No. Tennessee law does not permit the recovery of interest in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits. The only exception to this rule is if you win a case and a judgment is entered by the court you are permitted to recover interest. Interest accrues at the rate set by…
Tennessee law provides that it is illegal for children under the age of 6 to ride in the bed of 3/4 quarter ton or less pick-up trucks while the trucks are being operated on any local, county or state road. Exceptions are made for parades and similar events if the…
The 2012 Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report says that Chattanooga and Knoxville have better drivers than Nashville and Memphis. Drivers in Chattanooga ranked 26th on the Best Drivers List, with drivers having an average of 11.4 years between accidents. This means that drivers in Chattanooga were 12% less likely to…
As car and truck accident attorneys serving people in Nashville and across Tennessee, we receive many calls every year from people who were injured when another driver pulled out of a parking lot and collided with the caller’s car on a public street. Tennessee law has very strict rules concerning…
Blind or visually-impaired pedestrians using a white cane or stick (or white cane or stick tipped in red) or guided by a guide dog or a dog with a blaze orange lease has the right-of-way while crossing any public street in Tennessee Vehicles who seek such persons must bring their…
Tennessee law offers special protections to pedestrians who are injured while crossing a Nashville street or highway within a crosswalk. Ordinarily, people within the crosswalk have the right-of-way, and the operator of an automobile, truck, or other vehicle must yield the right-of-way. Of course, a pedestrian cannot suddenly leave…
One of the most frequent questions the lawyers of our firm are asked by our clients is whether their Tennessee personal injury or wrongful death case will settle. We explain that an insurance company for the at-fault party may not settle at all. In Tennessee the insurance company does not have…
Why do lawyers write blog posts that discuss someone else’s car wreck? This lawyer is doing two things. First, he is hoping that the person who was injured in the wreck will Google the accident, find his post, and then hire him to help with all any potential lawsuit. This…
There were only five jury trials in Nashville and Davidson County Tennessee in June, 2012. Here are the results: There were 4 automobile liability cases. The plaintiff won two of the trials ($73,755 in one case and $18,000 in the other case). In the second of these cases the defendant…
Tennessee wrongful death lawyers can help clients recover the following types of damages in wrongful death lawsuits:(a) medical expenses; (b) funeral bills; (c) conscious pain and suffering from the date of the injury until the date of death; (d) loss of enjoyment of life between the date of injury and…