Vehicle crashes often cause permanent and catastrophic injuries. The speed and force of the vehicles causes drivers and passengers to strike dashboards, windows, and each other. Many times, a victim’s head is shaken and rotated in addition to the direct physical impact. Most patients should be checked out at a local emergency room or by [...]
Wearing a seat belt saves lives. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of all teenagers and drivers under 40 who died in car crashes in 2016 were not wearing a seat belt. Tennessee statute 55-9-603 requires that drivers, and passengers in the front seat who are four years of [...]
Selecting a jury is a critical part of any personal injury case. The jurors are people selected, at random, from the community where the case is being tried. The selection of jury members is part art and part science. The artistic part is that your lawyers are trying to get the best read possible on [...]
We are so pleased to announce that Rocky McElhaney Law Firm has been given the title of “Best” once again by Three Best Rated®, which named us to their 2018 list of Top 3 Personal Injury Lawyers in Nashville! Three Best Rated – “Focused on Best, Not Most” – is an independent ratings service dedicated [...]
Defense lawyers will often try to argue that you can’t really have a traumatic brain injury because standard diagnostic tests don’t objectively prove your injury. Well, the truth is that many times imaging tests are far from conclusive. To diagnose a TBI, health care providers may use one or more tests that assess a person's [...]
A spouse has the right to bring a loss of consortium claim if his/her husband or wife was injured in a motor vehicle accident, a slip and fall, or any type of personal injury accident. The loss of consortium claim is derivative. This means the spouse cannot file a claim unless the other spouse has [...]
Anyone involved in a car accident needs to know their medical bills will be paid. Victims need help now. They can’t wait for a case to settle before they seek treatment. Early medical treatment often means the difference between a successful recovery and lingering or even permanent pain. Many car accident victims are taken to [...]
The death of a loved one devastates families. Fatal accidents can leave those families in dire financial straits, and often with a considerable amount of debt. The right to hold the wrongdoers accountable does not end when the victim dies. Instead, the right to hold the wrongdoers liable passes to authorized relatives or to a [...]
The holidays are upon us, and as we do every year, we like to remind our clients about the dangers of drinking and driving. If you are planning to attend events where alcohol is involved, make sure that you have a designated driver arranged in advance, or plan to call an Uber or Lyft to [...]
Distracted driving is an epidemic in Tennessee. In 2017, there were 24,786 traffic accidents related to distracted driving. That same year, distracted driving led to the deaths of 723 people. It is prohibited by law to text and drive, or to talk on the phone without a hands-free device. But clearly the law isn’t working. [...]
