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Understand the Types of Damages that are Available to Victims of Landlord and Property Owner Neglect
There are many different ways you can be injured by the negligence of a landlord or property owner. When this happens, you are entitled to compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering. Your chances of recovering money in a premises liability case depend on the facts of each case and will also…
Read MoreCheap Management Companies Often Overlook Aluminum Wiring Hazards
In the late 1960s and early 1970s an estimated two million homes, including apartments, were built or renovated using aluminum wiring. A U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission report investigated numerous hazardous incidents and fires throughout the nation involving aluminum branch circuit wiring. Homes with aluminum branch circuit wiring are 55 times more likely to have…
Read MoreProperty Owner/Operator Liability Requires Notice of the Dangerous Condition on the Premises
Premises liability requires the owner/operator to have knowledge of the dangerous condition prior to the injury occurring. If you have suffered an injury due to a dangerous condition on someone else’s property, you may be entitled to recover damages for your injuries. A Memphis personal injury lawyer can assist you in determing whether you have a case…
Read MoreTennessee Premises Liability: Slip and Fall Accidents and You
One of the most common ways you can be injured is in a slip and fall accident. One minute you are going about your business, and the next, you are on the ground. If you are lucky, you are not injured and just pick yourself up and move on, hoping not too many people saw…
Read MoreTennessee Stairway Accidents Can Cause Serious Injury
We have all done it at least once in our lives. We head up – or down – a flight of stairs and suddenly find ourselves in a heap on the ground. If we were lucky, we were uninjured and simply a bit embarrassed. But sometimes falling on stairs can result in serious injuries. And…
Read MoreTennessee Slip and Fall Accidents Often Result in Spinal Cord Injuries
Of the many kinds of Tennessee premises liability cases we see, slip and fall accidents can cause the most serious injuries. And when these falls cause injury to the spinal cord, the consequences can be both serious and long lasting. As Memphis premises liability attorneys, we know how devastating a spinal cord injury can be.…
Read MoreFive Ways to Injure Your Knees in a Tennessee Slip and Fall Accident
How often do you think about your knees? Before your Tennessee slip and fall accident, you may have wondered why anyone would even think to ask that question. Now that you’ve injured your knee, you truly appreciate how much of a role knees play in your daily life. Regardless of the type of knee injury…
Read MoreYour Responsibility to Protect Customers and Social Guests During the Holidays
As the holidays rapidly approach, many people neglect to focus on the duty owed to their customers and social guests. However, in Tennessee, a business owner or host owes a duty to warn customers or social guests of dangerous conditions that the person knows or should know of. Many people decorate their homes and businesses…
Read MoreProperty Owner/Manager Liability in Tennessee Apartment and House Fire Cases
Rental properties, especially those in metropolitan areas such as Memphis, are oftentimes neglected in a variety of ways that can result in a fire. When a fire occurs in a house or apartment that an individual is leasing, the owner, and possibly the manager of the premises, may be liable for damages incurred as a…
Read MoreLiability in Tennessee Drowning Deaths
With spring right around the corner in Tennessee, many individuals, businesses, and organizations will soon be opening up their pools. Although a pool is a great way to avoid the unbearable Memphis heat, it can also be extremely dangerous. Before a pool is opened, it is important to consider the safety of pool occupants. In…
Read MoreLawsuit Filed Against 24 Hour Fitness Following Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
Lawsuit Filed Against 24 Hour Fitness Following Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Thomas GreerSince graduating magna cum laude in 2005 from the University of Memphis School of Law, Thomas has helped make a difference in the lives of victims of serious personal injury, wrongful death, and professional negligence. Thomas has extensive trial experience in both state and federal court. Among other victories in…
Read MoreLawsuit Filed Against Kroger and Belz in Memphis, TN
Lawsuit filed against Kroger and Belz in Memphis, Tennessee over a shooting at the Southgate Shopping Center. Central Defense also named as a defendant. Read More Here Thomas GreerSince graduating magna cum laude in 2005 from the University of Memphis School of Law, Thomas has helped make a difference in the lives of victims of serious personal injury, wrongful death,…
Read MoreMother Awarded $1.5 Million After Her Son Choked To Death During Lunch
LaFonda Bond, represented by Bailey and Greer, was awarded $1.5 million after her son died during lunchtime at his pre-school, Lambuth Memorial Preschool. Read More about the case. Thomas GreerSince graduating magna cum laude in 2005 from the University of Memphis School of Law, Thomas has helped make a difference in the lives of victims of serious personal…
Read More4 Keys To Proving a Memphis Wrongful Death Case
A wrongful death case is often full of strong emotions for surviving family members. The pain, loss and agony caused by someone’s negligence make the case seem like an open-and-shut one for those close to the victim. However, in this tragic situation, it’s important to understand the four key elements that are necessary to prove…
Read MoreExperienced wrongful death attorneys with proven results.
