Roden Law represents people injured on unsafe property in North Charleston, South Carolina and throughout the Lowcountry. With its dense mix of retail centers, apartment complexes, and industrial and distribution sites, North Charleston generates a wide range of premises injuries — and premises liability covers far more than a slip-and-fall, reaching negligent security and assaults, poorly maintained stairwells and parking areas, and pool and apartment hazards. 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 from hundreds of client reviews. Call (843) 612-6561 for a free, confidential case review.
Why Choose Roden Law for a North Charleston Premises Liability Claim
Property owners and their insurers fight these cases hard, usually by arguing they had no notice of the hazard or that you were careless. What separates Roden Law is direct attorney involvement — you work with your attorney, not a rotating desk of case managers — and the investigation needed to prove the owner knew or should have known about the danger.
- No fee unless we win — free consultation and no out-of-pocket cost to start your claim.
- We prove notice — maintenance records, prior-incident reports, and security history that show the owner should have acted.
- Full range of premises claims — slip-and-falls, negligent security, stairwell and parking hazards, and pool injuries.
North Charleston Premises Hazards We Handle
North Charleston’s retail, residential, and industrial density creates recurring dangers our attorneys see across the Lowcountry:
- Retail and shopping-center falls along the Rivers Avenue and Tanger corridors from spills, uneven surfaces, and poor lighting.
- Negligent security — assaults in apartment complexes, parking lots, and commercial properties where the owner ignored known risks.
- Apartment-complex hazards — broken stairs, unlit walkways, defective railings, and unmaintained common areas.
- Pool and clubhouse injuries at residential communities.
- Grocery and big-box store falls from spills and merchandise left in aisles.
South Carolina Premises Liability Law You Should Know
Two questions decide most South Carolina premises cases. The first is your status on the property: an invitee (such as a customer or tenant) is owed ordinary care, while a licensee and a trespasser are owed less — the framework comes from Sims v. Giles. The second is notice: you generally must show the owner knew, or should have known, about the hazard and failed to fix it. For negligent security claims — common in apartment and parking-lot assaults — South Carolina applies the balancing test from Bass v. Gopal to decide whether a crime was foreseeable. One critical wrinkle: if the property owner is a government entity — a city, county, SCDOT, or public housing — the South Carolina Tort Claims Act caps damages ($300,000 per person / $600,000 per occurrence) and bars punitive damages. Against a private owner there is no cap on compensatory damages, the injury statute of limitations is three years (S.C. Code § 15-3-530), and the 51% comparative-fault rule applies. Learn more from our premises liability overview, our SC premises liability settlement value guide, and our SC slip-and-fall settlement value guide.
