Is 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…
Read MoreHas My Claim for Social Security Disability Benefits Been Denied in Error?
So the doctor has said that the pain you’re having was bad enough you shouldn’t be working anymore. However, when you applied for Social Security Disability you were denied. Your primary care doctor’s medical record may even clearly state in black and white that you can no longer work, yet you can still be denied. If…
Read MoreBrain Injuries at Child Birth Can Put Your Child on the Autism Spectrum
Can brain injury cause autism in babies? In determining the cause of autism and similar disabilities, the role of genetics is often front and center. While no gene has been identified as the “Autism Gene,” scientific research has revealed patterns in genealogical makeup as well as behavioral similarities in children diagnosed with autism and their…
Read MoreContending the Issue of Liability When You’re Seriously Hurt in A Bar Fight
The Scenario: There you were having a couple of drinks out on the town and enjoying a good time with friends, when suddenly a bar fight erupts. Out of nowhere, you find yourself caught in the very dangerous crossfire of punches being thrown, broken bottles flying through the air, and trampling security guards storming onto…
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