About Jeff Gerardi

Jeff Gerardi handles personal injury cases at Joye Law Firm Injury Lawyers, with his practice consisting almost entirely of auto accident matters and some premises liability. He attended the University of Colorado at Boulder for his undergraduate degree and earned his law degree at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Over the course of his career, he has handled everything from spinal cord injury cases to claims involving career-ending injuries for professionals, and he draws on deep experience to quickly identify the core issues in any case.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Joye Law Firm Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Joye Law Firm Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$262.5 millionVerdict

A federal jury awarded $262.5 million after finding that a defective rear liftgate latch on a 1985 Dodge Caravan caused a six-year-old boy to be ejected and killed in a 1994 crash; the punitive damages were later reversed on appeal and the case settled confidentially in 2001.

U.S. District Court, D.S.C. · 1997Product LiabilityRead the full story →

A federal jury awarded $17 million to the surviving relatives of a Canadian Army private, his wife, and their infant son killed when an XPO Express 18-wheeler plowed into slowed construction-zone traffic on Interstate 95 near Florence, South Carolina.

U.S. District Court, D.S.C. (Charleston Division) · 2018Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Berkeley County apartment complex that failed to equip its pool gates with code-required latching hardware settled the wrongful death claim of a three-year-old boy's family for six million dollars.

Berkeley County, S.C. · 2019Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Joye Law Firm recovered $5 million for the estate of a Goodwill custodian killed when a terminal tractor with broken headlights made an illegal U-turn and struck her in a Joint Base Charleston parking lot.

Charleston County Circuit Court · 2020Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$3.6 millionSettlementTop 20 in South Carolina · #20

A South Carolina man rear-ended by a drunk driver who fled the scene recovered $3.6 million after the driver's employer disputed vehicle ownership and scope of employment, with cervical fusion and knee surgery documented.

South Carolina (venue confidential) · 2020Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of South Carolina School of Law
J.D.
University of Colorado at Boulder
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of South Carolina

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