It's the beginning of the school year, and for many kids, that means the start of sports season. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has also kicked off the school year by releasing new guidelines for doctors and families to care for children who've suffered a head injury or concussion. These new guidelines, released in [...]
A recent announcement by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Cho addressed the current shortage of truck drivers in the United States, and simultaneously offered job assistance to young veterans and National Guard reservists. The American Trucking Association estimates that there's a current shortage of about 50,000 truck drivers in the United States. This driver shortage is [...]
An industry insurance group recently warned consumers that the driver electronic safety systems on their cars and trucks may not be as safe as they think they are. Tests show that some vehicles with electronic driver assist don't always and reliably see stopped vehicles on the road. Additionally, one of these vehicles could even steer [...]
Rocky McElhaney Law Firm is thrilled to announce that we have selected a winner for the 2018 Max McElhaney Memorial Educational Scholarship. We want to offer a giant “Congratulations!” to White House, TN native Savannah Eller. Savannah is off to Dartmouth College this Fall, and we expect some extraordinary things from her. Not that Savannah [...]
PsychCentral reported on August 1, 2018 that a new medical device is ready to help doctors evaluate whether someone is likely to have a mild traumatic brain injury. The normal methods for diagnosing a traumatic brain injury are computed tomography (CT) scans and Glasgow coma scale evaluations. CT scans are costly and include the risk [...]
Researchers believe that children and young adults between 3 and 29 years-of-age are four times more likely to develop a traumatic brain injury if they have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than if they don’t. The study examined insurance information on 72,000 people with ADHD and in that age range, against a control group of [...]
Uber is closing its autonomous truck driving company, Otto, just two years after paying nearly $700 million for the company. According to an NPR report, Uber also spent nearly $925 million on autonomous freight trucks in the hope of revolutionizing the trucking industry. Uber’s autonomous division will focus exclusively on self-driving cars. Part of the [...]
An explosive USA TODAY investigation has revealed that hundreds of U.S. women are dying, and thousands are suffering long-term injures, due to hospital and medical error. According to their findings, about 700 mothers die during delivery each year. About half of these deaths were due to the lack of quality childbirth care. USA TODAY reported [...]
It would be tempting to think that most accidents happen during the winter months when the roads are icy and during the holidays when there’s a lot of traffic on the roads. Not so, according to data analysis by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety. It’s actually August. Tennessee drivers should be aware of this [...]
Consumer Reports announced in July 2018 that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is furthering its investigation into the failure of 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan seatbelts to work properly – based on several tests it conducted. The NHTSA announced that it had conducted two tests at two different sites, less than one week apart. In [...]
