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South Carolina Personal Injury Lawyers
We believe a team of experienced, focused, and passionate trial lawyers gives injured clients the best opportunities to receive all of the financial compensation and medical treatment they need to recover as quickly as possible.
That is why our lawyers have been committed for more than three decades to protecting the rights of injured people and helping them succeed in their financial recovery. Tenacious and tireless, our attorneys are focused on fighting for our clients’ rights and interests in any legal setting so that injured people can maximize their financial recoveries and reclaim their lives.
Mark D. Chappell
Mark Chappell is a founding partner of Chappell Smith & Arden, P.A. He concentrates his practice in personal injury, truck and auto accidents, catastrophic injury and product liability cases. Since he was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1985, Mark has handled thousands of cases, winning millions of dollars… » Full Bio
William L. Smith, II
William L. “Bill” Smith, II is a founding partner of Chappell Smith & Arden, P.A. He concentrates his practice in workers’ compensation and mediation. Bill graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar… » Full Bio
Mark T. Arden
Mark T. Arden is a partner of Chappell Smith & Arden, P.A. His practice concentrates in the areas of workers’ compensation, complex litigation, personal injury and administrative law. Mark graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1986… » Full Bio
Practice Areas
- Car Accidents
- Car Accident Injuries
- Car Accident Stats
- Causes of Car Accidents
- Columbia Car Accidents
- How to Read a South Carolina Accident Report
- How to Report a Car Accident in South Carolina
- Recordkeeping
- Reimbursement After a Car Accident
- Types of Car Accidents
- Uber and Lyft Accidents
- Uninsured and Underinsured Driver Accidents
- What to Do Next
- Why Hire a Car Accident Lawyer?
- Catastrophic Injury Death
- Class Actions
- Complex Case Litigation
- Daycare Injuries
- Dog Bite Accidents
- Elder Abuse
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Product Defects Liability
- Railroad Accidents
- Slip and Fall Accidents
- Social Security Disability
- Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trucking Accidents
- Workers’ Compensation
- Wrongful Death
NEWS
Breast Implants International Litigation
January 8, 2019
Graham Newman of Chappell, Smith & Arden is working with Ireland based Moloney & Co. Solicitors to represent women who have contracted cancer due to textured breast implants. Both firms represent clients in medical device litigation throughout Ireland and the United States and they are currently litigating some of the first claims of this...» Read More
Peter Leventis Among “Legal Elite”
August 7, 2018
The legal team at Chappell Smith & Arden, P.A. is proud to announce that attorney Peter Leventis has been named by Columbia Business Monthly as one of their “Legal Elite” in the Workers’ Compensation practice area. Peter has successfully represented clients in hundreds of Workers’ Compensation cases. He has argued and litigated all types...» Read More
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Handling Cancer Drugs Endangers Pregnant Nurses
March 19, 2019
Pregnant nurses who handle cancer drugs may be putting their health and that of their unborn child at risk. The results of a study that appeared in the American Journal of Nursing conclude that far too many nurses—both pregnant and not—do not take the proper precautions to protect themselves while handling antineoplastic drugs. Antineoplastic...» Read More
My Child Was Hurt at Daycare – Who is Liable?
March 12, 2019
Daycare providers have a legal responsibility to protect children under their care from harm. When that duty is breached and a child is injured as a result, daycare providers may be held liable for the injuries caused by their negligence, even if a release form was signed. Parents of children who were injured while...» Read More