Davol, Inc. produced the Kugel mesh patch to be used to repair abdominal hernias. The patch, consisting of two layers of synthetic mesh surrounded by a flexible plastic “memory-recoil ring," is implanted at the site of a hernia. The ring then springs into place, allowing the hernia to heal and…
Wrong-site surgeries happen with alarming frequency. Wrong-site mistakes can arise several ways, such as mixing up the left and right sides of the body; operating on a patient who was accidentally given test results belonging to someone else; marking the incorrect vertebrae in spinal surgery; neglecting to mark the…
A summons is a court form that orders the person named in it to appear in court. A summons is usually thought of as the document that accompanies a complaint – the document by which one person describes the basis for a lawsuit against another. The summons is delivered with…
A deposition is a tool used primarily in civil lawsuits for uncovering evidence before an actual trial. In theory and in fact, depositions help resolve cases before trial because each person involved in the case can learn the facts from his or her opponent and from independent witnesses. Depositions usually…
The HIghway Data Loss Institute reports that motorcyclists are most at risk when they begin riding. An analysis of claims data reveals that some 22% of claims studied occurred within the first 30 days after an insurance policy was issued. The rate of claims dropped 1/3rd in the second month…
We were on a boat on Old Hickory Lake outside of Nashville, Tennessee. A young man driving a personal watercraft (a jet ski) was jumping our wake real close to the back of the boat. This happened several times. Then the PWC was racing along side of us, and then…
I have been summoned to jury duty in civil court. Am I going to be able to ask questions of the witnesses at trial or do I just have to sit there and listen? Relatively new changes to Tennessee law permit jurors to ask questions under certain circumstances. The judge…
The guy that hit me in my Lebanon, Tennessee car accident has limited insurance but I know he has assets. Can I get insurance money and then go after him individually for the difference? In Tennessee most insurance companies will continue to defend their insured driver even if they have offered…
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…