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• Traffic Deaths Fall as Gas Prices Soar

  Rob McKinney | July 25, 2008 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  One good thing has come out of the soaring gas prices, Traffic deaths have decreased. Thirty one states report that highway traffic deaths have decreased since the gas crisis.The last time...

• Farm and Tree Nursery Workers Exempt From Workers Compensation

  Rob McKinney | July 24, 2008 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Today, I went to McMinnville ,Tn for a deposition in a case . The tree and shrub nursery industry is big business in Warren County ,Tennessee. The point is that farm workers which includes...

• Tennessee Dog Bite Laws

  Rob McKinney | July 23, 2008 6:42 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Who gets the first bite the dog or the young child playing with the dog ? Animal attacks or dog bite cases seem to happen all the time . Under Tennessee law, a owner of a dog has a duty to...

• Sick Truck Drivers Create Danger On The Roads

  Rob McKinney | July 22, 2008 6:51 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  One of my areas of practice is tractor trailer accident cases. So , I am always interested in reports on truck safety issues. There are medical rules for drivers established by the Federal...

• Settling Insurance Claims Prior to Trial

  Rob McKinney | July 21, 2008 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  There are three ways to resolve your insurance claim. One way is to settle out of court prior to filing a lawsuit or even during the court process. The key point for an effective settlement...

• Metro Nashville Employees Not Covered by Workers Compensation

  Rob McKinney | July 14, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Before , I went to law school . I worked in Dickson,Tennessee, My boss had a saying "if your green your growing when your ripe your done". The moral is always keep learning.I discovered a...

• Disqualification of Tractor Trailer Driver

  Rob McKinney | July 13, 2008 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  In tractor trailer truck accidents, the driver is always the focal point of the case. The question is has the driver been disqualified as a truck driver. Recently, we had a case where the...

• Worst Insurance Companies in America

  Rob McKinney | July 12, 2008 5:27 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Today, let's focus on AIG.AIG is the world's largest insurer. Former AIG claims supervisors have alleged in lawsuits that AIG uses all types of dirty tricks to deny insurance claims such as...

• The Worst Insurance Companies in America

  Rob McKinney | July 10, 2008 8:24 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  I am a member of the American Association for Justice. One of its missions is to protect consumers on a host of civil justice issues. Yesterday ,The American Association for Justice issued a...

• Georgia Bus Crash Findings

  Rob McKinney | July 09, 2008 8:16 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  In 2007 , the Bluffington , Ohio Baseball team bus was involved in a tragic accident in Atlanta, Georgia. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a report placing the...