Monday. Free to get connected.

In South Carolina, the deadline is generally 3 years from the date of the accident. 3 years personal injury; wrongful death 3 years. Deadlines are strict — the sooner you act, the more options you have.