What are Interrogatories and How Am I Supposed to Answer Them?
Interrogatories- a legal instrument not to be taken lightly. When you think interrogatories, think interrogation on paper. Often served with your Complaint or shortly thereafter, they are a strategic set of questions designed to reveal more about the parties and facts involved in the case. Once all the other parties involved in your case file…
Read MoreStill Ford “Tough?“ The Auto Giant Puts Steel in the Rearview Mirror in Favor of Safer but More Costly Aluminum
In an effort to lighten the engine weight to improve gas mileage in their new F-150 by an average of nearly 25 percent, Ford Motor Company has made the daring switch to aluminum- amidst gasps of horror from their hardcore demographic of car buyers that have been raised up with the mentality that steel is…
Read MoreThe Hopelessness of Truck Accidents: Yet Another Life Lost in a Catastrophic Murfreesboro ABF Truck Wreck Today
Just after 8am this morning another unsuspecting driver lost their life as a result of a semi-truck crossing over into oncoming traffic and hitting his vehicle with the force of nearly 70 tons. The tragic wreck happened in Murfreesboro on Highway 840 between mile markers 61 and 65. Though THP Officials are still investigating, it…
Read MoreNew TMS Therapy To Help TBI-Depression Sufferers After Vehicle Wrecks
If the doctor has told you that you’ve suffered a concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a result of an auto, motorcycle, or truck wreck it can be an extremely difficult and confusing time for you and your family. Learning to cope with and understand all of your symptoms is often emotionally taxing not…
Read More4-Year Old Killed in Cherokee Fuel Tank Explosion After Rear End Collision
Tragically, without the warning of recall or knowledge of a recall, in the last decade so many drivers have lost their lives as a result of manufacturer defects and poor design of their vehicles. National media coverage has surged around the Takata Airbag recalls which we discussed in an earlier blog. The numbers are staggering with…
Read MoreIt’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, No It’s Just State Farm: The Dehumanizing of the Insurance Industry
In an interesting turn of events, the insurance giant State Farm, which is known for its widely recognized slogan, “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there,” designed to invoke a sense of omnipresent, peace of mind in its consumers; is now going to be the first to pull real human beings out of the…
Read MoreHeavy Hearts for Young Victims Killed in Horrific Crash on I-40 in Hermitage on Wednesday
“It looked like there was nothing left of the Dodge Neon but two front seats,” said Melissa Broz, our Events Coordinator, of the scene Wednesday morning while she was on her way to Rocky McElhaney Law Firm’s Hendersonville office. “I just broke into tears. I knew that someone was about to receive the worst news…
Read MoreThe 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…
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