John Eric Fulda

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Columbia, South Carolina

Whetstone Perkins & Fulda, LLC
John Eric Fulda
Whetstone Perkins & Fulda, LLC

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability; view more

Licensed in South Carolina since: 1998

Education: University of South Carolina School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2017 - 2023

Whetstone Perkins & Fulda, LLC

1620 Gervais St
Columbia, SC 29201 Visit website

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A tenacious personal injury attorney, John Eric Fulda co-owns Whetstone Perkins & Fulda, a renowned law firm with offices in Kingstree, Columbia, Marion and North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He helps his clients take timely action to protect their fair recovery after facing catastrophic accident injuries, medical malpractice, wrongful death, defective product injures, animal attacks, nursing home abuse and more. 

Early in his career, Mr. Fulda represented insurance companies and defended professionals and medical providers who were accused of professional malpractice. His 25 years of experience litigating cases from both sides of the aisle makes him one of the most accomplished and sought-after personal injury attorneys in South Carolina. He decisively pursues every case after understanding all the necessary details and the complexities involved.

Majoring in civil engineering, Mr. Fulda graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from Clemson University in 1995. He earned his J.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1988. In addition to being licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of South Carolina and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, he holds pro hac vice admissions in several other jurisdictions. As a student attorney, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable J. Ernest Kinard.

Listed among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers, Mr. Fulda was also included in the 500 Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America by Lawdragon. For demonstrating a high level of commitment to client services, he is rated “Excellent” through Avvo.

A tech-savvy attorney, Mr. Fulda works closely with his firm’s media department to create videos and presentations to help judges, juries and mediators easily understand the facts of the case. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the South Carolina Association for Justice, the Richland County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar and the American Bar Association.

Practice areas

Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation: Claimant

Focus areas

Animal Bites, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Dental Malpractice, Dram Shop Laws, Medical Devices, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Pharmaceutical, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death

  • 40% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
  • 40% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
  • 10% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
  • 10% Workers' Compensation: Claimant

First Admitted: 1998, South Carolina

Professional Webpage: https://attorneyssc.com/our-team/john-eric-fulda/

Honors/Awards:
  • S.C. Super Lawyers, 2017 – present
  • National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers SC
Bar/Professional Activity:
  • The National Trial Lawyers  
  • Richland County Bar Association
  • South Carolina Bar Association
  • South Carolina Association for Justice
  • American Association for Justice
  • U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Cir.) 2000
  • U.S. District Court South Carolina, 1999
  • John Eric Fulda serves as a committee head for the Board for the South Carolina Association of Justice, 2017
  • South Carolina, 1998
Educational Background:
  • Clemson University, B.S., Civil Engineering, Cum Laude, 1995
Verdicts/Settlements:
  • $11 Million Dollar Settlement in Tractor Trailer Accident - Whetstone Perkins & Fulda represented the estate of a Georgetown man killed in a crash involving two tractor-trailers last year in Orangeburg County. Whetstone Perkins & Fulda won a settlement of $11 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The estate of Kenneth Avis was awarded the settlement, with $6 million being allocated to the survival action and $5 million to the wrongful death action, in U.S. District Court on July 11. The collision occurred in the early morning hours of Friday, Aug.19, 2016. Avis was driving a 2015 Volvo westbound on S.C. 4 (Neeses Highway) when it struck a 2016 Freightliner being driven eastbound on Neeses Highway by David Lee Gullikson, 2017
  • Largest Verdict of 2016: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly reported that John Eric Fulda, Cheryl Perkins and Charles Whetstone of Whetstone, Perkins & Fulda, LLC and David Savage of Savage Law Firm obtained the largest verdict in South Carolina for 2016. A Charleston County jury returned a $6.9 million verdict against a radiologist who allegedly misread a mammogram, resulting in the patient's breast cancer going undiagnosed. Otherwise, treatable breast cancer was thus allowed to progress from an early treatable Stage I (or in-situ) cancer into incurable Stage IV metastatic disease. The patient's diagnosis is terminal., 2016

Office location for John Eric Fulda

1620 Gervais St
Columbia, SC 29201

Phone: 803-267-5444

Selections

7 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2017 - 2023

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