Automobile Accidents

• Starting Your Personal Injury Lawsuit

  Rob McKinney | March 12, 2007 7:42 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  If you can not settle your personal injury case

• Pavement Edge drops

  Rob McKinney | March 09, 2007 4:53 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  This 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...

• Tennesseee Moves Towards Bus Safety

  Rob McKinney | March 08, 2007 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  The 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...

• Driver Overcorrection Part II

  Rob McKinney | March 06, 2007 7:37 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  The 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....

• Overcorrecting Your Car Part I

  Rob McKinney | March 06, 2007 7:26 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  In 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...

• 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...

• Agressive Drivers in Nashville

  Rob McKinney | February 27, 2007 5:37 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  In any car accident case agressive drivers .The Metro Nashville Police Department has a agressive driver enforcement divison . What makes one an agressive driver ? If a driver is cited for two moving violations at the same time , the driver is considered an agressive driver . The standard has been established by the National Highway Safety Traffic Adminstration . In Nashville ,...

• Nashville Cab Driver Goes Beserk part II

  Rob McKinney | February 20, 2007 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Earlier today , I wrote about a Nashville cab driver that chased his passengers down with his car . The driver hit one of the young men who suffered a broken ankle as well as other injuries . The cab driver , Ibrahim Ahmed , has a history of run ins with the police for erractic behavior while operating his cab . United Cab spokesperson stated they did not know of his...

• Nashville Cab Driver Goes Beserk

  Rob McKinney | February 20, 2007 7:36 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Car accidents involving cab drivers are not unique to Nashville . However , one last week takes the prize . A local cab driver was taking some passengers home after a night on the town . They get into a discussion on religion and it turns into chaos . Once , he dropped off his fare , he then prceeded to try to run them down . the cab driver was arrested for attempted murder on...