Nashville Personal Injury Law Blog

If you're driving along a Tennessee roadway and another vehicle crashes into yours, the rest of your day will undoubtedly not be going as planned. Depending on the details of your situation, the weeks and months ahead, or even the rest of your life, may be challenging. Surviving car accidents and obtaining full recovery are two very different things.

If you suffer moderate to severe injuries in a motor vehicle collision, the hours that follow may be filled with an ambulance or helicopter transport to a hospital or trauma center. Then, you will face medical examinations or perhaps even emergency surgery, if needed. You might spend the night in the hospital or even several days or longer. The recovery process typically does not end when you return home either; in fact, it is often only beginning.

Operating a motorcycle requires a level of skill and confidence that may not be required by the average motorist. Due to the fact that riders are more vulnerable to serious or life-threatening injuries in the event that they are involved in motorcycle accidents, the vast majority are diligent and pay close attention to their surroundings as they ride. Unfortunately, many tragic crashes are caused by the negligence of other motorists like the one that recently occurred in Crossville, Tennessee.

Police arrived at the scene of a collision between a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle. It was determined that the motorist was proceeding along a local road when he entered an intersection. Police stated that the 20-year-old man failed to yield the right-of-way to an oncoming motorcycle operated by a 44-year-old man.

Now that July is here, Tennessee’s new hands-free phone bill is in effect. Drivers will now receive fines if the police catch them holding the phone in any capacity that doesn’t involve an emergency situation.

This will be difficult for many motorists to adjust to. Thousands of drivers still use phones for many necessary functions that don’t involve texting, and now they can’t access them without risking potential penalties. It is crucial that you and your family begin adjusting for the following cellular activities:

Law enforcement officers are often called upon to handle difficult and sometimes gruesome incidents. Though car accidents often prove to be routine, there are times when these calls involve horrific scenes that have been caused by impaired or otherwise negligent drivers. Recently, Tennessee police found more than they bargained for when they stopped a purportedly intoxicated driver.

According to the police report, a driver was observed having difficulty maintaining his position in a travel lane. When the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the driver purportedly shouted that he had to return home and proceeded to drive off. The officer followed the erratic motorist in with the goal of attempting a second traffic stop.