Insurance companies and defense lawyers will try every argument they can to avoid paying your claim. They will fight to minimize any amounts they do have to pay. And if you don’t have an experienced Nashville truck accident lawyer on your side, you may be taken in by some of these arguments during the settlement [...]
Not everyone can afford to buy (or wants to buy) and brand new car. The big risk with a used car is the quality of the car. New cars are presumed to be in good condition. They usually come with long-term warranties as to their conditions. With a used car, most buyers are taking a [...]
Drunk driving accidents are often deadly. The intoxicated driver may steer into your lane or hit your car in the rear. Drunk drivers run through red lights and stop signs. There’s virtually no way to drive defensively if you see a driver who isn’t in control. Survivors often suffer severe injuries including traumatic brain injury, [...]
Waymo has developed in accordance with Jaguar Land Rover an electronic Jaguar that can drive itself. The company is planning to build 20,000 of the I-PACE vehicles by 2021. Initially, consumers will only be able to ride in the I-PACE by using Waymo’s ride-hailing app. In addition to concerns about the safety of self-driving, the [...]
Over the years, we have helped a lot of families who were living with traumatic brain injury. There are a lot of excellent resources out there – Rocky McElhaney Law Firm being one of them – to help people get through the day-to-day challenges that affect victims of TBI. We wanted to share that list [...]
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is based on a person’s inability to work for at least 12 months due to a disability. It also requires that the applicant have enough work credits. Many applications are not approved when they are first submitted despite meeting the basic requirements. An experienced Tennessee Social Security Disability lawyer helps [...]
Employers and insurance companies are denying workers’ compensation cases these days for many reasons. A couple of the more prevalent ones are that your doctor has not said it's work related yet, or not set it in the right way, or you did not suffer a single traumatic injury, but instead were hurt gradually over [...]
This is a question I get asked all the time by my clients and by other folks in the community. Through my experience of 18 years representing injured individuals, I've seen lots of circumstances where a family was left devastated because they did not have enough UM coverage, and I've seen certain circumstances where families [...]
If you own a car with a sun roof or a moon roof, you might be facing an unexpected danger. A recent piece in Consumer Reports states that “exploding” sunroofs are an increasing danger to occupants. The magazine report shows that consumer complaints about sunroofs are expanding. The complaints occur monthly across the country. While [...]
When shipments spill from trucks, the debris creates dangers for the driver and every vehicle near the truck. A recent Tennessee truck spill, reported by News Channel 5, is just one example. The news station reported that paint thinner spilled from a pickup truck traveling on I-40. The chemical spilled when the truck rolled over. [...]
