On September 16th, a Kentucky man in a stolen vehicle led the Tennessee Highway Patrol in a Roane County police chase before jumping out of the car and attempting to run away. This past Sunday night, a young man led police in a car chase through Anderson, Knox, Blount, Sevier, and Cocke Counties, damaging at…
Workplace injuries can be overwhelming, but knowing your rights is essential to securing the compensation you deserve. Whether you’re dealing with a sudden accident or a gradual injury from repeated work conditions, acting quickly is crucial. A Knoxville workers’ compensation attorney or a Knoxville workplace injury lawyer can be your best ally in navigating…
If you’ve been involved in a car, truck or motorcycle accident, an experienced car accident lawyer can help you recover everything that you are entitled to under the law. For more information on how a car accident lawyer can help you, check out our recent blog post. The Top 10 Reasons You Would Need…
We wrote recently about the process of filing for Workers’ Compensation benefits. If you haven’t read it yet, you can check it out here. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has detailed instructions on their website to help you through the process. In a perfect world, you would follow the process step…
If you think about it everything we buy these days from goods to services comes with a guarantee. Why do businesses offer a guarantee? Typically, guarantees let us as consumers know that we can feel confident in the goods or services we purchase because if we aren’t we know we can get our money…
Most of us have, at one time or another, tripped over a rug or slipped on a wet spot in a place of business. Most of the time, it’s no big deal. We simply go on about our business. But what do you do if it’s more serious than that? What if you are…
It’s 2016 and we have the world at our fingertips. According to comscore, an estimated 187 million Americans now own a smart phone, which represents approximately 77% of the population. Wi-fi is readily available at seemingly every turn and you can use Google to find information on virtually any topic. When someone has been…
Last week furniture maker IKEA issued a recall notice for 27 million of its Malm chests and dressers. Because of the way that they are designed, the furniture can easily tip over under normal use. According to USA Today, two children died in 2014 after their Malm chests flipped over on them. IKEA reported…
It’s discouraging, even terrifying when you realize that someone who has just caused thousands of dollars in personal injury expenses and property damage does not have enough insurance, or perhaps no insurance at all, to cover those costs. Many drivers in Tennessee carry the state minimum of $25,000 in coverage and are not equipped…
Our Knoxville workers’ compensation lawyers frequently get calls from injured workers telling us that their medical treatment has been denied by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Carrier. Discussed below are some of the reasons that treatment is denied and what injured workers should do when that happens. One common reason that treatment is denied is…