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Jury Awards More than $1 Million Verdict to Bailey & Greer Client in Medical Malpractice Case
On January 27, 2018, after a one week trial, a Rutherford County jury returned a verdict for $1,062,432.23 against Dr. Mason W. Mandy. The jury also found that Dr. Mandy should pay punitive damages, which is a special type of award meant to punish wrongdoers for particularly egregious behavior. In this case, the jury found…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability Special Accommodations for Applicants Over Age 50
Applying for Social Security Disability benefits is not an easy process. However, if you happen to be between the ages of 50 and 64, we have some encouraging news for you. If you qualify for SSD benefits, the process is far more streamlined for those over age 50 – and even more so if you…
Read MoreQualifying for Social Security Disability with Lupus
Lupus is an autoimmune disease, which means that your immune system, instead of protecting your health, begins to attack healthy cells and tissues. An individual who has been diagnosed with lupus may be able to qualify for Social Security Disability depending on how significant their functional impairments might be, or due to how much the…
Read MoreCar Crashes Caused by Roadway Defects and Hazards in Tennessee
A defective roadway, dangerous conditions on a street or highway, or many other environmental factors can cause car crashes. In its National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey, researchers for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration considered factors such as the roadway or environment that contributed to the cause of a motor vehicle crash. The NHTSA…
Read MoreCan You Recover Compensation in a Car Accident Even if You Are Partially Responsible?
Tennessee has some strict rules about who can make an effective claim for damages in an auto accident. What happens when you are found partially at fault for the collisions? Can you recover damages even then? Yes, you can. Tennessee adopted the modified comparative fault system in 1992, which allows a person to recover damages…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability: What are the Pros and Cons of Video Hearings?
If you require a hearing with the Social Security Administration, there is often a backlog requiring applicants to wait for months in order to attend a live hearing with an Administrative Law Judge. However, the SSA has taken steps to utilize technology to help relieve the backlog of cases the need hearings by allowing video…
Read MorePunitive Damages in Tennessee Personal Injury Cases
When you are involved in an accident, you have the right to pursue compensation for your injuries, your medical bills and your pain and suffering. Sometimes, however, the accident was caused by an act of willful or malicious intent or recklessness. Or perhaps you were injured because a large corporation or entity chose to “cut…
Read MoreInjured at Daycare: Is the Caregiver Liable for My Child’s Injuries?
Part of being a parent is entrusting the care of your child to your daycare provider, the babysitter who keeps them when you go out in the evening, summer camp counselors and scout leaders. You expect that these individuals have the proper training to care for children, and that they will keep your child safe…
Read MoreR. Sadler Bailey Achieves $600,000 for Client Injured in a Tractor-Trailer Collision
When you have been in a serious commercial truck accident, you need an attorney who will fight aggressively and effectively on your behalf. Firm founder R. Sadler Bailey proves that once again, choosing the right attorney can mean the difference between a lifetime of suffering, and protecting your family and your future. The case involved…
Read More$600,000 Verdict for Truck Driver Injured in Collision
A Haywood County, TN jury awarded a $600,000 verdict on behalf of our client, a truck driver who sustained substantial injuries in a collision. The insurance company’s final offer was for $125,000, but the jury awarded 5 times that amount. They reached a verdict in only 40 minutes. The driver suffered from a spinal compression…
Read MoreCan I Work While Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits?
You are allowed to work while you are applying for benefits and even after you begin receiving Social Security benefits. However, there is a limit to how much you are allowed to earn and still maintain your disability benefits. We wanted to address some of the questions most asked of us and of the Social…
Read MoreCelebrate the Opening of the New Jackson, TN Office with Bailey & Greer!
