21-Year-Old Woman Killed After Semi-Truck Crosses Lane Divider in Smyrna Accident
Posted in Truck Wreck on May 2, 2015
A 21-year-old Tennessee woman was killed earlier this month after a high-speed crash on State Road 840 in Smyrna. According to a local news report, the semi-truck driver crossed into her lane and struck the woman’s car, causing the entire driver’s seat of the woman’s car to be thrown from the car. The woman was… read more
Nashville Woman Killed in Head-On Collision on West Virginia Turnpike
Posted in Car Accident,Negligence,Wrongful Death on April 7, 2015
A woman was killed and three children who were riding in her car were seriously injured on March 22 after a man driving an SUV entered the West Virginia Turnpike going the wrong way in Raleigh County near the Ghent toll booth and collided with her vehicle head-on. According to a news report out of… read more
Dangerous Weather Conditions Contribute to Fatal RV Accident on I-75 Near LaFollette
Posted in Car Accident on March 19, 2015
A 69-year-old Virginia man tragically lost his life earlier this month after he lost control of the motorhome that he was driving on Interstate 75 and crashed near LaFollette, Tennessee. According to a local news source, the man was driving the RV southbound on I-75 while towing another vehicle through snowy and slushy conditions when… read more
Ole Miss Student Dies After Tragic Sledding Accident
Posted in Personal Injury,Premises Liability on March 6, 2015
Students at Ole Miss University and residents in the surrounding community of Oxford, Mississippi are mourning the death of a student after an unexpected sledding accident last month. A senior at Ole Miss, and a member of the Phi Psi fraternity, was killed after he hit a street sign near campus while riding in a… read more
Posted in Drunk Driving on February 19, 2015
A young boy from Athens, Tennessee has died from injuries he sustained in an accident while riding in a car being driven by his father. According to an article from local ABC affiliate WTVC News, neither the boy nor his nine-year-old brother were wearing seat belts when the car lost control and drove off the… read more
Tennessee Highway Patrol Reports Increase in Eastern Tennessee Traffic Deaths in 2014
Posted in Car Accident,Personal Injury on February 6, 2015
The Tennessee Highway Patrol released a report last month with traffic death statistics for the year 2014. Although the total number of fatalities in the state has gone down compared to 2013, the 11 counties in East Tennessee that make up the Knoxville district saw 164 traffic-related deaths in 2014, 13 more fatalities than in… read more
Semi-Truck Accident on I-24 Injures One
Posted in Truck Wreck on January 27, 2015
Earlier this month near mile-marker 23 on Interstate 24, a semi-truck carrying 48,000 gallons of sulfuric acid overturned when it was involved in a single-vehicle accident. According to one local news report, the accident occurred around 11 in the morning on a Wednesday. Evidently, the truck was heading eastbound on I-24 when one tire of… read more
Four Women Injured after Being Struck by Memphis Police Cruiser on New Year’s Eve
Posted in Pedestrian Accident,Personal Injury on January 27, 2015
Four women who were visiting Memphis from out of town on New Year’s Eve had a traumatic night after they were hit by a Memphis police officer while they were crossing the street just after midnight on January 1, 2015. According to an article from CBS affiliate WREG in Memphis, the women were crossing Beale… read more
Gospel Musician Killed in Alcohol-Related Head-On Crash near Nashville.
Posted in Car Accident,Drunk Driving on January 22, 2015
A 41-year-old gospel musician from Brownsville, Tennessee was killed last week in a head-on collision on Interstate 65 near Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville. According to an article from BG Daily News, the musician was killed when a 38-year-old woman was driving her Cadillac Escalade on the wrong side of the interstate while drunk. The… read more
Posted in Wrongful Death on January 14, 2015
A decision released by the Washington State Supreme Court in December 2014 helped clarify the requirements for a plaintiff to be allowed to amend a previously filed complaint in order to sue the proper defendant after the statute of limitations on his or her claim has expired. In Martin v. Dematic, Washington #89924-0 (2014), the state… read more
