Category Archives: Personal Injury
Things Not to Do, After a Slip and Fall Accident
If you fall inside of someone’s property, your first concern is probably your own health and safety. You will likely be filled with adrenaline, mixed with some fear and panic. It may be hard to sit there and think about what you should or should not do, and it is understandable to make mistakes… Read More »
Tennessee Dog Bite Laws are More Complex Than You May Think
Our dogs are our best friends, an animal long domesticated to co-exist with humans. But we shouldn’t forget that dogs are animals, and predator animals at that. That means that they can, and do, cause injury to people, whether by biting or other ways. You can recover compensation if you are bitten or injured… Read More »
Heart Attacks and Cardiac Events After an Accident
Imagine this scenario: You have a loved one that is in an accident, perhaps a serious one, and perhaps a loved one that is older or elderly. That person has a difficult time recovering, and spends time in a hospital. His or her condition gets worse and worse, and then, about a week after… Read More »
Truck Weigh Stations: What Are They and How Do They Keep You Safe?
You’ve probably driven on highways and seen the signs that announce that a truck weigh station is coming up. And because you likely were not driving an 18-wheeler at the time, you probably gave little thought to that weigh station or to what it is. But truck weigh stations play an important role in… Read More »
Turn Signals: Color Matters More Than You Would Think
If we asked you to list all the safety features in your vehicle, you’d probably name the ones that most people think of. Airbags. Lane assist technology. Backup cameras. Crash detection technology. What you wouldn’t name are your turn signals—but you may be surprised to learn that your turn signals actually play a bigger… Read More »
Recovering Damages for Pre-Existing Injuries
Let’s say that you are injured in an accident. Through your personal injury attorney, you make a claim with the insurance company or to the liable defendant. Your attorney contacts you and says that your claim is being denied, because you have what is called a pre-existing injury. What is a pre-existing injury, and… Read More »
Crumple Zones: Why Car Damage in an Accident Can Make the Accident Safer
How many times have you seen or driven by what looks to be a very bad accident—the cars in the accident just look like they have been devastated. The front end of the vehicles are all crushed in, and you think that must be an indication of the horrible nature of the accident. Well,… Read More »
Privileges and Confidentiality: Here’s When and to Whom it Applies
You are probably aware of attorney client privilege. This is the doctrine that makes everything that you say or write to your attorney, and everything your attorney says or writes to you, absolutely private, privileged, and confidential. Nobody can ask you or your attorney what either of you said to or told each other…. Read More »
Knee Airbags May be a Big Failure
When we think of a car’s safety features, we think of airbags. And you may already know that airbags in our cars are everywhere—in way more places than they used to be, many years ago. Side, and passenger airbags are pretty commonplace now. But did you know that there are also airbags lower down—at… Read More »
Shock After an Accident Can be Deadly
If you are injured in an accident, the injury itself is usually the first priority. But there is another, perhaps more dangerous, secondary condition, that can potentially kill people after an accident: shock. Shock after being injured in an accident is common, and it is something that accident victims and those around them need… Read More »
