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Recovery Blood Clot Filter Linked to Hundreds of Injuries and Deaths
Defective medical devices are one of the leading causes of personal injury and medical malpractice lawsuits in this country. Now, NBC News has uncovered a horrific link between C.R. Bard’s Recovery Blood Clot Filter and the deaths of 27 people – and the serious injuries of hundreds more. The Recovery filter, described by NBC as…
Read MoreDefinitive Link Found between Paxil and Prozac and Birth Defects
For years, scientists have been studying whether or not anti-depressants belonging to the class of drugs called Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) cause birth defects. In July of 2015, Reuters reported that “a sweeping government study of thousands of women has found links between the older antidepressants Prozac and Paxil and birth defects, but has…
Read MoreSummertime, and the Living’s Easy – but the Driving is Difficult
With only a few more weeks left of summer, more and more families are scrambling to get away for a vacation before school starts. That means we’re bound to see more cars on the road right here in Memphis, because tourists and visitors will be pouring in as locals and residents take to the highways.…
Read MoreHaving Lupus Is Not Enough to Get Social Security Disability
The autoimmune disease lupus affects up to 1.5 million people in the U.S. It is also listed in the Social Security Administration’s “blue book,” which means that the SSA recognizes that some people will be so affected by the disease that they may eventually be unable to work. However, being diagnosed with lupus is not…
Read MoreBuilding a Case with Evidence When You Are Hit by a Car
Some car crashes are clear-cut when it comes to determining fault; if you are rear-ended while you are stopped at a red light, the fault obviously lies with the other driver. But let us say that you weren’t wearing your seatbelt at the time, and you suffered additional injuries because you were thrown into the…
Read MorePreventing Nursing Home Abuse in Tennessee
The decision to put your elderly loved one in a nursing home is never an easy one. Whether it is your grandparent or parent, it can be a gut wrenching decision to place your relative’s health and safety in the hands of strangers. Even more difficult is the knowledge that the people who have promised…
Read MoreCurbing the Dangers of Summer Teen Driving Accidents in Tennessee
Along with the summer sunshine comes the heartbreak that thousands of parents of teen drivers will experience when they get the terrible news that their son or daughter has been injured – or even worse, killed – in a car accident. When school lets out for the summer we open the floodgates of newly minted…
Read MoreMight Driverless Trucks Be the Answer to Safer Highways?
The state of Nevada has just approved driverless trucks for highways. Daimler has released their Freightliner Inspiration driverless trucks that can travel the highways without a driver. Using scanners, sensors and radar to sense its position relative to other cars and trucks on the road, these driverless trucks will be cruising Nevada’s highways with a…
Read MoreAccidents Involving Garbage Trucks Happen More than You Think
If you live in a city and leave your house early in the morning you are likely to encounter a big, slow moving garbage truck on its rounds. Sometimes it might seem as if the garbage truck driver has little regard for how much of a hurry you are in, or the fact that they…
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…
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