Results

Listed below are a few examples of cases handled by Mark C. Hartsoe in which clients received positive results. In many of the cases, a confidential settlement was reached which prohibits disclosure of the amount of the settlement.

Car Accidents, Tractor Trailer Truck Wrecks and Motorcycle Crashes:
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client struck head-on by car crossing center lane on Tazewell Pike at Atkins Road, resulting in serious injuries, including a fractured tibia. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client injured on Montvale Road by driver failing to yield when turning. Case settled.
  • (Middlesboro, KY, Bell County) Client injured by driver running red light. Case resolved.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County) Client suffered back injury after being rear-ended by car traveling at a high rate of speed at the red light on Calderwood Street and Joule Street. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client suffered serious injury after being knocked off the road by a driver failing to yield. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Child and her parents were rear-ended on US Highway 321 (East Lamar Alexander Parkway) causing them to slam into the back of another vehicle. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client suffered head injury in a head-on collision on N. Peters Road and Marketplace Boulevard. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Child severely injured in ATV accident on friend’s property. Child required surgery. Case settled.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County) Erratic driver rear-ended client on Airport Highway, resulting in serious injury. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client t-boned by driver at Asheville Highway and E. Governor John Sevier Highway by foreign students in rented car, causing four-car pileup. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client suffered concussion and neck injury after driver ran red light on Montvue Road. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Motorcyclist struck by pickup truck that failed to stop at a stop sign at Blockhouse Rd., resulting in serious injury and lost wages. Case resolved.
  • (Oneida, Scott County) Elderly client injured after being rear-ended on State Route 63. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client rear-ended in work vehicle (no workers comp). Case resolved.
  • (Sevierville, Sevier County) Client was struck by a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed that failed to yield for stopped traffic on Newport Highway just north of County Garage Rd., resulting in serious injury. Case settled.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County) Client suffered injury after driver failed to yield the right of way on Alcoa Highway at Wheeler Rd., resulting in client’s vehicle colliding with another driver and flipping over. Case resolved.
  • (Cumberland County) Client was struck by tractor trailer truck while traveling on I-40 eastbound, resulting in serious, life-threatening injuries. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Child injured at school. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client was struck by a driver that ran a stop sign, resulting in serious injuries to client’s elbow and shoulder. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client suffered injuries after being rear-ended by a driver following too closely on Northshore Dr. at Eagle Glen Dr. Case resolved.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County) Client and grandchild were injured after being rear-ended while traveling southbound on Alcoa Highway. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client was struck by driver while traveling north on Walker Blvd. at Linda Ln., resulting in serious injuries requiring surgery and substantial lost work time. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client was injured in a collision on Pellissippi Parkway east of Northshore Dr. Case settled.
  • (Sweetwater, Monroe County) Client and three children were severely injured in a head-on collision while traveling on Oakland Rd. by a drunk driver who crossed the center line. The family was entrapped in their car wreck and had to be cut out by the first responders. Clients required multiple surgical procedures for their life-threatening injuries. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client suffered injuries in hit-and-run while traveling down I-40 after driver crossed several lanes of traffic. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client was struck on US Highway 411 at Marketplace Drive intersection by driver who failed to yield the right of way, resulting in injuries to client. Case resolved.
  • (Rockford, Blount County) Stopped client injured after being struck by distracted driver on Old Knoxville Highway at Littlebrook Circle. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client seriously injured after defendant driver ran a red light on Neyland Dr. at Joe Johnson Dr. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client was stuck by driver who had failed to stop at a red light on US Highway 129 Bypass at Foothills Mall Dr., resulting in injuries to client. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client suffered injuries after being rear-ended by driver following improperly on Robert C. Jackson Dr. at Private Dr. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client was hit by distracted driver on Foothills Mall Dr. resulting in serious injuries to client. Case resolved.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County) Client injured after being rear-ended by driver on Alcoa Highway near Airline Dr. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client rear-ended by car traveling at high rate of speed on Northshore Drive and was seriously injured. Case resolved.
