Category Archives: Personal Injury
Can an Insurance Company Force Me to Litigate in Federal Court?
Part of the legal fallout from a car accident is dealing with insurance companies. This includes not only the company that insures the negligent driver who caused your accident, but also your own insurer. In fact, in many cases dealing with the latter is more frustrating. While an insurer representing a negligent driver is… Read More »
New York Court Allows Pradaxa-related Malpractice Lawsuit to Proceed
Defective drug injuries are often difficult to diagnose. After all, most of us do not have advanced medical degrees. We rely on doctors to tell us when there is something wrong and identify the potential causes. And when a doctor’s misdiagnosis or malpractice further compounds the problem, he or she may be liable for… Read More »
Tractor-Trailer Accidents Often Raise Complex Legal Questions
Commercial trucking accidents present a unique set of legal challenges for victims. These trucks are subject to a complex web of federal and state regulations. In addition, establishing just who is legally responsible for an accident–the driver, the truck owner, the company who hired the truck, etc.–can take weeks or months of investigation before… Read More »
Boston Scientific Faces Illinois Lawsuit Over Defective IVC Filter
It is well documented that a malfunctioning IVC filter may cause chest pains and other serious health complications in patients. For this reason, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against the use of permanent IVC filters in favor of “retrievable” models that can be removed. In particular, the FDA has warned… Read More »
Do I Need to Preserve My Wrecked Car or Truck Following an Accident?
When you hire a personal injury lawyer following a car or truck accident, one of the first things they typically will do is send a letter to the person you intend to sue, requesting they preserve any potential evidence they may have related to the crash itself. Of course, as the potential plaintiff, you… Read More »
How Big of a Problem Is Distracted Driving in Tennessee?
Most car accidents are the result of a driver’s error or mistake. In recent years, a leading contributing factor in such driver errors has been so-called distracted driving. This can take many forms, including using your smartphone or talking to people in your car instead of keeping your undivided attention on the road. Study:… Read More »
How Prior Personal Injury Decisions May Affect Your Slip and Fall Case
Tennessee law is largely based on precedent. Basically, this means that when a judge is deciding your case, he or she will look to previous cases involving similar situations before determining the appropriate outcome for your dispute. But not all precedents are equally helpful. For instance, the facts of every personal injury claim are… Read More »
Can a Judge Force Me to Undergo a Medical Exam as Part of My Personal Injury Case
In just about every personal injury lawsuit arising from a car accident, the plaintiff has suffered some kind of physical or mental injury as a result of the defendant’s negligence. But such injuries must be proven to the judge and the jury. And under Tennessee court rules, the defendant has the right to seek… Read More »
Jury Orders C.F. Bard to Pay $3.6 Million in IVC Filter Case
There are currently thousands of defective medical device lawsuits pending against C.R. Bard, Inc., the New Jersey-based manufacturer of IVC filters. An IVC filter is supposed to “catch” blood clots in the body before they travel up a person’s inferior vena cava and cause a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism. However, many patients have suffered… Read More »
Can I Receive Permanent Disability Benefits If I Am Unable to Return to Work?
There are multiple kinds of workers’ compensation benefits available under Tennessee law. If an on-the-job accident leaves you with a permanent impairment but you are still able to work in some capacity, a workers’ compensation judge will award you permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits. But if you are unable to return to any kind… Read More »
