A high percentage of Tennessee car accident cases are settled before a lawsuit is filed. However, if a lawsuit is necessary, there are new rules about where a lawsuit against an individual sued in a Tennessee automobile accident case be filed. Under the new rules, an individual can only be…
The failure to take appropriate steps to prevent a pulmonary embolism or the failure to diagnose a pulmonary embolism may constitute medical malpractice. People with the following conditions are at risk for pulmonary embolus: Patients who have undergone a surgery lasting more than 2 hours. Patients who have experienced prolonged…
Most people are shocked to learn that people can catch on fire in an operating room. However, several hundred operating room fires occur every year. True, the odds of being involved in an operating room fire are quite small (there are 28 million surgeries per year) but the consequences of…
Recent data suggests that 24% of Tennessee drivers do not have liability insurance on their vehicle. Liability insurance exists to make monetary payments to those who are injured as a result of a negligent error by a person who has the insurance. Tennessee state law requires every driver to have…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration has found that alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities declined by 2.5 percent in 2011 (Table 3), accounting for 31 percent of overall fatalities. The number of Tennessee deaths caused by drunk drivers is not yet available. An alcohol-impaired-driving fatality is defined as a fatality in a crash…
The federal government has determined that 3,092 people died last year in "distraction-affected" crashes, a newly refined measurement meant to tally the effect of texting, phoning or simply answering a call while driving. The report did not break down the data by state, but Tennessee has about 2% of the…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finished a review of 2011 motor vehicle accidents and concluded that the death rate in Tennessee automobile accidents decreased by 8.3% for that year. In 2010, 1032 people died on Tennessee roads. In 2011, the number dropped to 946. This means that 86 …
As lawyers who represent people in Tennessee car accidents and Tennessee truck accidents, we are frequently asked about subrogation. What is subrogation? In the context of auto and truck accident cases, subrogation most frequently arises because the injured person’s health insurance company has language in the health insurance contract which…
Deaths of bicyclists increased 8.7 percent in 2011 according to data collected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The death total was 677. Another 48,000 bicyclists were injured. The increase in bicycle deaths probably reflects more people riding bicycles to work and for pleasure, said Jonathan Adkins, deputy executive director of…
In the year ending June 30, 2011 (the most recent year for which statistics are available) there were 499 trials in Tennessee personal injury and wrongful death cases. Only 222 of these trials were jury trials. The other 277 trials were non-jury trials. Shelby County had 44 jury trials in…