  • (The Dragon, Blount County) Motorcyclist client struck head-on by car crossing center lane resulting in broken wrist requiring surgery. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Child injured in wreck at Big Springs Road and William Blount Drive by other driver failing to yield the right-of-way. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client injured on Highway 411 by car failing to yield right-of-way. Client required knee surgery from wreck. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client injured at Elle Joy Road and Adams Road by car failing to yield right-of-way. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client injured when rear-ended at Old Broadway and Dutch Valley Drive in Knoxville. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client badly injured when struck head-on by car driving in wrong lane. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client injured at wreck occurring at Washington Street and Sevierville Road. Wreck caused by Defendant failing to yield the right-of-way. Case resolved.
  • (Cumberland County) Client badly injured and requiring surgery by young driver driving wrong way and causing head-on collision. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client rear-ended at intersection of West Lamar Alexander Parkway and Old Glory Road and required surgery. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Child ran over by car resulting in extremely serious injuries. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client rear-ended at intersection of U.S. Highway 411 and Cedarlawn Blvd. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Clients rear-ended by distracted driver resulting in serious injuries, surgery, and permanent disability. Case resolved.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County) Client rear-ended on Pellissippi Parkway on ramp by distracted driver resulting in injuries. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Motorcyclist client badly injured requiring surgery by elderly driver failing to yield right-of-way at Kingston Pike and Ben Atchley Street. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client badly injured by driver crossing the center line and striking client head-on at Tuckaluchee Pike and Southview Drive. Case resolved.
  • (Clinton, Anderson County) Client seriously injured when rear-ended at Highway 61 and Frank Diggs Drive. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client rear-ended at North Broadway and Walker Blvd. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client rear-ended by tow truck at intersection of US Highway 129 and West Lamar Alexander. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Family rear-ended. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Clients rear-ended at Scenic Drive and Sandy Springs Road. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client hit and injured at S. Cusick Street and East Broadway Avenue by driver running red light. Case resolved.
  • (Vonore, Monroe County) Client injured by car failing to yield right-of-way at Highway 411 and Highway 72 (West). Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client severely injured when struck while unloading truck by driver that had not cleaned windshield. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client rear-ended by distracted driver with serious injuries. Case resolved.
  • (Tazewell, Claiborne County) Clients badly injured in high speed, head-on collision at North Broad Street and McNeely Street in Tazewell. Case resolved.
  • (Sweetwater, Monroe County) Young driver rear-ends client at New Highway 68 and S. Main Street injuring client. Case settled.
  • (Louisville, Blount County) Client rear-ended by truck on Alcoa Highway resulting in serious injuries requiring two surgeries. Case settled.
  • (New Market, Jefferson County) Client struck by commercial vehicle failing to yield right-of-way on 11E. Serious injuries requiring surgery. Case resolved.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County)-Mother and two small children rear-ended on Grade Road by impaired driver causing car to flip and resulting injuries. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-client (passenger) injured in rear-end collision on Peterson Road. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-child (passenger) injured in Alcoa Highway wreck resulting in fractured pelvis. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-client injured in high speed rear-end collision on East Lamar Alexander Highway with serious injury requiring surgery. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-client rear-ended on Alcoa Highway near Foch Street. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-client rear-ended on Western Avenue. Serious injury resulting in months of lost work time. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-elderly client rear-ended on Alcoa Highway requiring hospitalization at UT Medical Center. Case settled.
  • (Harrogate, Claiborne County)-client struck by vehicle failing to yield right-of-way. Case resolved.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County)-Clients injured in Alcoa Highway wreck by car trying to make U-turn. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client killed by rear-end wreck on Chapman Highway. Case settled.
  • (Sevierville, Sevier County)-client badly injured on SR 66 by young driver crossing five lanes of traffic. Case settled after depositions.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County)-client(pedestrian) struck and injured by car driving erratically in Alcoa Wal-Mart parking lot. Case settled.
  • (Minnehaha County, South Dakota)-client badly injured by drunk driver. Punitive damages sought. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-client rear-ended by drunk driver on Maryville Pike. Punitive damages sought. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-client rear-ended by tractor trailer on I-40 requiring two surgeries. Case settled after depositions.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-client injured by young driver failing to yield the right-of-way. Case settled after depositions.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-client rear-ended on Neyland Drive. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-client rear-ended on Old Broadway in Fountain City. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-client badly injured on Hwy 411 in T-bone wreck. Neck surgery required. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-client injured in high speed rear-end wreck involving Defendant on drugs. Punitive damages sought. Case settled.
