Category Archives: Personal Injury
Injuries Can Take Time to Reveal Themselves
When you are injured in an accident, you will know exactly what is injured, and what part of your body needs treatment immediately. Likewise, whatever doesn’t hurt right after an accident must be fine. At least, that’s the common thinking. But it’s false, and believing it can end up injuring you even worse. Delayed… Read More »
The Importance of a Biomechanics Expert
In a personal injury case, all kinds of experts can be used. Many we are very familiar with, such as doctors, or scientists. But what often wins the case is using different kinds of experts and understanding what kind of expert can say what. One expert that isn’t often used—but can be very important—is… Read More »
Does a Bystander Have to Help Someone in Distress?
Often, laws and morals collide, where one says to do one thing, and the other says to do something different. One such area is with the obligation of bystanders to help an accident victim. While ethics or morals may say that you, as a bystander or an observer or someone in peril, should have… Read More »
Collectability Can be an Issue in Injury Cases
One big consideration in any personal injury case is whether or not you can win your case. That seems obvious. What isn’t so obvious is the question of what happens after you win your case. Many people don’t give thought to the question of collectability—that is, whether or not a person or a business… Read More »
Negligent Entrustment and Negligent Hiring
When there is an accident, suing the person that is directly responsible for the accident—the person or the business which appears to have caused the accident—may make sense. However, there are situations where the responsible party is a party that was not even there, and had no direct hand in the accident. Negligent Entrustment… Read More »
Pedestrian Killed in Montgomery County Crash
Montgomery County, TN (January 10, 2021_ A pedestrian was killed in a vehicle crash on the evening of January 10th on Interstate 24 in Montgomery County. The accident occurred shortly after 9 at night close to Dixie Bee Road. The Tennessee Highway Patrol has confirmed the death. As a result of the accident, the… Read More »
Frye and Daubert: Understanding Expert Testimony
Expert testimony is vitally important in personal injury cases. In almost every type of case, there is some level of expert testimony that is needed. But a good personal injury lawyer understands that not every statement by an expert will get admitted into evidence. Why Do We Need Expert TEstimony? As a general rule,… Read More »
Resident on Resident Violence in Nursing Homes Is Common
As time has gone on, people have started to become more and more aware of how our most vulnerable population can be injured. Our loved ones who must be placed in nursing homes are often victimized by those who are trying to take care of them, usually just by carelessness, malfeasance, or failure to… Read More »
Why Do We Need Class Action Lawsuits?
To the general public, class action lawsuits are shrouded in mystery. The news reports on when some of them are filed. Some don’t seem to make much sense. Often, there are reports of large verdicts or settlements. But what are class action lawsuits, and why do we need them to help us file lawsuits… Read More »
Airbags: Dangerous and Necessary
Few would imagine that a piece of technology meant to protect you and even save your life in the case of an auto accident could itself be a danger. But unfortunately that is the reality; while airbags, devices that can save lives when deployed properly, can also prove to be highly dangerous in some… Read More »
