I live in Knoxville and I was in a car wreck in Nashville. The driver of the other car lives in Murfreesboro. If my case doesn’t get settled can I file a lawsuit in Knoxville? No. Under a new Tennessee law that was effective for all lawsuits arising from injuries…
Child abuse injuries resulted in 4,500 hospitalizations and 300 fatalities in just one year in the United States, researchers from Yale School of Medicine reported in the journal Pediatrics. This is the first study that has quantified abuse severity and how many children ended up in hospital, the authors added. The…
The Tennessee Department of Health has posted on its website thousands of pages of inspection reports on Tennessee nursing homes. The Affordable Care Act passed under President Obama required that the reports be more accessible to consumers. The new postings include one year of reports for each licensed facility. Eventually, four…
The Clerk of the Circuit Courts for Davidson County, Tennessee has released the following statistics for jury trials for 2011: There were 10 health care liability (medical malpractice) jury trials. The health care providers won six of those cases, the patient won two, and the other two cases resulted in…
Here is a list of 14 things you can do after a car accident: 1. Do your best to remain calm. 2. Assess the scene. Do not get out of your car if it is not safe to do so. 3. Check for injuries, both of yourself and others, rendering…
My sister received a significant head injury in an automobile wreck caused when a truck crossed the centerline of a road in Tennessee. Is there a limit on the damages she can recover in the case? There is no limit on the damages she can recover for medical expenses or…
My wife was killed in an automobile wreck. She was alone in the car. The other driver says the wreck was her fault, but I don’t believe it. How can I prove what happened? You need the help of an experienced automobile wreck attorney to lead an investigation into what…
The general rule in Tennessee is that a personal injury lawsuit for an adult must be filed within one year of the date of an incident causing an injury. The failure to file a lawsuit on time will result in a loss of the right to bring a claim…
My son was seriously injured in a auto accident. What rights do I have as his parent in a lawsuit against the person who caused the wreck? You have the right to recover medical expenses that you paid or were paid by your insurance company. (You almost certainly have to…
In any type of Tennessee personal injury case, including injuries caused by careless truck drivers or trucking companies, an injured person can recover monetary damages for past and future medical bills incurred because of the injuries, past and future physical pain and suffering, past and future mental or emotional pain…