The hot weather is doing more than just making us sweat. It’s also putting us at some serious risks for a traffic accident. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), hot weather and under-inflated tires pose some serious threats to motorists. When driving at highway speeds, the heat…
Boating season is in full swing. And while it’s time for some fun, it’s also a time for some important safety reminders. In recent weeks, several high-profile Tennessee boating accidents — one in Norris Lake and another in Cumberland River — have authorities preaching safety. According to WBIR, a man…
Buying auto insurance can be a confusing endeavor, and many people are not sure either about how to buy insurance or about what happens when they have to make a claim after an accident. Unless you know your rights, you could find yourself not getting the coverage that you deserve,…
If big rigs get any bigger, as some Congressmen are apparently hoping will happen, we can all but guarantee a spike in the number of injuries and fatalities attributed to tractor-trailer accidents in Tennessee. It’s simple physics, really. We know that the bigger a vehicle is, the more damage it…
Adult portable bed rails – the kind used in so many nursing homes, hospitals and home health care facilities throughout Tennessee – will soon be under an updated set of voluntary safety standards, per a joint directive from the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.…
With the Fourth of July weekend, most of us are looking for fun with friends and family. It’s a beautiful holiday, but it comes with some serious risks. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), roughly 200 people on average visit an emergency room every day with fireworks-related injuries…
Could businesses be responsible for removing intoxicated patrons from a facility if that patron then harms someone else on the premises? Our Knoxville injury attorneys understand that is the question before the Tennessee Supreme Court in Jolyn Cullum v. Jan McCool. If the high court sides with the plaintiff in…
Two Bonnaroo music festival goers were killed in a Tennessee tractor-trailer crash before ever reaching the concert. The crash happened just two weeks ahead of implementation of federal rules designed to reduce the number of fatal tractor-trailer accidents here and across the country. According to investigators’ accounts from the Tennessee…
The summer travel season is upon us, and with it, our Knoxville car accident attorneys expect to see a spike in crashes related to long-distance travel. Last month saw a spate of serious crashes throughout Tennessee, and we fear the trend shows no signs of abating. One of the more…
Critical injuries were reported following the Tennessee crash of a passenger van carrying 11 people, seven of those being 16-year-old members of a girls basketball team. Two other passengers were under the age of 2. Our Knoxville injury lawyers understand that the minivan driver, one of the coaches, clipped another…