  • (Athens, McMinn County)-client injured by elderly driver failing to yield the right-of-way on Decatur Pike. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) –Client severely injured when she was rear ended by commercial vehicle. Client had several surgeries and multiple year recovery leaving her with permanent disability. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client injured by defendant driving erratically at Emory Road and Maynardville Highway. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client seriously injured on I-75 near Baxter Ave. when she was hit by a drunk driver. Surgery required. Case settled.
  • (Morristown, Hamblen County)-Client seriously injured on motorcycle when elderly driver fails to yield the right-of-way and pulls out in front of motorcycle. Extensive orthopedic surgery required. Case settled.
  • (Friendsville, Blount County)-Client injured in head-on wreck on Miser Station Road. Case resolved.
  • Cleveland, Bradley County)-Client injured in crash on Mouse Creek Road. Substantial medical treatment required. Case resolved.
  • (Lenoir City, Loudon County): Child seriously injured by driver who backed over client. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client t-boned on Washington Pike by defendant who failed to yield the right-of-way. Case settled.
  • (Atens, McMinn County)-Clients seriously injured in head on collision. Claims resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client t-boned on Ray Mears Boulevard. Claim settled after client was done receiving medical treatment.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-Client seriously injured by speeding vehicle that rear ended him at Mall Road and Highway 129.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client struck head on by drunk driver on Emory Road. Punitive damages sought. Case settled,
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client killed by tractor trailer that rear ended vehicle. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount)-Minor client suffers serious injury as passenger of car that ran off the road in single car accident. Case resolved.
  • (Cookeville, Putnam County)-Client seriously injured after being struck by dump truck. Case resolved.
  • (Loudon, Loudon County)-Judgment of $3,094,000 entered by court against defendant who struck plaintiff on the shoulder of the roadway as he was changing his tire. Extremely serious injuries and permanent total impairment. $1,000,000 in punitive damages awarded by the Court. Criminal charges pending.
  • (Friendsville, Blount County)-Client injured by rear-end collision on Topside Road. Case resolved.
  • Clarksville, Montgomery County)-Clients seriously injured in head on collision. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)- Elderly man severely injured on at intersection of Old Niles Ferry Road and Fairview drive by car that failed to yield the right-of-way and turned right in front of him. Case settled for insurance policy limits
  • (Clarksville, Montgomery County)-Soldier stationed at Fort Campbell, KY severely injured by vehicle pulling in front of motorcycle (failure to yield right-of-way). Client transported by helicopter to Vanderbilt Medical Center for trauma care. Case settled for insurance policy limits.
  • (Townsend, Blount County)-Family of four rear-ended by large truck at intersection of East Lamar Alexander Parkway and Wears Valley Road. Case settled.
  • ( Oak Ridge, Anderson County)- Drunk driver rear ends client and severely injures him. Client required neck surgery. Case resolved for insurance policy limits.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-Client rear-ended at intersection of West Broadway and Magnolia Avenue and knocked into vehicle in front of her. Case settled.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County)- Client suffers back injury from rear-end collision on Alcoa Highway. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-Client rear-ended at intersection of Sevierville Road and Cherokee St and suffers back injury. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-Client and daughter suffer significant injuries caused by distracted driver at intersection of West Lamar Alexander Parkway and Robert C. Jackson Drive. Distracted driver falls to yield right-of-way and pulls in front of client traveling at 50 mph. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-Client suffers sever injuries from horrific head-on crash on East Broadway caused by impaired driver. Case settled for insurance policy limits.
  • (Richmond, Kentucky)-Client severely injured while driving motorcycle on bypass near East Kentucky University. Business vehicle pulled in front of client (failure to yield right-of-way) causing client to fly over vehicle. Multiple surgeries. Case settled after two Lexington, Kentucky mediations.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-Client seriously injured when rear-ended by elderly driver on Montvale Road/Farris Road intersection. Case settled.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County)-Client injured when drunk driver strikes her car in restaurant parking lot. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client severely injured when rear ended by dump truck on I-40 during road construction project. Client required multiple surgeries. Case resolved at mediation.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County)-Client rear-ended on Alcoa Highway near intersection with Hall Road and sustains serious back injury. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client severely injured while driving motorcycle on Kingston Pike in Farragut when car fails to yield the right-of-way and pulls in front of him. Extensive orthopedic surgery required. Case settled.
