Roden Law represents people injured in truck and 18-wheeler crashes in Myrtle Beach and across the Grand Strand — Murrells Inlet, Conway, Surfside Beach, and Pawleys Island, and into Georgetown County. Heavy seasonal tourist traffic mixing with delivery and freight trucks makes Grand Strand truck collisions especially dangerous. Truck cases are governed by federal FMCSA safety rules and often involve several liable parties. 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) 612-1980 for a free, confidential case review.
Why Choose Roden Law for a Myrtle Beach Truck Accident Claim
On the Grand Strand, tractor-trailers and box trucks share US-17, SC-31 (Carolina Bays Parkway), and Highway 501 with a heavy, seasonally swelling flow of tourist traffic. After a crash, trucking companies and their insurers move quickly to control the evidence. What separates Roden Law is direct attorney involvement — you work with your attorney, not a rotating desk of case managers — and an immediate push to preserve the electronic and paper trail before it disappears. Horry County cases are heard at the courthouse in Conway.
- No fee unless we win — free consultation and no out-of-pocket cost to start your claim.
- Early evidence preservation — we send a legal-hold letter before the carrier can lawfully purge logs and black-box data.
- We find every defendant — driver, motor carrier, broker, shipper, and maintenance contractor are all potential sources of recovery.
Why Grand Strand Truck Crashes Happen
Tourism-driven congestion and long coastal freight routes create a distinct pattern of serious truck collisions our Myrtle Beach attorneys handle:
- US-17 crashes where trucks meet dense, stop-and-go tourist traffic through the beach corridor.
- SC-31 (Carolina Bays Parkway) high-speed collisions between freight and passing traffic.
- Highway 501 conflicts on the main artery between Conway and the beach.
- Seasonal surge crashes when summer tourist volume overwhelms roads shared with delivery trucks.
- Fatigue and hours-of-service violations on long coastal supply routes.
Truck-Accident Evidence Disappears — Fast
The most important step after a Grand Strand truck crash is preserving the trucking company’s records before they are legally destroyed. Under federal FMCSA rules, carriers keep hours-of-service logs for only six months, driver vehicle inspection reports for about three months, and the ECM “black box” data on the truck has no required retention period at all — it can be overwritten or lost the moment the truck is repaired or returned to service. Roden Law sends a preservation (legal-hold) letter immediately so this evidence survives. South Carolina does not allow a separate lawsuit for destroyed evidence, but if a carrier destroys records it was told to keep, a court can instruct the jury to assume that evidence would have been unfavorable to the trucking company.
South Carolina Truck-Accident Law You Should Know
South Carolina gives you three years to file an injury claim (S.C. Code § 15-3-530), and its 51% modified comparative-fault rule lets you recover as long as you are not more than half at fault, with your award reduced by your share. There is no cap on compensatory damages against a private trucking company. When the at-fault driver was under-insured, South Carolina also lets you stack your own uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage — often a decisive source of recovery in a catastrophic truck case. Learn more from our South Carolina truck accident lawyers overview, our guide to 18-wheeler and semi-truck accidents, and our explainer on South Carolina comparative negligence.
