It’s generally common knowledge that personal injury victims can sue for certain kinds of damages. Those damages fall into two main categories: economic damages, and non-economic damages. Economic damages relate to your expenses – medical bills, lost wages, car repair bills, funeral bills or future earning capacity are some examples – and in Tennessee, you [...]
Even though we call Nashville home, we have a soft spot in our hearts for Knoxville. (It was our first capital, after all.) We love the operas and the bluegrass, and we’ll root for our Volunteers no matter what city they play in. Knoxville has suffered a terrible loss; a young man named Andre Sterling [...]
Only a few days ago a school bus carrying 40 students from Bolton High School swerved over a lane and side-swiped into a tractor-trailer. The report from News Channel 3 claims that the driver is now facing charges for the accident, and that the tractor-trailer driver is not implicated in any wrongdoing. The driver and [...]
Every injury should be taken seriously, but spinal cord injuries can be catastrophic. Almost any type of trauma to the spine can have long-lasting and often permanent effects on your life. But unless you’re a medical professional or a personal injury attorney, there’s a good chance you don’t know much about the spinal cord, and [...]
When a personal injury victim files a lawsuit for compensation, that person’s lawyer may use an accident reconstructionist to help build your case. Though they’re primarily used in cases involving motor vehicle crashes, an accident reconstructionist could help build a plaintiff’s case regardless of what kind of incident occurred. What a reconstructionist does It can [...]
As awareness for autism and spectrum disorders grows, doctors are working harder than ever to find a root cause in the hopes of finding a cure. Enter three doctors and a fascinating article in Neuron, who believe that damage to the cerebellum – the 10% of your brain that houses 50% of your neurons – [...]
As parents, we know that our responsibility above all other things is to protect our children. When your child is hurt, it can truly be a nightmare come to life. The fear, the anger, the irrationality – they can keep you from helping your child to the best of your ability. We’ve compiled some useful [...]
Pressure ulcers – also called pressure sores or bed sores – are painful, and they’re potentially deadly. The occur most often in patients who have limited mobility, which is why we so often hear of them in conjunction with elderly residents in nursing homes and care facilities. Early stages of bedsores may only need medication, [...]
Sometimes it’s hard to be rational in the face of losing a loved one. Your grief over the loss might be too strong – and that’s completely natural. You might also be angry and looking for someone to blame, which is understandable as well. But because wrongful death lawsuits are often considered when our pain [...]
In the second Harry Potter book, Mrs. Weasley tells her daughter, Ginny, to “never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.” It’s pretty good advice; but what do you do when the object is your car, and its “brain” is what handles the act of driving? [...]