  • (Jefferson City, Jefferson County)-Client injured in collision with tractor trailer that failed to yield the right-of-way on Hwy 25W. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-Client on motorcycle severely injured on US 411 when car fails to yield the right-of-way and pulls in front of him. Case resolved.
  • (Sevierville, Sevier County)-Client sustains serious back injury after being rear-ended on Boyd’s Creek near intersection with Valley View Circle. Case settled for insurance policy limits.
  • (Sevierville, Sevier County)-Client injures back and neck after being rear-ended. Case settled.
  • (Maryville-Blount County)-Distracted driver causes serious wreck at intersection of East Lamar Alexander Parkway (US 321) resulting in severe injury to client requiring orthopedic surgery. Case settled for insurance policy limits.
  • (Morristown, Hamblen County)-Client injured in head-on wreck on Thompson Creek Road near E. Morris Blvd and suffers back injury. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-Clients injured after being rear-ended by a distracted driver at intersection of Morganton Road and Mercer Drive. Cases resolved.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County)-Client rear-ended on State Hwy 33 (Old Knoxville Hwy) and sustains neck and back injury. Case settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client rear-ended on Merchants Drive by reckless driver speeding in school zone while school zone lights flashing. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County)-Elderly client’s vehicle tee-boned on Mall Drive and sustains injury to hand requiring surgery. Case settled
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Clients injured when elderly driver fails to yield the right-of –way and pulls out in front of them on Kingston Pike-one client required surgery. Cases settled.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client sustains back injury when rear-ended on Pellissippi Parkway on ramp. Case resolved.
  • (Kingsport, Sullivan County)- Client injured in rear end collision by drunk driver. Punitive damages sought. Case resolved.
  • (Crossville, Cumberland County). Motorcyclist severely injured by car that failed to yield the right of way. Multiple ER visits and surgery required. Case settled.
  • (Clinton Anderson County) Motorcyclist badly injured by car pulling out in front of motorcycle (failing to yield the right of way) with biker thrown through air. Serious injury to motorcyclist. Case settled.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County) Rear end collision results in very serious neck injury to client that will require future cervical discectomy. Case resolved.
  • (Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Sevier County) moped struck by car with teenager sustaining injuries. Case resolved.
  • (Morristown, Hamblen County). Nurse rear driving compact car rear ended by Tractor trailer and knocked 64 feet forward and suffers chronic back injury requiring life time treatment. Confidential settlement.
  • (Maryville, Blount County). Client rear ended at red light on Foothills Mall Drive and suffers serious whiplash injury. Case resolved when treatment completed.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Passenger in vehicle severely injured in head-on collision on Chapman Highway. Severe injuries with orthopedic surgery required. Case resolved.
  • (Oak Ridge, Anderson County). Young single mother injured in rear end car wreck. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client injured and truck totaled following wreck on West Lamar Alexander Parkway (several blocks from our office). Case resolved for undisclosed amount.
  • (Maryville, Blount County) Client struck head on while traveling on East Broadway by teenager allegedly on drugs. Surgery required with serious injuries. Case settled.
  • (Maryville, Blount County). Head-on collision on Sevierville Road severely injures client requiring surgery and long recuperation period. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County). Client injured in parking lot aggravating earlier neck injury; likely further surgery required. Case resolved.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County). Client rear ended by speeding car at Kingston Pike and Downtown West Blvd. Serious back injury requiring extensive treatment and physical therapy. Case resolved.
  • (Maryville, Blount County). Client rear ended at intersection of West Broadway and West Lamar Alexander Parkway. Significant damage to pickup truck with serious whiplash injury requiring extensive treatment.
  • (Maryville, Blount County). Client injured when struck in parking lot. Hospitalizations and future surgery likely required. Confidential settlement.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County). Client’s Cadillac totaled by speeding vehicle on Kingston Pike. Client suffers back injury making physically demanding job difficult. After months of treatment, case was settled.
