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Nightmare on Wall Street

Posted on October 12, 2008
As everyone continues to better understand the money woes facing our great country, investors have questions on what happened to their life savings. One question is do they have a valid legal claim. It appears certain mutual funds have made misreprentations to entice consumers to buy their funds...

Not All Crooks Carry Guns

Posted on October 11, 2008
After weeks of news reports of all the financial problems , I have come to the conclusion that not all crooks carry guns. They carry paper and pens. The Wall Street Fat Cats have stolen more money in a shorter amount of time than Jesse James and all the crooks in the world...

Fire and Explosion Cases

Posted on October 08, 2008
This week is fire prevention week . For some reason, October is the month with the largest number of house fires. Let's review a couple of safety tips. Cooking causes the largest number of fires.However more people die in fires involving smoking materials or heaters...

Most Nursing Homes Violate Federal Standards

Posted on October 01, 2008
More than 90 percent of U.S. nursing homes were cited for violating federal standards. The Inspector General of the Health and Human Services Department reports that for profit nursing homes have a higher percentage of violations than public nursing homes...

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Invasion of Privacy and Intercepted Emails

Posted on September 30, 2008
Yesterday, I discovered a Tennessee law that has some teeth to it regarding invasion of privacy. The creates civil liability for any person whose wire,oral,or electronic communication is intentionally intercepted,disclosed,or used in violation of T-C-A 39-13-601...

Palin E-mails , The Right of Privacy, and The Internet

Posted on September 29, 2008
A student at the University of Tennessee is alleged to hacked into Governor Palin's emails. It also happens in divorce cases that one spouse will look at private emails as well. Tennessee has enacted some tough laws to prevent invasion of privacy of electronic communication...

Myspace , Evidence , and Your Case

Posted on August 06, 2008
If you have been injured in any type of accident case, your life becomes an open book. An insurance company or an insurance defense lawyer will investigate your background. I recently had two cases where the myspace page made a case and severely damaged another...

New Efforts to Reduce Motorcycle Accident deaths

Posted on August 04, 2008
The U.S.Department Of Transportation announced new safety measures to improve motorcycle safety.The motorcycle safety measures include new national safety and training standards for new bike riders , an effort to curb counterfeit helmet labeling , place new focus on motorcycle-specific road improvements , and provide more training to police on how to spot unsafe drivers...

Motorcycle Traffic Deaths Rise Again

Posted on August 03, 2008
The National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration (NHSTA) reported that motorcycle accident deaths rose by 5.1 percent , to 4,810 in 2006 . Traffic deaths rose for all age groups , but older riders were affected the most. In the last 10 years , fatalities have risen by 250 percent in the 40-and-older age group...

Brake Issues in Tractor Trailer Accident Cases

Posted on August 02, 2008
It is common knowledge that a car can stop in a shorter distance than a semi truck or tractor trailer. In a rear end truck accident case , a brake inspection may be necessary after the accident.. What is the braking efficiency of a truck ? It varies due to several factors such as the weight of the load , size of the brake components, tire size as well as other factors...

The Bryan Funeral Home and Vicarious Responsibility

Posted on July 31, 2008
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 a couple of observations. The folks at Bryan Funeral Home may be excellent people as reported on one of the posts...

How Do You Determine Who Is At Fault In A Car Accident Case ?

Posted on July 30, 2008
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 later post. The second way to prove fault is a violation of a statute or law...

Mishandling A Corpse

Posted on July 29, 2008
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 thought I would discuss the opinion. There are two teaching points in this case...

What Type of Evidence Do You Need To Prove Your Slip and Fall Case

Posted on July 28, 2008
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 the condition of the premises possessed by the owner triggers liability...

The Liquor Industry Makes Great Laws

Posted on July 27, 2008
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 beverages to an obviously intoxicated person.,but the lawmakers in Nashville think otherwise...

Traffic Deaths Fall as Gas Prices Soar

Posted on July 25, 2008
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 traffic deaths decreased this sharply was during the Arab oil embargo in the early 1970's...

Farm and Tree Nursery Workers Exempt From Workers Compensation

Posted on July 24, 2008
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 tree nursery workers are not covered under workers compensation laws...

Tennessee Dog Bite Laws

Posted on July 23, 2008
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 keep that dog under reasonable control at all times, and to keep that dog from running at large...

Sick Truck Drivers Create Danger On The Roads

Posted on July 22, 2008
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 Motor Carrier Safety Adminstration, however the rules have not been revised since 2001...

Settling Insurance Claims Prior to Trial

Posted on July 21, 2008
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 is to gather facts and information to make the insurance adjuster's job easy to evaluate the claim...

Metro Nashville Employees Not Covered by Workers Compensation

Posted on July 14, 2008
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 twist in the law that I thought I would share...

Disqualification of Tractor Trailer Driver

Posted on July 13, 2008
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 driver's driving license was revoked and he was driving a dump truck when he crashed into our client...

Worst Insurance Companies in America

Posted on July 12, 2008
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 disposing of documents at pizza parties and fighting claimants for years over all types of silly issues...

The Worst Insurance Companies in America

Posted on July 10, 2008
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 press release on the ten worst insurance companies in America...

Georgia Bus Crash Findings

Posted on July 09, 2008
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 majority of the blame of this accident on the Georgia Department of Safety...

Boating Safety Tips

Posted on July 08, 2008
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 weekend. Most people who die in a boating accident are not wearing a life jacket...

Prevent Drowning Deaths This Fourth Of July

Posted on July 03, 2008
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 Memphis at a community pool and one here in Nashville at the YMCA in Donelson...

Workers Compensation Tip

Posted on July 02, 2008
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 that happen in the work place. The exception is when the worker cannot return to the job...

Lead Poisoning Cases

Posted on July 01, 2008
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 harmful effects on a developing young child. The leading source of lead poisoning comes from homes...

Farm Tractor Safety Tips Part II

Posted on June 19, 2008
Here is a follow up to my post on farm tractor safety tips. Farm tractors should be equipped with emergence lighting. Many tractors do not have warning lights. Secondly, farm equipment should be hitched properly. Hitching or towing at points other than the draw bar may result in a rear overturn...

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