What Are the Leading Causes of Wrongful Death for Teenagers?
Discussing fatality rates in children and adolescents isn’t an easy conversation, but the more you know about the risks, the more able you are to prepare and protect your family from dangerous situations. Teenagers are in a risk category all by themselves; they’re beginning to experience the world as independent people without the benefit of…
Read MoreWhat Kinds of Medical Treatments Are Available for Spinal Cord Injuries?
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) are like people; no two are exactly alike. Because there are so many different types and gradations, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to the types of treatments available. However, spinal cord injuries can be divided into a few major categories. Here, we’ll lay out those major categories and describe just what…
Read MoreWhat Kinds of Brain Injuries Are Caused by Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice is a complex topic because it can refer to many different scenarios. However, each of those scenarios has at least one thing in common; a mistake was made that could have been prevented with a more experienced professional or closer attention to detail. In other words, malpractice occurs when medical professionals are negligent…
Read MoreCan I Get a Lump-Sum Settlement for Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Once an injured or ill worker reaches maximum medical improvement, a worker can consider a lump sum settlement. Maximum medical improvement is the time when additional medical treatments are not likely to improve your health – though additional treatments can keep your health stable. Workers should not seek to settle their work injury claim before…
Read MoreHow Hospitals Use Lien Laws to Prey on Accident Victims
After physically treating victims of serious accidents, some hospitals follow up with a vicious debt collecting practice that preys on the livelihood of the very same patients they previously saved. The practice of using lien laws is over 100 years old, and dates to a time when less than 10% of Americans had health insurance.…
Read MoreRocky McElhaney Nabs Nashville Scene Magazine’s “Best Attorney” for the 7th Time!
We have some great news today, and we can hardly believe it ourselves. Rocky McElhaney has been named Nashville’s Best Attorney in Scene Magazine’s 2021 Reader’s Poll for the seventh year running. All of us here at the firm are overwhelmed with gratitude for everyone who voted for Rocky, this year and in years past.…
Read MoreDespite Safety Measures, Workers Keep Getting Injured at Amazon
Amazon has some major stepping up to do when it comes to mitigating on-the-job injuries. As one of the top employers of warehouse workers in the U.S., the numbers for serious workplace injuries are disheartening to say the least. For 2020, the Strategic Organizing Center reported that for every 100 Amazon warehouse workers, 5.9 suffered…
Read MoreWhy Truck Accidents Cause Such Catastrophic Injuries
When big trucks and small cars meet, the results are never good. For the sake of perspective, the difference in mass between big rigs and passenger vehicles is about the same difference between an average adult male and a newborn infant. More specifically, if a fully loaded big rig were scaled down to around 200lbs,…
Read MoreHow Do You Know if Your Child Suffers a Brain Injury?
Kids say the darndest things. Young children seem to have a knack for picking up the smallest details and repeating them at the worst possible time. Often, it’s a simple misunderstanding – kids just don’t have the communication skills to say exactly what they mean and don’t understand the power of language. Unfortunately, this can…
Read MoreWhy Are Burns a Serious Medical Condition?
Everyone has accidentally touched a hot stove (or oven, or pan, or kettle), and even those minor burn injuries can be really painful! When it comes to major burn injuries or burns that cover a large percentage of the body, there can be major consequences that affect every part of your life in ways you…
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