It is the first Monday after daylight savings time. If you are like most people, you may have needed some more coffee to get through this morning and this afternoon. In a few days, our bodies make the adjustment to the loss of the hour but until then we are…
Articles Posted in Automobile Accidents
What We Do
Last week, John and I were in Arizona for a meeting of the American College of Trial Lawyers. We were fortunate to get to hear a number of great speakers including FBI Director Christopher Wray who left us all assured the Bureau was in good hands, and Professor Goodwin who…
Car Accident Risks: How Much Sleep Did You Get Last Night?
Do you like to stay up late binge-watching Netflix? Does your FOMO result in you getting only a few hours of sleep? Does work stress and anxiety leave you tossing and turning? If these things or anything else is keeping you from getting at least seven hours of sleep at…
Safer Driving in Williamson County: Two Initiatives Underway
Last year, the number of car crash deaths in Williamson County nearly doubled. In 2016, there were 13 car crash deaths and in 2017 it increased to 25. A fifth of all crashes in Williamson County are caused by a distracted driver. The increased number of deaths on Williamson County…
Possible New Laws to Combat Drunk Driving
Each year in this country, there are nearly 10,000 alcohol-related driving deaths. For decades, drunk driving deaths decreased thanks in large measure to increasing the drinking age to 21 and reducing the drunk driving BAC threshold. But unfortunately, drunk driving is again on the rise. Currently, twenty-eight (28) percent of…
For The First Time, Accidents Are Now The Third Leading Cause of Death
In 2016, the United States had a record 161,374 accidental deaths. According to the National Safety Council, every three minutes someone dies from a preventable accident. And every second, an American is injured in a preventable accident. These figures include motor vehicle accidents, falls, drownings, drug overdoses, etc. Obviously, we…
How Are You Doing On That New Year’s Resolution?
Almost everyone makes them, and most of us quickly break them. In fact, only 8% of New Year’s resolutions are kept and 80% of us can’t even make it until February. So if you have already broken your New Year’s resolutions, you have plenty of company. But here is some…
A Gift For You
If you live in Murfreesboro or anywhere else in Rutherford County, we got you a gift. Don’t worry, it is OK if you did not get us anything. If you use our gift, that will be the only gift we need because our gift will keep you out of jail,…
DOs and DONT’s: The Legal Version
You may have seen those fashion magazines where they have pictures of people wearing clothes the right way and the wrong way. On the wrong way pictures, they usually put a black box over the person’s face to hide the shame of wearing a meat dress or tights as pants. …
Your Christmas To Do List
For most of us, our Christmas To Do list looks something like: buy gifts, wrap gifts, send Christmas cards, decorate tree and house, attend parties, etc. In the hustle and bustle of all things Christmas, we often forget to do those things that can keep our families safe. At The…