  • Lexington, Henderson County (in West Tennessee). Client badly injured by elderly driver who failed to yield the right of way. Client’s extensive injuries require multiple surgeries. Case resolved at mediation following party deposition.
  • (Maryville, Blount County). Client’s truck badly damaged in rear end collision on Foothills Mall Drive in rear end collision. Chronic back pain with treatment and physical therapy for several months. Case resolved.
  • (Pigeon Forge, Sevier County). Clients injured by car pulling in front of his truck. Truck totaled and client requires knee surgery from wreck. Case settled.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County). Client rear ended on Alcoa Highway. Car totaled with client sustaining chronic back injury. Case resolved when treatment completed.
  • (Williamsburg, KY) Tractor Trailer driver suffers traumatic brain injury from collision with another semi truck. Case settled for $875,000 at mediation
  • (Loudon County, TN) Truck driver suffers back injury after being rear ended by another tractor trailer driver who left the scene of the accident. Client has surgery for herniated disc and was unable to work for several years due to ongoing back problems. Confidential settlement.
  • (Virginia)Client run off road by RV that leaves the scene of the accident and suffers compression fractures of back. Confidential settlement.
  • (Anderson County) Verdict for Client in contested trial. Case settled after appeal for confidential amount.
  • (Tazewell, Claiborne County) Case settled after party depositions. Client sustained aggravation of preexisting injuries to knee and back following rear end collision.
  • (Knox County) Defendant failed to yield the right of way and slammed into client’s car, totaling vehicle and causing neck and back injury. Settled after party depositions for undisclosed sum.
  • (Blount County) Elderly nurse rear ended in violent collision that totaled her Cadillac and caused her to suffer a heart attack. Case settled after party depositions for confidential amount.
  • (Knox County) Client was stopped for a school bus when she was rear ended by Defendant who was strung out on drugs and driving on a DUI revoked license. Confidential settlement.
  • (Knox County)Two brothers tee-boned at intersection. One suffered torn rotator cuff and injured knee with multiple surgeries required. Younger brother suffers concussion. Confidential settlement.
  • (Knox County)Client injured by car merging onto highway. Confidential settlement.
  • (Anderson County) Client injured on motorcycle when struck by dump truck resulting in finger amputation. Confidential settlement.
  • (Knox County) Two co-workers injured when stopped for left turn and struck by distracted teen aged driver. Clients sustained multiple injuries. Confidential settlement.
  • (Knox County) Virginia clients stuck by Defendant who was driving on a revoked license. Case settled after depositions.
  • (Campbell County) Tractor trailer clips plaintiff’s car in snow storm and runs her off the road. Case removed to Federal Court by defendant. Case settled for confidential amount.
  • (Greene County) Motorcycle rider hit by drunk driver who hits and runs. Punitive damages sought for Defendant’s reckless conduct. Videotaped deposition of Defendant demonstrated that Defendant drove home on the rims of wheels and was so drunk that she didn’t see the part of the motorcycle sticking out of car when she got home. Photographs taken by Green County Sheriff’s department demonstrate how intoxicated Defendant was. Case settled at mediation for confidential amount.
  • (Hamblen County)Off duty police officer struck and injured by Defendant who failed to yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic. Knee surgery required. Confidential settlement.
  • (Blount County) Elderly lady struck by vehicle crossing Alcoa Highway resulting in serious debilitating injuries. Confidential settlement.
  • (Sevier County) Family in minivan struck by large truck pulling camper. Father suffers back injury. Confidential settlement.
  • (Hamblen County) Client rear ended by inattentive driver. Confidential settlement.
  • (Shelby County) Michigan family of four injured on Interstate in Memphis during rush hour traffic. Confidential settlement with two insurance companies.
  • (Blount County)Passenger in station wagon tee-boned on Lamar Alexander Parkway and suffers orthopedic injuries. Confidential settlement.
  • Client was run off the road by an RV resulting in a broken back (confidential settlement).
  • Retired university nursing professor rear ended and suffers heart attack following wreck (confidential settlement).
