Monthly Archives: October 2024
Nashville Residents, Truck Drivers, Call for Stricter Safety Measures on High-Risk Semi-Truck Accident Road
A recent semi-truck involved accident in Nashville, Tennessee has both residents and semi-truck drivers calling for stricter and better safety measures on Nashville roads. According to local news reports, in early August, 2024, a serious semi-truck accident killed one person, sent a three-year-old child to the hospital “fighting for her life”, and injured two… Read More »
Fatal Rear-End Car Crash in Knoxville Demonstrates the Dangers of Major “Fender Benders”
Rear-end car accidents seem to happen at an alarming rate across Knoxville and throughout the rest of Tennessee. From a small bumper-to-bumper car accident, to a massive rear-end collision, rear-end car accidents in Knoxville can easily range from incidents that cause minor scrapes and bruises, to fatal car collisions ending in multiple deaths. Indeed,… Read More »
Rental Home Guests’ Premises Liability Lawsuit Over Vine in Driveway Revived, Case against Airbnb Host to Continue
Earlier this year, the Georgia Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a Georgia lower court’s determination that an Airbnb host was not liable for injuries his guests sustained in a parking area near the home where they were instructed to park. According to reports, in the case of Drucker v. Morgan, the Druckers, plaintiffs who… Read More »
Former Knoxville County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Role in 2021 Deadly Motorcycle Crash
Former Knoxville County Sheriff’s Office corrections officer Jessie Hodges pleaded guilty to the criminal charge of negligent homicide earlier this week on July 22 in connection with a deadly car accident three years ago that left one person dead. According to local news reports, Knoxnews.com, 34-year-old Hodges was set to go to trial in… Read More »
Revisiting One of the Largest Car Accidents in American History – East Tennessee’s McMinn County 100-Car Pileup
Although many Tennessee drivers and residents have heard about the 1990 100-car pileup on Tennessee’s I-75 in McMinn County, after nearly 35 years, it still bears repeating. Indeed, the massive multi-car collision is one of the largest in America’s history, and serves as an example of how the lives of dozens of people can… Read More »
