My brother was killed in a wreck with a big truck. I am named in the will as the executor of his estate and the court has appointed me as the executor. I want to file a lawsuit against the truck driver and trucking company that caused the wreck,…
I have a personal injury lawsuit. My lawyer sent the driver who caused the wreck interrogatories. We just got back the answers and some of those answers are bald-faced lies. Why does he get to lie? How can we make him tell the truth? Interrogatories are written questions sent from…
I have a personal injury lawsuit. What is the likelihood that it will go to trial? Statistically, it is very unlikely your case will go to trial. Personal injury cases are a type of tort (civil wrong) case. In Tennessee for the year ended June 30, 2010, there were 10,469…
I was talking to a lawyer about my potential case the other day and he mentioned that he had malpractice insurance. What does that mean? That means that the lawyer has purchased insurance that protects his clients from financial loss in the event that he commits an error that…
My husband was badly hurt in an accident with a tractor-trailer inTennessee. What damages are available in a trucking accident claim? Your husband has what is known as a personal injury claim. In a personal injury cases, you can recover monetary damages for past and future medical bills incurred because…
What is the deadline for filing a medical malpractice case in Tennessee? The short answer to this question is one year plus one hundred-twenty days. But the issue is really more complicated than that. Generally, medical malpractice cases must be initiated within one year of the incident which causes the…
What percentage of medical malpractice cases that go to trial in Tennessee are won by the patient? About eighteen to twenty percent of cases that are tried are won by the patient. The rest are won by the health care provider. This makes it sounds like the rest of the…
I was hurt in a car wreck case and filed a lawsuit. My deposition was taken two months ago and I haven’t heard anything about my case since then. What’s going on? You should call your lawyer and ask. What is probably going on is that the lawyer is gathering…
I caused a car wreck and the other party was hurt. I really don’t know how badly she was hurt but her medical bills are $40,000. The case goes to trial in about 3 weeks. My lawyer, who was hired by my insurance company, says that the case will probably…
I have a DePuy hip implant that has been recalled. What is going on with the litigation? Our firm is actively involved in these cases. We have filed seven cases and are evaluating several more. Our cases were originally filed in federal court in Nashville. The federal courts have…