Qualifying 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…

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Car 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…

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Punitive 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…

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Social Security Disability Benefits for Arthritis

Arthritis is an informal way of referring to more than 100 types of joint diseases according to the Arthritis Foundation. More than 50 million adults and 300,000 children have some form of Arthritis or a related condition, making it the leading cause of disability in the United States. Arthritis tends to be more common in…

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The Life Saving Potential of Truck Crash Avoidance Technology

The drivers of large commercial trucks owe a duty of care, as does every driver, to exercise caution when they are driving those massive trucks and to operate their vehicle in such a way that does not endanger the lives of those with others on the roadways. But truck accidents happen, and when they involve…

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Social Security Disability and Qualifying Mental Disorders

The state of our mental health has a significant impact on how well we can manage our lives and how well we perform on our jobs. Mental illness, just like physical illness, can become disabling and debilitating enough to keep us from working, making it near impossible to support ourselves and our loved ones. That…

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Preventing Dangerous and Deadly Underride Truck Accidents

A passenger vehicle is driving along the highway when suddenly, up ahead traffic begins to slow down and they must apply their brakes quickly. Then the car behind them crashes into their back bumper forcing them to crash into the large commercial truck in front of them causing a catastrophic crash. There were fatalities in…

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Auto Accidents Caused by Tailgating or Following Too Closely

One of the most common types of car crashes are rear-end crashes, which often occur when one driver is following the vehicle in front too closely. When the forward vehicle has to stop suddenly, the vehicle in the rear does not have enough time to brake without crashing into the back of the forward vehicle.…

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Understanding Residual Functional Capacity

In order for the Social Security Administration to make a decision about whether an applicant for Social Security Disability benefits has a disability that will keep them from being able to work, they must figure out what the applicant can do given the limitations of their current state of physical and mental health. To answer…

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Wrongful Death Lawsuits after a Truck Accident in Tennessee

If your loved one was involved in an accident with a large, commercial truck and they were in a passenger vehicle, it is unlikely that they ever stood a chance against such a massive vehicle. Facing the unexpected death of a loved one is never easy, but knowing that they died due to the negligence…

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When Faulty Equipment Leads to Truck Accidents

As the driver of a passenger vehicle, do you ever shudder just a little bit when a big, commercial truck whizzes past you on the highway? You can feel the sheer power of that massive machine and you don’t even want to contemplate what it might feel like to get into an accident with a…

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Drugged Driving vs Drunk Driving: Endangering Tennessee Roadways

By now we all know about the dangers of drinking and driving, how it costs lives and ruins lives every day in Tennessee. You might be surprised to learn that there has actually been a steady decline in drunk driving in the U.S. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s Roadside Survey of Alcohol…

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Compassionate Allowance Can Provide Social Security Disability Benefits Quickly

For applicants who are very sick and whose medical condition clearly meets Social Security Administration disability standards, there is a program called Compassionate Allowance. The Compassionate Allowance program started in 2008, and is not separate from the Social Security Disability program; rather, it represents a streamlined approach to getting benefits approved quickly based on the…

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How to Stay Informed about Auto Recalls That Affect You

In the past few years it seems as if we are being bombarded with news about automotive recalls of one kind or another. The most prominent recall, involving defective Takata airbags, affected more than 30 million vehicles manufactured by 10 different automakers, which were installed in vehicles between 2002 and 2008. The defective airbags were…

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