The Nashville Pothole Crisis of 2015 Continues to Cause Accidents and Costly Repairs
Three-quarters of the way through March, despite the tireless and dangerous work road crews are doing to try to repair potholes with as little hindrance to traffic as possible; we are still facing plenty of Mother Nature’s insidious menaces on the road. After Channel 4 WSMV covered the tragic March 8 death of a local man on…
Read MoreA Win for the Injured in Tennessee
The Tennessee Civil Justice Act was made into a law in 2011 by Governor Haslam. It was a horrible law that served only to hurt the injured of Tennessee even more by placing damage caps on injury and medical malpractice lawsuits. The only people who benefited from the law were the people running the insurance…
Read MoreSledding Accidents in Tennessee: From the Sled to the Stretcher
A story about our own Melissa Broz “I surveyed the ground: no people, no trees, soft slopes all the way down. Then I took off- laughing and flying down the hill at Two Rivers Park in Nashville. I had gotten turned around as I coasted downward, so I kept looking behind me to check to…
Read MoreIs Your Employer In Compliance With Tennessee’s New OSHA Reporting Rules?
OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) is a part of the United States Department of Labor and created by Congress to assure safe and healthy working conditions by setting standards and guidelines and providing information, training and assistance to workers and employees. To help accomplish this goal, the organization affords workers protections under the law without the retaliation or discrimination…
Read MoreWhen and Why A Lawyer Will Hire An Accident Reconstructionist
Serious injuries suffered in car accidents that involve cases of disputed liability, often involve a lawyer having to hire an expert to put the pieces back together to give a visual of what happened in the wreck. And although experts often charge a substantial fee, your attorney will not retain one unless it will add…
Read MoreUber Passengers: Do You Know Who’s Responsible if You’re Hurt in a Wreck While Riding with Uber?
Spawn of the mobile app explosion and born of efficiency, Uber, the taxi, private car, and rideshare system, has become a hit with generation x, y and z. Gallivanters just love to get around using Uber because they don’t have to call a surly dispatcher or hail a cab on the street. All a rider…
Read MoreComplex Workers’ Compensation Cases and Multiple On-the-Job Injuries- A Real Life Example
In the state of Tennessee, if a person has injured more than one part of their body during the same workplace accident, the calculation of permanent impairment benefits can get complicated. But, what if an individual suffers a serious injury which causes that person to overcompensate with another part of the body? If the overcompensated…
Read MoreHow Can I Be Sure My Injury Lawyer’s Reviews are Authentic and Trustworthy?
In 2013, ABC News reported that Yelp filed a lawsuit against a San Diego law firm for allegedly posting fake positive reviews about their law firm on the Yelp website. The lawsuit asserts that employees “pretend to be clients and review their employer on Yelp. The law firm later defended their reviews and established the…
Read MoreAccident Victims: Be Leary of Trolling Chiropractors
We live in a world of opportunity. Some people take the misfortune of others and turn it into an opportunity for help and benefit all involved. Others take that same opportunity and use it only for personal gain knowing full well the continued damage and destruction that it causes to another person’s life. You can…
Read MoreMetro Council Puts the Brakes on Loosely Regulated Low Speed Vehicles on Nashville Streets
With a bustling tourism industry from downtown to Division Street and beyond, Nashville has felt a boom of entrepreneurial gusto especially in the arena of inventive transportation. At first glance, it can seem like any guy with a golf cart can slap a sign on the back and start picking up and dropping off tourists…
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