The death of a loved one in Tennessee due to another person’s negligence is often devastating financially and emotionally. If you lost a spouse or family member due to the carelessness or misconduct of an individual or organization, you might have grounds for legal...
From phone use to talking with other people in your vehicle, you need to avoid various distractions when you drive. Unfortunately, some drivers fail to stay focused on the road and they cause serious accidents. Moreover, distracted driving accidents are especially...
While motorists and motorcycles must follow the same traffic laws, for the rider, the results of a collision may easily be deadly. According to the Tennessee Highway Safety Office, in a crash between a motor vehicle and a motorcycle, the cyclist is roughly five times...
The loss of life in a fatal auto accident can be devastating for loved ones left behind. A person who dies may be a spouse or a parent. With that person deceased, the survivors have lost someone who provided love and support. This is why Tennessee law provides a way...
Motor vehicle accidents claim more than 30,000 lives every year in the U.S. This sobering statistic remains fairly constant year in and year out, with fluctuations bringing the total close to 40,000 some years and nearer to 30,000 other years. Only once in the past 24...
For many people in Tennessee, the most preferred mode of transportation is driving their motor vehicles. It may be a car, a truck or motorcycle, but people drive their personal vehicles almost every day. This means that there are many vehicles on the various roads in...
Some motorists may feel that traffic signals are an inconvenience and driving through them is a minor offense. But driving through a traffic light, known as red light running, can cause fatal motor vehicle accidents. What it is A motorist commits a violation when they...
During an all-encompassing business and social national shutdown in March, motorists were driving less but more recklessly. There was a 14 percent rise in people killed in fatal motor vehicle accidents per miles driven that month, according to preliminary figures...
Police reported that a head-on collision in the greater Knoxville area claimed the life of one person and left another person with serious injuries. The accident happened in Roane County and involved two private passenger vehicles. Police say the head on collision...
Fatal car accidents are always a somber event. They are truly devastating when the victims are people who were well-known and admired within the community. Such is the case in a fatal accident in Tennessee that claimed the lives of two prominent citizens. An accident...
