If you are waiting at a controlled intersection and proceed when the lights are green, but are hit by another vehicle speeding through a red light, you would normally expect that you would have the right to sue the driver for negligence and claim compensation for the damage to your vehicle and any injuries you [...]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally cleared Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft to fly again after an order to ground all planes in March 2019. Boeing’s reputation has been tarnished by the two avoidable crashes that took place in Indonesia and Ethiopia and the revelation that Boeing’s corporate culture allowed the faulty planes to [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the federal agency tasked with approving drugs and medical devices. Once something has been approved for use, there may be reasons why the item is recalled later on. Usually it is because some users have discovered that in the case of a drug that it is causing [...]
Congratulations to our very own Keith Williams who has just won, not one, but two, awards for excellence as a lawyer! One of these awards was for the second time running. To be included in the 27th Edition of the Best Lawyers in America means you have been selected to be in the top 6% [...]
It has been confirmed that the three people in the Piper PA-28 airplane that crashed in a field near Warren County Memorial Airport in Minniville Tennessee, north east of Nashville, were all Air National Guard members. Little is known at this stage about the cause of the crash, but observers seem to think the light [...]
Hundreds of Boeing 737 Max8s remain grounded all over the world following the discovery of defective flight control software that brought down two commercial aircraft in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing a total of 346 passengers and crew. There was some indication in July that modifications Boeing had made to the aircraft might finally be approved [...]
A Eurocopter EC-130 helicopter with four persons on board crashed into the Tennessee River on Monday evening at around 7.40 p.m. Three people were rescued by a nearby pontoon boat as they were attempting to swim to shore, but the fourth person died in the crash. His body was retrieved by police divers. The accident [...]
Walking and cycling became more popular in Nashville when restrictions to counter the Covid-19 pandemic were stricter. Public transportation options were on the other hand less popular for understandable reasons. As traffic increases with restrictions easing, pedestrians and cyclists are rediscovering just how vulnerable they are to careless, intolerant or aggressive drivers. One of the [...]
Zantac, a popular and much used brand of heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) medication has been taken off the shelves of pharmacies since April 1st this year following a mandatory withdrawal notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). That said, you shouldn’t be taking Zantac or any other medication for heartburn that [...]
Medical malpractice, or medical negligence as it is also called, is a situation in which a health care provider (doctor, nurse, surgeon, specialist, clinic, hospital or any other medical service provider) fails to provide an appropriate “standard of care.” The term negligence is easier to understand as it suggests correctly that a health care provider [...]