I was given a prescription for a drug and took the prescription to my regular pharmacist. I picked up the prescription the next day and started to take the medication as ordered. Two days later I was deathly sick and in the hospital. It turns out I was not given…
This is the season when our streets and highways begin to be filled with bicycles. Bicycles are treated like vehicles on our roadways and, in general, those operating bicycles have the same duties and responsibilities as those driving cars and trucks. By the same token, bicyclists enjoy the same…
Certain cochlear implants previously sold by Advanced Bionics and implanted in Tennessee residents and other people across the nation have been recalled. The implants were placed into the head of the deaf and supposed to work by directly stimulating auditory nerves leading to the brain by means of an…
My car was hit by a truck in Mt. Juliet, Wilson County, Tennessee. How much time do I have to file a lawsuit against the truck driver and the trucking company? Tennessee law ordinarily requires that such cases be filed within one year of the date of the accident. There…
A large number of claims concerning transvaginal mesh products manufactured by various companies are working their way toward trial. The manufacturers of the products include C.R. Bard, Boston Scientific, American Medical Systems, and a division of Johnson & Johnson (Ethicon). These products were used in thousands of woman to repair…
I was riding as a passenger on a jet ski at Center Hill Lake near Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee. The PWC operator was driving real close to the shore at a high rate of speed and hit a big rock. He lost control of the jet ski, I got flipped…
I was in a car accident caused a guy driving a dump truck for Springfield (Robertson County), Tennessee public works department. Can I sue the city and recover damages for the injuries I received? Yes. In Tennessee, local governments cannot be sued under many circumstances but they can be sued if…
I was in a car accident in Dickson, Dickson County, Tennessee. A witness said the accident is partially my fault and partially the fault of the other driver. What happens if I am determined to be partially at fault? Under Tennessee law, if a person who is injured negligently contributed…
Deaths from car and truck accidents in Tennessee have increased in the first three months of 2012, an unusual result given the general decline in accidents, injuries and deaths in the past few years. 238 people lost their lives on Tennessee highways in the first three months of 2012. In…
The Circuit Court Clerk’s Office has released the data concerning tort jury trials in Nashville and Davidson County for February, 2012. "Tort" cases are civil lawsuits involving injuries, death or other losses from automobile accidents, truck crashes, fall-downs, medical malpractice, dog-bites, and any other type of event that causes injury…