  • Head on collision with drunk driver severely injures client (confidential settlement) (McMinn County, TN)
  • Fatigued tractor-trailer driver falls asleep at the wheel and injures family (confidential settlement) (Knox County, TN)
  • Drunk driver drives through living room of house killing family member seated in living room (Blount County, TN). $1.1 million dollar judgment.
  • Traumatic brain injury to passenger of vehicle that was negligently driven off 50 foot embankment (Knox County, TN) (confidential settlement)
  • Rear-end collision on Murfreesboro Road results in serious neck, back and knee injuries (confidential settlement)
  • Elderly client severely injured (broken sternum) when a young driver failed to yield the right-of-way at Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road in Knox County, TN. The Defendant then hit and ran (confidential settlement)
  • Freightliner semi-tractor trailer suddenly changed lanes on Highway 33 and violently strikes plaintiff vehicle resulting in substantial personal injuries (confidential settlement)
  • 84 year old driver fails to yield right-of-way resulting in catastrophic injuries including broken arm and severe permanent disability (Highway 68 Sweetwater, TN) (confidential settlement)
  • Elderly driver crosses grassy median and crashes into plaintiff’s vehicle resulting in serious head, neck, back, and shoulder injuries (confidential settlement) (Sevier County, TN)
  • McMinn County, TN – recreational vehicle slams into the rear of plaintiff’s SUV resulting in severe shoulder injury requiring surgery (confidential settlement)
  • Farragut School bus rammed by sport utility vehicle merging onto Pellissippi Parkway from Lovell Road causing bus to strike guardrail and overturn. Client suffered significant neck and back injuries when thrown from her seat when the bus was overturned. (Knox County, TN) (confidential settlement)
  • Hawkins County – plaintiff walking on Highway 11 when struck by tractor-trailer. Client was thrown into guardrail resulting in tremendous orthopedic injuries and devastating permanent disability (confidential settlement)
  • Knox County head on collision on John Sevier Highway. Defendant crossed center line and my client sustained lacerated spleen and other internal injuries (confidential settlement)
  • (Greene County, TN) – client returning from birthday party and traveling down Route 107 (Erwin Highway) when tractor-trailer fails to yield and pulls onto the highway in front of client’s vehicle. Client suffers numerous orthopedic injuries from violent collision with tractor-trailer (confidential settlement)
  • (Anderson County, TN) – rear-end collision on Oak Ridge Turnpike. Client had stopped for traffic when violently struck in the rear by defendant’s vehicle resulting in serious personal injuries (confidential settlement)
  • (Knox County, TN) – defendant failed to stop at the red light on Emory Road near intersection with I-75 before violently striking rear of plaintiff’s vehicle. Client suffered severe foot injury (confidential settlement)
  • Defendant failed to stop at stop sign at the intersection of Loop Road and Concord Road and violently collides with vehicle. Teenaged client was a passenger in the car that was struck and suffered severe injuries including fractured pelvis (confidential settlement)
  • Rear-end collision to plaintiff’s vehicle resulting in significant neck and back injuries (confidential settlement)
  • Defendant loses control of the vehicle and rams into the front of client’s vehicle forcing her off the road. Client’s vehicle catches fire and burns. Plaintiff sustained serious personal injuries (confidential settlement)
  • (Sullivan County, TN) – defendant’s vehicle crosses centerline and strikes client’s vehicle head-on resulting in serious personal injuries (confidential settlement)
  • (Hamilton County, TN) – during rush hour traffic on I-24 in Chattanooga, TN, a tractor-trailer fails to slow for rush hour traffic and rams into the rear of client’s vehicle resulting in severe personal injuries (confidential settlement)
  • Defendant vehicle fails to yield the right-of-way and drives across Kingston Pike (Knox County, TN) directly in front of plaintiff’s vehicle resulting in severe personal injuries (confidential settlement)
  • (Roane County, TN) – defendant rams into the rear of plaintiff’s vehicle on State Route 27/61 causing severe personal injuries (confidential settlement)
  • (Loudon County, TN) – defendant fails to yield the right-of-way striking client’s minivan causing it to rollover. Client sustained serious injuries to spine and lower back including aggravation of previous back and neck injuries (confidential settlement)
