I was involved in a car wreck in Davidson County, Tennessee. I am thinking about filing a lawsuit, but really don’t want to go to trial. Will my case be settled or tried? Well, if you have a valid case, you have a great deal of whether the case is…
I don’t see the big deal about texting and driving. I do it all the time and have not been in a car wreck. Then you have been lucky. Not only is texting while driving illegal, but it greatly increases your risk of being involved in a car crash. Studies…
I was driving on a country road late a night. I came around a sharp curve at a reasonable speed and there was a black horse standing in the middle of the road. I swerved to miss it, but hit it and then hit a rock wall on the side…
I am looking for a lawyer and have come across the Super Lawyers website. Should I look for a lawyer who is listed as a Super Lawyer? Super Lawyers is a relatively new publication to this area. It provides this overview of its selection process: Super Lawyers selects attorneys…
I was in a a bad car accident involving a car and a truck. Two people were hurt, and one person was killed. The total liability insurance available is a single limit policy of $300,000 and the at-fault driver does not have any assets. The insurance company has offered the…
As a Tennessee personal injury lawyer, I try to keep up with the results of personal injury and wrongful death jury trials in Davidson County (Nashville) and other cities in Tennessee. Here are the results of the personal injury trials in Davidson County, Tennessee during the month of September,…
What is a "settlement statement" in a Tennessee wrongful death or personal injury case? A settlement statement, sometimes called by other names such as a "distribution statement," shows the receipt of monies by a lawyer as part of a settlement and then describes how those monies are paid to the…
What is the maximum fee a lawyer can charge in a wrongful death case in Tennessee? In medical malpractice cases (now formally called "health care liability" cases after a change in the law effective October 1, 2011) the maximum contingent fee a lawyer can charge is 33 and 1/3 rd…
I am involved in a lawsuit and I had to answer interrogatories. How do lawyers use interrogatories at trial? Interrogatories are written questions sent from one party in a lawsuit to an opposing party about issues related to the lawsuit. For example, in a lawsuit arising from a motor vehicle…
I believe I have a valid medical malpractice case. A nurse put an IV in wrong, my arm swelled up with fluid, and it really hurt. I’m alright now, but my arm hurt really bad for almost a week. But no lawyer will take my case. What’s going on? My…