The passing of a loved one is always a traumatic experience. But it’s even more devastating when you know his or her death could have been avoided. Whether it’s due to a car accident, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, or any other injury or accident, a wrongful death does more than just ravage…
Read MoreTennessee Wrongful Death: Who is to Blame?
When a wrongful death occurs in Tennessee, other people besides the victim suffer. Family members may experience financial problems and emotional devastation. For these reasons and more, Tennessee law provides the bereaved with the legal right to sue those responsible. Wrongful death can happen anywhere, anytime. Car accidents, faulty products, medical mistakes, and safety violations…
Read MoreThe Grief Process and Tennessee Wrongful Death
Losing a loved one because of another’s negligence can be one of the most painful and devastating experiences life can bring. As middle Tennessee wrongful death lawyers, we know exactly how emotionally trying a wrongful death can be. When a family member dies, the whole family grieves. But when the death was unnecessary, caused by…
Read MoreEight Common Causes for Memphis Wrongful Death Lawsuits
When you lose a loved one, the pain can be intense and unrelenting. But if the loss was caused by negligence on someone else’s part, anger joins the mix and makes it even harder for the surviving loved ones to cope with their loss. Often these survivors turn to Tennessee wrongful death lawsuits to help…
Read MoreProduct Liability and Tennessee Wrongful Death Claims
We all know that we will die one day; that is the reality of life. But when we lose a loved one prematurely, it seems unfair. Indeed it sometimes is, when the death is caused by a defect in the manufacturing of a product we use. We like to think that all the products we…
Read MoreWhy Does Tennessee Wrongful Death in the Workplace Happen?
When a loved one dies on-the-job in Tennessee, the emotional and financial hardships can devastate families. But when the death was preventable – someone or something caused it – then the law considers the death to be wrongful and the negligent party can be held responsible for the losses suffered by survivors. In 2010, there…
Read MoreA City Beyond Reproach: How the GTLA Shields the Government From Negligence Claims
When a government employee’s negligence causes an accident, the injured victims are limited in what they recover for their injuries. As a young Memphis police officer raced to provide backup for a colleague on quiet Sunday afternoon, he drove through a red light without emergency lights or sirens and into an intersection south of downtown…
Read MoreTips on Choosing the Right Daycare
One of the most important decisions parents make for their child is their choice of a child-care provider. Parents’ worst nightmare is placing their child in the care of someone that does not have the child’s best interest at heart. Too often, however, children are injured or killed as the result of a caregiver’s negligence…
Read MoreSeparating the Good from the Bad: Choosing a Great Tennessee Nursing Home
As our loved ones age and need more care than we can provide for them, we sometimes must make the decision to let a professional facility take over their primary care. This decision is not easy. When the nursing home is a great one, the residents benefit from kindness, safety, and security. But picking the…
Read MoreHas My Loved One Suffered Nursing Home Abuse?
When you entrust your loved one to a nursing home or assisted-living facility, you assume that person will be treated with the utmost care and respect. But when your loved one suffers an injury or worse, dies, due to nursing home neglect or abuse, the pain and anguish it causes makes everyone who cares about…
Read MoreProtect Your Tennessee Nursing Home Loved Ones: Abuse Statistics
When we entrust the care of our aging family members to a nursing home, we assume that our loved ones will be cared for with compassion and dignity. Unfortunately, this is not always true, and Tennessee nursing home abuse reflects the statistics seen throughout the United States. As middle Tennessee nursing home abuse lawyers, we…
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