The Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts has released information about Tennessee personal injury and Tennessee wrongful death cases filed in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee for the year ended June 30, 2012. Here is the data; Total personal injury and wrongful death cases filed in court: – 1,382 Total…
If you received a summons and complaint (the documents which initiate a civil lawsuit in Tennessee) you need to immediately notify your insurance company that you have been sued. If you have already reported the claim, the insurance company will already have told you to whom you should send the…
Deaths on Tennessee roads increased in 2012 over a year earlier. Here is some of the key statistics as gathered by the Tennessee Department of Safety: Total fatalities – 1022, up 85 from 2011 Teen driver involved in death – 115 Senior driver involved in death – 190 Rural deaths…
Medical payments insurance coverage, typically called "med pay," is a type of insurance coverage that is often a part of automobile liability insurance policies in Tennessee. It pays medical bills that arise out of an automobile accident, even if the accident is your fault. Medical payments coverage is typically $5000…
The price of uninsured motorist insurance is a bargain for Tennesseans, given that some 24% of drivers in Tennessee do not have any automobile liability insurance whatsoever. What is automobile liability insurance? It is insurance that the owner of a car purchases to pay for losses caused by negligent operation…
One question asked by many people with Tennessee personal injury or Tennessee wrongful death cases is how long it will take to get their case to trial. There are lots of variables that impact the answer to that question, including whether the case is in Tennessee federal court or Tennessee…
The National Conference of State Legislators has a list of the laws of each state that addresses whether carbon monoxide detectors that will help prevent carbon monoxide poisoning are legally required by statute. This list of laws should be a starting place, not an end point, for research. For example, the list does…
I have represented patients in medical malpractice (now called health care liability) cases in Tennessee or over 31 years. I have represented patients against a wide variety of health care providers, from pathologists to neurosurgeons, hospitals to nursing homes, dialysis centers to public health clinics. I have had relatively few…
There were two personal injury jury trials in Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee in November 2012. One trial was an automobile case that resulted in a jury verdict of $10,762. The second case also involved an automobile accident. The jury verdict in that case was $2500. The number of…
Lawyers who work on personal injury and wrongful death cases in Tennessee and other states often work on a contingent fee. These lawyers also often include a provision in the fee agreement with a client that addresses the subject of litigation expenses. This post addresses the topic of litigation expenses, and…