  • (Claiborne County, TN) –Defendant failed to yield the right-of-way resulting in serious injuries from impact. Clients from Michigan sustained serious injuries including chest injuries involving fractured sternum, fractured ribs, sacral fracture, fractured left wrist and other serious personal injuries (confidential settlement)
  • (Knox County, TN) – defendant driving Ford F350 truck swerves across center line and strikes plaintiff’s motorcycle resulting in multiple fractures and severe permanent injury (confidential settlement)
  • (Knox County, TN) – defendant fails to yield the right-of-way on Cross Park Drive thereby causing car wreck in which client was severely injured (confidential settlement)
  • Tractor-trailer changes lane and rams client’s compact car into guardrail in vicinity of I-75 near Callahan Drive (Knox County). Client sustained serious personal injury (confidential settlement)
  • Head-on collision caused by defendant speeding and failing to stay in his lane of traffic results in serious injuries to client including back injuries and fractured wrist (confidential settlement)
  • (Blount County, TN) – client was operating asphalt rolling machine on Old Lowe’s Ferry Road near its intersection with Haven Hill Road when he was struck by a Cadillac driven by a drunk driver. The impact caused the flagman working at the construction scene to be thrown 15 feet from the point of impact. Client, who was operating an asphalt rolling machine, violently struck his head against equipment roll bar causing a gash in his head and causing neck injury. Punitive damages sought related to the drunk driving claim (confidential settlement)
  • Client struck (rear-ended) at stop sign by Knoxville Police Department vehicle
  • (Cumberland County, TN) – client struck by defendant pulling out of BJ’s Lounge on Lantana Road. Defendant refused to submit to a blood alcohol test and refused to submit to field sobriety tests including walk and turn test and one leg stand test. The defendant failed the horizontal gaze nystagmus test which is used to determine intoxication. Client sustained serious personal injuries (confidential settlement)
  • (Cumberland County, TN) – family run off the road by tractor-trailer resulting in serious personal injuries including injury to child (confidential settlement)
  • (Loudon County, TN) – elderly client from Michigan traveling southbound on I-75 when violently struck from behind by tractor-trailer resulting in severe personal injuries to elderly client (confidential settlement)
  • (Loudon County, TN) – defendant crosses center line and violently strikes plaintiff’s vehicle head on causing severe personal injuries and permanent disability including multiple broken bones (confidential settlement)
  • (Knox County, TN) – drunk driver driving Dodge F350 truck on I-40 at a high rate of speed suddenly changes lanes and violently strikes rear-end of client’s vehicle resulting in severe personal injury
Premises Liability
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Client injured tongue on bone lodged in fast-food chicken. Case resolved.
  • (Sevierville, Sevier County) Child client bitten in face by dog at commercial establishment. Case resolved.
  • (Jefferson City, Jefferson County)-client badly injured when truck ran over his foot at business. Multiple surgeries required. Extensive damages. Case settled after multiple depositions.
  • (Alcoa, Blount County)-client slipped and fell on water at store that employees were aware of but failed to mop up. Surgery required. Case settled after multiple depositions.
  • (Kingsport, Sullivan County)-Customer shot multiple times at restaurant. Suit against commercial business for inadequate security. Client referred to firm by National Crime Victims Advocacy Center. Confidential resolution.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Client suffers serious ankle and knee injury requiring two surgeries. Client also missed 6 months of work following fall at cemetery into unmarked, hidden hole. Confidential settlement.
  • (Knoxville, Knox County)-Child client injured at child care facility during poorly supervised and planned activity. Case settled.
  • (Morristown, Hamblen County)Elderly lady injured at restaurant by falling paper dispenser that restaurant employees knew was not working properly prior to incident. Arm surgery required. Confidential settlement.
  • Maryville, Blount County client injured on cruise ship requiring knee surgery. Case settled.
  • Child attacked by dog and bitten in the face and mouth. Surgery required along with plastic surgery consult. Confidential resolution
  • Pharmacist falls on ice on untreated hospital parking lot and sustains femoral fracture requiring substantial orthopedic hardware. Parking lot owner acknowledges duty to treat hospital parking lots during inclement weather. Case settled after parking lot owner asserts comparative fault against third party parking lot operations corporation.
