Knoxville Personal Injury And Disability Blog
What is inattention blindness?
These days more people drive vehicles that have the capability of hands-free technology. The driver talks to the car, and it connects to the contact. Most states ban texting, while fewer prohibit the use of all cellphones and other hand-held devices. Tennessee is one...
What are the rights and responsibilities of Tennessee cyclists?
Over the past few years, private researchers and government agencies disclosed some disturbing news about cyclists. People who rode bicycles continued to see high rates of injuries and fatalities. If you ride your bike on a regular basis, you have probably been a...
Knowing your rights as a pedestrian in Tennessee
Even when walking a short distance, it is important for all pedestrians to be aware in order to stay as safe as possible. This awareness extends beyond being conscious of one’s personal surroundings, as pedestrians should also be conscientious of their rights and the...
How you can safely share the road with 18-wheelers
Wherever you are, you have more than likely been on the same strip of blacktop as an 18-wheeler, whether on the daily commute to work or the much-needed road trip, a five-lane highway or a two-lane backcountry road. These huge, sometimes mammoth, vehicles are the...
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...
Roundup 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...
Does 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...
A 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...
Boosting 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,...
Bus 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...
