AT&T and Verizon, two of the largest cell phone providers in the country, have delayed implementing some 5G wireless towers due to potential interference with certain airplane instruments. Although they were cleared by regulators to begin full 5G implementation starting on January 19, they voluntarily delayed the process around airports to prevent potential issues. It [...]
According to a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), one person has died and another was injured in a helicopter crash in Sevier County on December 29. The crash occurred in the middle of the afternoon, at around 2:21 PM, during a flight from Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville, TN. The current cause [...]
When a company engages in false advertising for one of its products, it can be sued for that offense. Many people do not consider this to be a big deal, but in fact, false advertising can cause serious potential injuries for anyone who relies upon false or misleading information. But why is false advertising considered [...]
Drive DeVilbiss, a manufacturer of medical equipment, has issued a recall for four of its portable bed rails after it was found to pose a serious risk of entrapment. Numerous instances of people getting trapped between the rails and the bed have been reported, with at least two known deaths associated with the product. Anyone [...]
In decades past, it was common for construction companies to build houses and other structures with materials that are no longer considered safe for use in construction. Among all these sorts of materials, none are more infamous than asbestos, which is a shockingly common hazard in many older buildings. But what exactly is asbestos, and [...]
The pilot and two passengers were killed in a Cessna plane crash a little after 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 21, 2021, near the Chadron Municipal Airport in Northwest Nebraska. The crash involved a Cessna 310 aircraft that had just taken off from Runway 30 at the airport. All three persons on board the aircraft [...]
There is a case for a medical malpractice lawsuit against a medical institution, a physician or any other medical personnel if there is sufficient evidence that negligence to any significant degree on their part contributed to an illness or injury. This is true whether the person affected by this negligence is yourself or a child [...]
SUVs have been implicated in more rollover crashes than any other type of vehicle, and the design of this type of vehicle has been cited as the main reason why this happens. SUVs and other vehicles with similar designs, such as light trucks, have higher centers of gravity than other vehicles and that seems to [...]
A quarter of the way through 2017, the prospect of driverless cars appearing on the streets of Nashville and other towns and cities in Tennessee is becoming ever more a possibility. Only ten years ago, the thought that you could be using a driverless car yourself or be involved in an altercation or accident with [...]
Every time there is a truck accident involving hazardous material, it’s not just the lives of the truck driver and other motorists at stake. Some material carried by trucks could potentially seriously injure any residents of households or even school children if the accident happened close to a residential neighborhood. The situation in Tennessee appears [...]