  • After extensive litigation in Federal Court in Knoxville including taking 20 depositions throughout the United States, Mr. Hartsoe concluded (confidential settlement) brought by the widow and eight children of a man who was shot and killed at a Knoxville restaurant. Inadequate security
  • Mr. Hartsoe represented a family in the Clarksville area against a private foster care placement agency and the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) whose wife and mother were killed by a foster kid who was a member of a gang. The family was not told that the foster kid was a gang member prior to the foster placement. The ladies were murdered one month after the foster placement (confidential resolution). Inadequate Security
  • Mr. Hartsoe represented a child who was bitten in the mouth by a large dog. The young man required oral surgery including bone grafting (confidential settlement).
  • McGraw v. Whiteco Industries – negligent operation of amusement park ride – $191,000.00 jury verdict
  • Catherine Bresler v. GA Holdings and Western Sizzlin – client died as the result of injuries sustained in slip and fall – $600,000.00
  • Sharp v. Macaroni Grill – slip and fall and client breaks ankle while slipping and falling in defendant’s restaurant (confidential settlement)
Medical Malpractice:
  • (Knoxville, Knox County) Sponge left in client after surgery. Case settled.
  • Client injured during laparoscopic gallbladder surgery requiring multiple subsequent repair surgeries. Case resolved.
  • Failure to diagnose colon cancer. Case resolved after numerous depositions throughout the Southeast .
  • (Jefferson County, TN) – client presents at hospital emergency room with serious condition and is mistakenly diagnosed as having minor condition and is sent home on antibiotics. The client dies shortly after discharge. Failure to properly observe the symptoms of plaintiff, personally observe abnormal testing, failure to obtain proper consults from specialists and failing to diagnose serious condition in light of obvious signs (confidential settlement)
  • (Anderson County, TN) – plaintiff severely injured by defendant performing laproscopic colosectomy in the face of inability to identify anatomical features necessary to perform the surgery resulting in injury to common bile duct (confidential settlement)
  • (Knox County, TN) – failure to diagnose intestinal blockage (confidential settlement)
  • (Cocke County, TN) – failing to properly monitor and administer Coumadin to a nursing home patient resulting in death (confidential settlement)
  • Failing to perform c-section in the face of abnormalities in the fetal monitoring strips and ignoring signs and symptoms of uterine rupture resulting in death of child (Knox County, TN) (confidential settlement)
  • (Knox County, TN) – gynecologist fails to inform family that the tumor that had been removed from child was cancerous; instead the physician informed the family that the mass was benign with no follow-up treatment recommended. Cancer spreads. (confidential settlement)
  • (Knox County, TN) – injury during gynecologic procedure (confidential settlement)
  • Failing to diagnose and treat esophageal perforation during intubation (confidential settlement)
  • Surgical fire causing extensive injuries and burns following ophthalmic (eye) surgery (confidential settlement)
  • Spinal accessory nerve injured during neck biopsy (confidential settlement)
  • Catastrophic birth injury resulting from failure to perform c-section in a timely manner (multiple cases) (confidential settlements)
  • Failure to properly manage delivery resulting in shoulder dystocia/Erb’s Palsy birth injury (confidential settlement)
  • Failure to diagnose prostate cancer (confidential settlement)
  • Foreign object (catheter) left in patient during surgery
  • Failure to properly implant catheter prior to initial dialysis resulting in death to patient (confidential settlement)
  • Death caused by negligent medication administration (Bristol) (confidential settlement)
Products Liability
  • Small child burns hand due to faulty appliance. Case settled.
  • Child suffers burn injury from electrical wiring in lamp. Case settled.
  • Child suffers severe burn injury from plaster of paris due to defective warning. Punitive damages sought. Multiple surgeries are required with permanent disability from injury (confidential settlement)
  • (Blount County, TN) – client sold defective bricks resulting in substantial damage to residence (confidential settlement)
  • Norfolk Southern Railway train derails in Farragut resulting in a plume of highly toxic, poisonous chemicals being spilled which caused severe respiratory injury to clients (confidential settlement)
Eminent Domain
  • Cargo Oil Company: Represented client regarding valuation associated with Alcoa Highway project. Case resolved.
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