Legal Question in Personal Injury in South Carolina

Re: My 6yr. old son's fingers were crushed in a gas station door

There is most likely some insurance that will be applicable in this case. Most retail locations maintain some type of "med pay" policy that can be used to pay out of pocket medical expenses. The real question here is whether there is liability on the part of the gas station for having a defective or negligently designed door.

Our firm has successfully handled cases in the past involving children who were injured by doors, including the issue of damage to the growth plates. One of our attorneys will be glad to discuss this case with you further if you so desire.

If you would like additional information about this or related topics, you can visit my personal injury law blog (www.SCPILaw.com) or our firm's website (www.StevensFirm.com). If I can assist you further, please do not hesitate to contact my office.

Thanks and good luck, Ben Stevens

Re: My 6yr. old son's fingers were crushed in a gas station door

I know that you have already received an answer from an attorney and I agree with him that this store most likely has what is called Med Pay, or Medical Payments. My take on it is this. I am not sure at this point who is liable if anyone. It sounds like your son may have put himself in harm's way. On the other hand, as a Personal Injury Attorney, I would investigage a number of things, such as if the door was not working property and may have closed too quickly, or what sort of standing room was available for kids whose parent's are paying at the cashiers, etc. In other words, I simply do not have enough information. Sometimes kids put themselves in positions where they get hurt. As you said, it was an accident. Maybe there should have been a sign on the door warning people to enter with caution. Or maybe the doorway should have been constructed differently so that this sort of thing cannot happen. On the other hand its possible that the store itself could have been set up better so that things like this didn't happen. At this point I do not know if there was one door or two. There is just a lot of different factors that could raise to the level of negligence. Long story short, this would need to be investigated. I hope this helps. And I sincerely hope that your boy is going to be okay. Robert Johnston