Knoxville Personal Injury And Disability Blog
Factors that put you at risk of dying in a car crash
The United States has the highest car crash rate of all countries in the world. Statistics published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 2015 show that 35,092 individuals lost their lives in car crashes that year. When you look at data...
read moreRoundup loses major battle over cancer claim
A federal jury in San Francisco awarded a California man who claimed that his non-Hodgkin lymphoma had been caused by the weedkiller Roundup $80 million earlier this week. Currently, 11,000 cases are still waiting to be heard on both the state and federal levels. In...
read moreDoes random drug testing really prevent workplace injuries?
Nowadays, employers will often tell their prospective employees that their job offer is dependent upon them successfully passing a pre-employment drug test. The main reason that employers have their workers take these is to reduce the chances of an employee having an...
read moreA nurse dies post-surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
A Midstate woman died in April 2017 after a surgical resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) inadvertently punctured an artery. This month, her family filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee hospital where she ultimately died. The victim in this case was...
read moreBoosting safety at various types of Tennessee worksites
As a Tennessee worker, you know you have the right to seek workers' compensation benefits in the event you suffer an injury at work. These benefits include recompense of medical expenses and a portion of wages you lost while recovering. Before an accident takes place,...
read moreBus accident injures 2 in Knoxville
Two Tennessee motorists were injured when a school bus crashed into a pickup truck along Beaumont Avenue in Knoxville during rush hour on Feb. 27. Calls from area residents first started flooding into police dispatch just after 8:30 a.m. that Wednesday morning. When...
read moreYou can sue a grocery store if you’re hurt inside or outside it
From freshly mopped or polished floors to spilled food products or drinks and even water tracked in from outside on a rainy day, all of these can cause you to slip and fall at a grocery store. Although thousands of people have these types of accidents each year across...
read moreYou’re not guaranteed disability benefits in the long term
If you receive disability payments, then you're probably well aware that disability benefits are not guaranteed forever. One of the most common reasons that benefits can be stopped is when the Social Security Administration (SSA) decides that you no longer have a...
read moreA Harriman man is killed by a drugged driver in Anderson County
A 36-year-old Clinton man has been arrested and charged with both vehicular homicide and driving under the influence (DUI) charges for his role in causing a fatal crash in Anderson County on the evening of Feb. 8. According to a spokesperson with the Tennessee Highway...
read moreMy Social Security Disability claim was denied. Now what?
People who cannot work due to disability may face a great deal of public scrutiny. Others often assume they are lazy, entitled or just don't want to work. If you are a person who has a disability that prevents you from working, you know that is just not the...
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