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• Injured Railroad Worker Wins on Appeal

  Rob McKinney | June 09, 2008 6:52 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Andrew Blackburn was thrown from a rail carand was seriously injured.He sued his employer , CSX Transportation Inc., under the Federal Employee Liability Act that protects the railroad workers. A...

• Tennessee Increases Day-Care Inspections

  Rob McKinney | June 05, 2008 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Summer is warming up here in Nashville and the State of Tennessee is increasing it's inspections of day-care bus services. An estimated 36 children die each year from heat exposure inside a car. To...

• New Safety Technologies Become Mainstream

  George Fusner | September 15, 2009 3:14 PM | 1 CommentNashville, TN

  Only a few years ago Mercedes unveiled to the world “radar cruise control.” It allows driver to set a speed, much like normal cruise control found in nearly all vehicles today. However,...

• Drowsy Truck Drivers-The Solution

  George Fusner | July 29, 2009 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Semi-truck driver fatigue is one of the most common contributors to an accident when the truck driver is at fault. Even when the driver doesn’t fall asleep, fatigue can affect the senses...

• Tennessee Auto Insurance 104 (Collision)

  George Fusner | July 14, 2009 3:18 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  In this part of the ongoing Tennessee automotive insurance series, I’ll take a closer look at collision coverage. Collision insurance protects the insured’s vehicle in the event of an...

• Brentwood Tennessee SUV Fire

  George Fusner | June 25, 2009 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Chanel Five News reports an SUV fire in Brentwood last night. Fortunately no one was injuried. Its hard to tell from the picture what is the make of the vehicle. However, if it is a GM product there...

• Post Accident Medical Treatment

  Rob McKinney | October 13, 2008 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  One factor in auto accident or truck accident cases is post accident medical treatment. After the accident,what you do matters. There are three factors . First , a delay in treatment will kill your...

• Most Nursing Homes Violate Federal Standards

  Rob McKinney | October 01, 2008 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  More than 90 percent of U.S. nursing homes were cited for violating federal standards. The Inspector General of the Health and Human Services Department reports that for profit nursing homes have...

• Wal-Mart Takes Accident Victim's Cash

  Rob McKinney | January 16, 2008 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  A Wal-Mart employee was left brain damaged and in a wheel chair as a result of a tractor-trailer accident . The insurance company settled her case for $700,000. She was unable to work and was left with $ 417,000. after expenses to take care of her for the rest of her life . However , Wal-Mart sued her for her settlement and got it . According to the Wall Street Journal , a clause in...

• Nike Recalls Football Helmet Chin Straps

  Jenny Albano | November 14, 2007 1:46 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Nike Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 235,000 football helmet chin straps because they can break as a result of contact and can cause serious facial or head injury to the player wearing it.Nike has received 18 reports of the chin strap breaking, including two reports of concussions, two reports of facial lacerations requiring stitches, and a report of a broken nose.The...