Eric R. Tonnsen

Eric Tonnsen’s practice focuses on defending serious personal injury, wrongful death, and construction defect lawsuits on behalf of corporations, contractors, insurance companies, trucking companies, and retail businesses. From local transportation businesses to Fortune 500 companies with global reach, Eric is experienced in all phases of civil defense practice including expert discovery, emergency response, complex and high-value damages evaluations, and trial.

He practices out of the firm’s Greenville and Charleston offices and serves as statewide counsel for insurance carriers regarding complex insurance coverage questions including issues related to priority of coverage between carriers, claimed additional insured status in construction defect litigation, and bad faith denial of claims.  He has given numerous continuing education and other presentations relating to the litigation and trial of brain injury cases and the nuances of South Carolina bad faith law.