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• Pedestrian Safety in Nashville

  Rob McKinney | March 05, 2007 5:47 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Today , I came close to hitting a pedestrian while going to work this morning . The crosswalk is on Charlotte Pike in front of the State Capital . A crosswalk was recently put up in the middle of the street with no traffic light to stop oncoming cars . No warning other than a sign is placed to alert drivers that a person may cross the street at any time . Surely , the...

• What is a Loss of Consortium Claim

  Rob McKinney | March 03, 2007 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  A loss of consortium claim is simply the reasonable value of the spouse's compainship and acts of love and affection that a injured person has lost if they had not been injured . Typically , a claim is made for the spouse of the injured person . As we well know , a serious injury to one spouse impacts the other . It is a seperate and independent claim from that of the orginal...

• A Great Team Makes A Difference

  Rob McKinney | January 26, 2007 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  As I was driving into to work today , I was thinking about what to post . I was thinking how lucky I was to have the best team of paralegals a lawyer could have . My office strives for personal service and we get to know our clients very well . That is why our team approach works so well .So , I would like to thank Kate and Krista today . Kate and Krista are my head...

• Demonstrative Evidence

  Rob McKinney | January 02, 2007 8:42 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  On Friday , I was speaking at a seminar to a group of lawyers sponsered by Barristers Educational Services . The topic I was speaking to them was on maintaining a sucessful trial practice . One of the areas was using demonstrative evidence . Demonstrative evidence covers many types of non-oral proof intended to demonstrate or explain to the trier of fact the events giving rise to the...

• Child Safety

  Rob McKinney | December 21, 2006 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Tennessee requires all children under one year of age or under 20 pounds to be place in a rear facing position in an approved child passenger restraint system . Children between one and three years of age can be placed in a forward facing position in a approved child safety postion . Children between four years and eight years must be placed in a booster belt system . A violation of...

• Driver Fatigue

  Rob McKinney | December 14, 2006 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Truck drivers are limited to drive only 70 hours per week .They must take a rest break every 10 hours . Also , logbooks must be kept on their time driving . Getting the logbooks is one reason a truck accident case should be filed as soon as possible . One interesting fact that was on the radio today , new doctors are allowed to work 80 hours per week with no required rest break...

• Uninsured Motorist Coverage

  Rob McKinney | December 12, 2006 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Everybody that has automobile insurance should check their uninsured motorist coverage. A lot of drivers are carrying the bare minimum limits for liability which are $ 25,000 for a single occurence . Medical costs are skyrocketing and a simple accident could reach the limits of coverage. I see time and time again that there is not enough insurance coverage to make you whole...

• Drunk Drivers in Nashville

  Rob McKinney | December 08, 2006 1:18 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  It is undisputed that drunk drivers are the number one cause of traffic fatalities in this country. In Nashville , there appears to be a greater problem in the Hispanic community as it relates to drunk driving . Leaders in the Latino community have expressed their concern with this social issue . Members of the Latino community , State Farm Insurance , Metro Police , and...

• School Bus Accident in Robertson County

  Rob McKinney | December 07, 2006 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  In Robertson County , Tennessee near Cross Plains , a pick-up truck rear-ended a school bus full of children . Three children were injured and taken to Northcrest hospital in Springfield , Tennessee .The occupants of the pick-up truck were taken to Vanderbilt Hospital . Recently,there was a fatal school bus accdent in Alabama that could have been prevented if ther were...

• Failure to Give Adequate Care

  Rob McKinney | December 01, 2006 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  I was reading the ATLA Law News Digest and came across this story . The story shows that some nursing homes definitely put profit over their patient's well-being . Staff cuts and low staffing numbers are the root of the problem . Understaffing saves money , but diminshes care . I have reprinted part of the report below from ATLA and Readers Digest . An 84-year-old...