Invisible Illnesses, Chronic Pain, and Social Security Disability

Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits are a federal insurance program available to workers who become disabled or injured and can no longer perform their jobs. The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides this assistance temporarily or permanently. The application and approval process for Tennessee SSD benefits can be difficult in even the most straightforward circumstances. It’s…

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How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Lawyer after a Car Accident?

Attorney cost car accident Tennessee

After a serious car accident, you’re going to have a lot of bills to pay. Maybe you’re thinking you should skip hiring a lawyer, to save you a little money. We would caution against that approach, because it shouldn’t cost you anything up front to hire a car accident attorney. Today, we’re going to break…

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Breaking Down Your Car Accident Settlement

Breaking Down Your Car Accident Settlement Being in a car accident is bad enough; being injured, and sustaining a lot of property damage, just makes the whole situation worse. One of the questions our Nashville car accident lawyers hear the most often is, “How much money could I get after a car accident?” The truth…

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Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage in Tennessee

Imagine this: you’re driving along to your destination, when all of a sudden, another driver runs a red light or a stop sign, and crashes into the side of your vehicle. You’ve sustained an injury, and your car is smashed up. You pull over to exchange insurance information, but the other driver has sped away.…

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Mass Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at Hendersonville Preschool Exposes Wide-Scale Threat to Those Most at Risk

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at Hendersonville Preschool

On Friday February 22, 2019, 66 people from ages three months to 72 years old were treated at local hospitals after exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide poisoning at the First United Methodist Church Children First Preschool in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Carbon monoxide is a deadly colorless, odorless, tasteless gas produced by burning gasoline, wood,…

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Penny McElhaney Receives 2019 Women Impacting the Community Nomination

The Rocky McElhaney Law Firm is pleased to announce that our very own Chief Operations Officer and Senior Attorney has been nominated for the 2019 Hendersonville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Women Impacting the Community Awards in the professional category! At the Women Impacting the Community Luncheon today, Penny was recognized with other outstanding nominees for…

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Tennessee Social Security Disability = Speed + Greed

If you know someone who’s applied for Social Security Disability Insurance, there’s a good chance they were denied benefits. How do we know? When it comes to Disability benefits, Tennessee has one of the highest benefit denial rates in the country. According to reporting by The Tennessean, 72% of Social Security Disability applicants in Tennessee…

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