We are so proud to announce the opening of our second office in Jackson, Tennessee! Memphis has been amazing to us, but we wanted to offer our clients – both current and new – another way to reach us that would be more convenient for so many of them. Because we work with families throughout…
Read MoreHit-and-Run Auto Accidents in Tennessee
In March 2015, 46-year-old Donald Rogers was killed and his wife, Jennifer Rogers was severely injured in a hit-and-run car accident in on Interstate 40 in East Lebanon. Rogers was driving on I-40 in a Pontiac Firebird when his car and another car crashed. Following the collision, Rogers lost control of his car, which overturned…
Read MoreDefective Drugs: Zofran Birth Defect Litigation
Zofran and its genetic counterpart, ondansetron, is a prescription drug that was approved in 1991 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ease the nausea that cancer patients experience after chemotherapy treatment and surgery. Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline then began marketing the drug to doctors to prescribe to pregnant women who were suffering from…
Read More$1.53 Million Jury Verdict: Memphis, Tennessee Car Wreck Case
In this case, Bailey & Greer represented the family of Kathryn Sadowski. Ms. Sadowski was a passenger in a car being driven by her husband Emil Sadowski. The wreck occurred when an uninsured driver, Chamroerun Kheiv, was driving recklessly and slammed into the couple on Hwy 64 near the Wolfchase Mall. An independent witness confirmed…
Read MorePrisoner Denied Proper Medical Care: Policy Limits Settlement
Our client was serving time in prison for a non-violent crime. He was dependent upon prescription medication in order to control a chronic medical condition. Over the course of several days, the prison medical providers deprived our client of his medication, which resulted in severe and permanent injuries. To make matters worse, the prison medical…
Read MoreMemphis Truck Wreck Results in $3.7 Million Jury Verdict
On July 1, 2009, our client, Donriel Borne, was driving an 18-wheeler when traffic came to a stop on I-55 in Memphis, TN, near Crump Boulevard. Donriel stopped his truck but the 18-wheeler behind him was following too closely and rear-ended him. At the time of the wreck, Donriel was 30 years old. Donriel sought…
Read MoreLawsuit Against Tennessee Ambulance Company Results in $250,000 Settlement
Our client was being transported from a rural hospital in Tennessee to a metropolitan hospital to undergo non-emergency surgery. As his scheduled surgery was non-emergent, the ambulance driver had no reason to drive at a high rate of speed, use sirens, or travel through red lights. Moreover, the policies and procedures of the ambulance company…
Read MoreTennessee Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Case Ends in Confidential Settlement
A fifty-four year old wife and mother of two goes in for a routine hip replacement and dies during surgery. Her Tennessee doctor carelessly cut an artery and refused to call for assistance to repair it until it was too late to save her. These are the disturbing facts of a case we recently settled…
Read MoreMemphis Hospital Bed Sore Lawsuit: $340,000 Settlement
In this case, a Memphis area hospital failed to properly turn and reposition our client. The improper nursing care cause the client’s skin to break down and he ultimately developed a bed sore or pressure ulcer on his back. The bed sore resulted in additional medical treatment and medical bills and ultimately a skin flap…
Read MoreMotorcycle Crash Ends with $250,000 Insurance Policy Limits Settlement
In this Tennessee motorcycle wreck case, our client was traveling down a two lane highway in Kingsport, Tennessee. He was following the speed limit as well as all other traffic laws. As he was passing through an intersection where he had the green light, a car traveling in the opposite direction failed to yield and…
Read More$500,000 Memphis Jury Verdict
A Memphis jury, which included a teacher, doctor, firefighter, and small business owner, returned a verdict on February 12, 2013 for $500,000, finding that the driver of an SUV was primarily responsible for an interstate crash that left both him and his passenger dead. In this wrongful death case we represented the family of the…
Read MoreJackson Tennessee Auto Accident Case Results in Settlement for Insurance Policy Limits
In this Tennessee auto accident case, we represented a teenager who was injured while riding as a passenger with an acquaintance. Unbeknownst to our client, the driver was under the influence of drugs at the time and began to drive erratically and dangerously. His actions resulted in a serious car crash and left our client…
Read More$225,000 Auto Accident Settlement
In this case, we represented the family of an elderly woman who was killed in an auto accident. The defendant attempted to argue that because our client was in her 90s at the time of her death, that her life was not worth very much money. As a result, we set the case for trial…
Read More$1 Million Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Settlement for Misdiagnosing Brain Aneurysm
Our client’s wife visited the emergency room as a result of having a severe headache. She also experienced facial drooping and slurred speech prior to being seen in the emergency room. Despite having the classic signs and symptoms of a brain aneurysm, no CT scan was performed and the patient was discharged and told she…
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