Posts by Rocky McElhaney
Impairment Ratings in Workers’ Compensation Cases – Is Yours Correct?
What is an impairment rating? In a Tennessee workers’ compensation claim, one of the most important variables that determines what an injured worker can receive in a monetary disability award is the permanent partial impairment rating assigned for the employee’s injury. Making sure our clients receive the correct rating is one of the many ways…
Read MoreTennessee Traffic Laws for Bicyclists
Bicycle riders are required to follow the state traffic laws. When they are on the road, operators and passengers have the same rights and duties as cars, trucks, and other vehicles. Drivers should anticipate, especially on roads with lower speed limits, that bike riders may enter their lanes or crossways. As a practical matter, bicycle…
Read MoreWill I Be Fired for Making a Workers’ Compensation Claim in Tennessee?
If you’re injured at work in Tennessee, it is illegal for the employer to fire you if you make a claim. Now rest assured if you get put on restrictions and you’re not able to do the job after your injury, the employer can let you go. If it’s also a very small company and…
Read MoreWaterslide Accidents, Injuries and Liability
It’s almost summertime! And you know what that means – time to have some fun in the sun. And what family vacation would be complete with a trip to a lake or the ocean, or to a local water park? The best of all water park attractions has to be the slides. Tennessee has numerous…
Read MoreShould I Close My Medical Benefits in My Workers’ Compensation Case?
In these uncertain times of health insurance in America, it’s not wise for you to close out your medical benefits in your workers’ compensation case. If you settle your claim with open benefits, then you receive those medical benefits for your entire life, for whatever treatment is needed for this injury, so long as the…
Read MoreReflective Tape Can Cut Down on Truck Accidents
Semi-trucks and 18-wheelers are difficult enough to handle under normal circumstances. They’re incredibly heavy. Cargo on the truck can shift. The length of the truck makes it hard to see vehicles behind the truck and to the right of the truck. On top of that, making turns is very difficult. That’s why drivers need a…
Read MoreNegligent Trucking Companies: Following Too Closely
The interstates that come through Nashville every day are clogged with traffic. As you can see, our interstates are zooming. Big trucks come through here traveling in this congested traffic too fast, and they follow car too closely. We all know that Nashville traffic can stop in a second. When that happens and there’s an…
Read MoreRt. 29 and I-40 Are the Most Dangerous Roads in Tennessee
U.S. Route 129 runs north and south from the North Carolina state line through Knoxville, Tennessee. According to Dangerous Roads, it is one of the most scenic beautiful roads in the country, popular with motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts. The Tennessee portion of the road begins in Deals Gap, runs through the Tennessee River, and…
Read MoreWhy Does the Hospital Want My Car Insurance Information?
When you’re hurt in a wreck and go to the hospital, chances are the intake people will want to know if you have car insurance, or they’ll want to know the information about the car that hit you. The reason they want this information is because they want to make a claim against your medical…
Read MoreTrucks and Highway Driving – A Deadly Mix
Statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety – Highway Loss Data Institute show how deadly truck driving accidents are. Our Nashville truck accident lawyers are respected throughout Tennessee for our ability to hold truck drivers, truck manufacturers, and truck parts makers liable so that victims are remembered and treated like people – not just…
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