Horatio is an unincorporated community in the High Hills of Santee area in western Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. It lies on Horatio Road west of South Carolina Highway 261 north of Stateburg and is the location of the Lenoir Store, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Horatio post office, Zip Code 29168, is located inside the Lenoir Store at 3240 Horatio Road. The community was originally called Louellen, but was renamed Horatio for Horatio Lenoir.

What is maritime and admiralty law?

Admiralty and maritime law involves cases related to navigation and commerce on oceans, rivers, and lakes. Admiralty and maritime cases can involve injuries to longshoremen and vessel crew members, contracts for cargo shipping, vessel collisions, and cruise ship passenger injuries. If your issues involves ships and shipping, business or commerce transacted at sea, finds and salvage, the duties, rights, and liabilities of ship owners, ship masters, and other maritime workers, it is within the realm of admiralty law.

Answers to maritime and admiralty law issues in South Carolina

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