- Rob McKinney | July 31, 2008 10:45 AM |
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse I posted on a recent decision from the Tennessee Court of Appeals on the mishandling of a corpse and it has sparked several comments on the blog. Therefore , I thought I would follow up with...
- Rob McKinney | July 30, 2008 6:43 PM |
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Motorcycle Accidents There are two primary ways to determine fault in a car or truck accident case. First, a driver may be liable for the accident due to negligence which is harder to prove. More on that in a...
- Rob McKinney | July 29, 2008 6:38 PM |
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Wrongful Death The Tennessee Court of Appeals has recently released a decision in a case involving the mishandling of a corpse. I do not see this type of case in my practice on a routine basis, so I...
- Rob McKinney | July 28, 2008 5:45 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall) Slip and and fall cases commonly referred to as premises liability are difficult cases. You must have some powerful evidence to win. In slip and fall cases , the superior knowledge of...
- Rob McKinney | July 27, 2008 3:18 PM |
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Wrongful Death Laws on the liability of liquor stores and bars selling liquor or beer is commonly referred to as dram shop laws. I submit that liquor stores and bars have a duty not to sell alcoholic...
- Rob McKinney | July 25, 2008 5:38 PM |
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Wrongful Death 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...
- Rob McKinney | July 24, 2008 7:02 PM |
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Workplace Injuries 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...
- Rob McKinney | July 23, 2008 6:42 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall) 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...
- Rob McKinney | July 22, 2008 6:51 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents 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...
- Rob McKinney | July 21, 2008 3:58 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents 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...
- Rob McKinney | July 14, 2008 9:49 AM |
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Workplace Injuries 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...
- Rob McKinney | July 13, 2008 1:12 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents 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...
- Rob McKinney | July 12, 2008 5:27 PM |
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Automobile Accidents 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...
- Rob McKinney | July 10, 2008 8:24 AM |
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Automobile Accidents 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...
- Rob McKinney | July 09, 2008 8:16 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus) 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...
- Rob McKinney | July 08, 2008 9:09 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus) This is a follow up to my post last week on pool safety, but first I would like to thank the folks at Crazy Horse Canoes in Waynesboro , Tennessee for a great canoe trip on the Fourth of July...
- Rob McKinney | July 03, 2008 8:51 AM |
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Wrongful Death As our great country celebrates it's birthday tomorrow , please be careful around the pools and lakes. This year alone Tennessee has been shocked at the drowning deaths of two children in...
- Rob McKinney | July 02, 2008 8:55 AM |
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Workplace Injuries As any worker in Tennessee knows, Governor Bredesen and the Tennessee Legislature gutted workers compensation . They changed the laws for big business. Caps are in place on most injuries...
- Rob McKinney | July 01, 2008 5:08 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products Lead poisoning cases have resurfaced on the public landscape. New theories of liability are emerging to protect our children. One thing we can agree on is that lead exposure can have very...