Roden Law represents golf-cart crash victims across Columbia, South Carolina and the Midlands — Lexington, Irmo, West Columbia, Cayce, and Forest Acres. Golf carts have no seatbelts, doors, or airbags, so ejections and passenger injuries — including to children — are common, and crashes with cars are often severe. We handle every case on a contingency fee basis: you pay nothing unless we win. Roden Law has recovered more than $300 million for injured clients across Georgia and South Carolina and holds a 4.9-star average client rating. Call (803) 219-2816 for a free, confidential case review.
Why Choose Roden Law for a Columbia Golf-Cart Claim
Golf-cart cases raise coverage questions that ordinary car crashes do not — a cart may not be covered by standard auto insurance, and homeowner’s or a driver’s auto policy may come into play depending on how and where the crash happened. What separates Roden Law is the investigation needed to find every source of coverage. Our Columbia office at 1545 Sumter Street, Suite B sits in the downtown corridor minutes from the Richland County Circuit Court.
- No fee unless we win — free consultation and no out-of-pocket cost to pursue your claim.
- We find the coverage — auto, homeowner’s, and a cart owner’s policies can each apply, and we identify all of them.
- Full-value focus — golf-cart ejections often cause head and orthopedic injuries, and we account for all of it before any settlement.
Golf Carts in the Columbia Area
Golf carts are used across the Midlands’ lake communities around Lake Murray, in gated subdivisions and retirement neighborhoods, and on private property and event grounds. On neighborhood streets, carts share the road with cars and pedestrians, and a collision with a vehicle, a sharp turn, or an inattentive driver can eject an unbelted passenger. Children riding on the sides or standing are especially vulnerable in a crash. When a cart is driven onto faster roads outside the conditions the law allows, the risk of a serious car-versus-cart collision rises sharply.
South Carolina Golf-Cart Law You Should Know
South Carolina’s permitted-golf-cart law (S.C. Code § 56-2-100) allows registered and permitted carts to operate only under limited conditions — generally on roads with a posted speed limit at or below a set threshold, during daylight hours, and within a set distance of the owner’s address. Operating a cart outside those limits can be relevant to fault. When a defect in the cart contributes to a crash, the claim can also sound in product liability under South Carolina’s strict-liability rule, S.C. Code § 15-73-10. The general deadline to file is three years from the date of injury under S.C. Code § 15-3-530, South Carolina follows modified comparative negligence (you can recover as long as you are 50% or less at fault), and there is no cap on compensatory damages in ordinary injury cases. Learn more on our South Carolina comparative negligence guide.
