- Rob McKinney | March 30, 2007 5:22 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMotorcycle riders are by nature very safe drivers . They know the dangers of the road and are on the lookout for other drivers . The Tennessee State Legislature has now passed a law outlawing wheelies by motorcycle drivers . The law would allow tickets to be given for reckless driving for the use of wheelies by motorcycle drivers . So if you are riding your motorcycle in...
- Rob McKinney | March 14, 2007 4:53 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsFour students were injured last Monday when their school bus was hit head-on by a teenage driver . Rutherford Academy uses only small buses to transport its students . Federal laws require buses under 10,000 pounds to have lap belts . Larger buses have no such requirement . To the relief of school adminstrators , every student was wearing their lap belt . New laws are before the...
- Rob McKinney | March 14, 2007 4:38 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsEarlier this week , I wrote about the filing of the complaint . The filing of the complaint is the first step . After you file the case , the defendant must be served with a copy of the lawsuit . This is called service of process . There are several ways to do this and I will discuss this in another post . Once the defendant has beed served , they have 30 days in which to file their...
- Rob McKinney | March 13, 2007 5:00 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA new has been proposed to give greater protection to bicyclists in Tennessee . If passed , Tennessee drivers would have to keep at least three feet away when passing a bicyclist . The bill passed the State House on Monday . Bicyclists should also be aware to ride their bikes as close to the shoulder or for line as possible . The bill was passed in memory of a young boy who was...
- Rob McKinney | March 13, 2007 1:07 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA two-car accident on Nashville Pike near the Vietnam Veterans Parkway sent several people to the hospital . A Lexus and a Cadillac ran into to each other when one car drifted into the oncoming lane of traffic . All three people were taken to hospital for medical treatment . Both cars were severely damaged in the accident .
- Rob McKinney | March 12, 2007 7:42 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIf you can not settle your personal injury case
- Rob McKinney | March 09, 2007 4:53 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThis week I have commented on a couple of car accidents that happened in Nashville due the driver overcorrection . Driver overcorrection occurs when a driver runs off the road or drives onto the shoulder then jerks the steering wheel which causes the car to go into the oncoming lane of traffic . In investigating these cases , pavement edge drops should be looked into . If the...
- Rob McKinney | March 08, 2007 8:01 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Tennessee State Legislature has moved towards requiring seat-belts on school buses .Two bills are working their way though the state house . One would require all buses to have seat-belts or other restraint devices by July , 2012. The second measure is to require all new bus purchases made after July , 1 , 2007. In light of all the bus accidents that have been in the news , It...
- Rob McKinney | March 07, 2007 4:16 PM |
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Wrongful DeathSometimes a Trial Court can dismiss your case without a jury hearing the facts or evidence . A motion for summary judgement is a pre-trial motion used to determine whether there is merit to your lawsuit . Summary Judgement is designed to provide a quick , inexpensive means of concluding cases on issues as to which there is no material facts. If the facts are not in dispute ,...
- Rob McKinney | March 06, 2007 7:37 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe second accident caused by driver overcorrection happened Monday afternoon on March 5,2007 . Jennifer Lovvorn , of Woodbury , Tennessee ,was killed when her car was hit by a Ford Winstar minivan . According to reports , The driver of the minivan veered onto the gravel on the shoulder of the road then the driver overcorrected and traveled into the other lane of traffic striking Ms....
- Rob McKinney | March 06, 2007 7:26 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn two seperate accidents , driver overcorrection was the cause of the accident . In Wilson County , Tennessee , a driver overcorrected his dump truck and and slammed into Joe Hancock of Lafayette , Tennessee . It is reported that the dump truck driver overcorrected his dump truck and hit Mr. Hancock's car head-on. Overcorrection occurs when the driver veers off the roadway...
- Rob McKinney | March 05, 2007 5:47 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsToday , 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...
- Rob McKinney | March 03, 2007 10:11 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 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...
- Rob McKinney | March 02, 2007 7:54 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsWhen someone looks for an attorney to handle their accident or wrongful death case, you have many choices of attorneys . In Nashville and thoughout Tennessee , there are some great lawyers to handle your case , but who do you hire. Personal service is one of the areas that sets our office apart from others. I personally meet and handle all the cases that our office accepts . We...