Tennessee Truck Driver Shortage a Concern for Truck Accident Fatalities
There is an inverse relationship between a truck driver shortage and the number of truck accidents. Currently, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), there is a national shortage of around 60,000 truck drivers. This [...]
PenAir Crash in Aleutian Islands Now Under Investigation
The PenAir plane that crashed at Dutch Harbor airport, Unalaska, in Alaska’s offshore Aleutian Islands last Thursday, is now under investigation by a team from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The plane has already [...]
Juul’s CEO Resigns Amidst Vaping Crisis
The CEO of America’s largest and most profitable e-cigarette company, Juul, has resigned, as the numbers of people dying from vaping continue to rise. Kevin Burns, the Juul CEO, has apologized for the rise of [...]
OxyContin Manufacturer Purdue Pharma Goes Bust
Purdue Pharma, one of the largest of the opioid manufacturers that has been struggling with massive multi litigation lawsuits, has filed for bankruptcy in a controversial agreement to settle the claim against it, worth 10 [...]
Can You Sue the Owner of a Vehicle Even if the Owner Wasn’t Driving?
You have been hit by someone else somewhere in or around Nashville. You know that the other driver was at fault. You know that normally if you were injured you should be able to sue [...]
Investigation Underway in Michigan After Amphibious Aircraft Accident
An investigation is underway in Michigan after an unusual amphibious plane nosedived into a popular lake. Fortunately for the two occupants, Tennesseean Tyrone Finch and his passenger, Patrick Jarman, from Deerfield, MI, they escaped the [...]
What are the Most Likely Causes of Aviation Accidents?
Aviation accidents have been much in the news this last year, mainly because of high profile media attention on U.S. owned Boeing Corporation after the two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that led to the [...]
Air Canada Flight AC33 Turbulence Causes Injuries
The injuries caused by sudden turbulence on Air Canada flight AC 33 between Vancouver and Sydney shows that aviation accidents are not always about crashes. Turbulence is a common phenomenon on long haul flights and [...]
Hermitage Woman Dies in Small Plane Crash on Route to Chicago
84 year old Hermitage resident, Dorothy Stockard, died when a small plane crash landed in a wheat field south of Kankakee in Illinois last Friday (July 5th). The other two occupants of the Beechcraft A36 [...]
To Scoot or Not to Scoot: Nashville Mayor Briley Says No for Now
Electric powered scooters have caused huge consternation for city authorities wherever they have popped up. Seven e-scooter companies in Nashville have now been told that they cannot operate, following the first death of a scooter [...]