If you were injured because of someone else’s negligence – say, at work or in a car crash – and you decide to pursue a lawsuit, you’ll have to undergo an independent medical examination, or IME. Many people think that seeing their own doctors after an accident will suffice – but the insurance company won’t [...]
At the Rocky McElhaney Law Firm, we know the kinds of serious injuries you face if you are in an accident with a distracted driver. The plain truth is that we don’t want you to get hurt, but we’re here for you when you do. RML is committed to reducing distracted driving. Our offices participate [...]
Big trucks on the road make people sit up and pay attention. The sheer size of these vehicles makes them noticeable – which is a good thing, because that size has an impact that you may not be aware of. Big rigs are, well, big. Fully loaded, these trucks can weigh upwards of 80,000lbs. That’s [...]
The American Association for Justice is an association of lawyers that works to promote justice and fairness in the justice system. The AAJ serves as a platform for lawyers to donate time to their communities in an effort to make those communities safer and better informed about important issues. The AAJ has recently started a [...]
Big trucks can cause big damage when involved in an accident. An analysis of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shows nearly 390,000 big-rig accidents between 2009 and 2013, and more than 14,000 people have died as a result of those accidents. Nearly 25% of those deaths involved trucks that had recently been cited with [...]
On the afternoon of Wednesday January 21, an accident closed the northbound lanes of I-75 at mile marker 134 near Caryville. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reported that an unknown vehicle hit Lindsey Chapman, 31, who was driving a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am. Ms. Chapman lost control of her vehicle and hit the guardrail cables before [...]
A tragic accident in Oklahoma this September led to the premature death of four college softball players when their van was hit by a tractor-trailer. The driver admitted to being distracted by something in his truck, which resulted in him crossing over the median and crashing into an oncoming lane of traffic. Rachel Hitt, a [...]
Personal injury lawsuits sometimes get a bad reputation because most people don’t really know what “counts” as a personal injury. After all, sometimes an accident really is just an accident. The defining element of a personal injury lawsuit is fault: whose actions (or inactions) resulted in your injury? And were those actions (or inactions) caused [...]
Only a few days ago a school bus carrying 40 students from Bolton High School swerved over a lane and side-swiped into a tractor-trailer. The report from News Channel 3 claims that the driver is now facing charges for the accident, and that the tractor-trailer driver is not implicated in any wrongdoing. The driver and [...]
When a personal injury victim files a lawsuit for compensation, that person’s lawyer may use an accident reconstructionist to help build your case. Though they’re primarily used in cases involving motor vehicle crashes, an accident reconstructionist could help build a plaintiff’s case regardless of what kind of incident occurred. What a reconstructionist does It can [...]
