Longer Trailers Could Lead to Increased Truck Crashes

Due to their substantial size and weight, tractor trailer trucks pose a serious danger to drivers on the Tennessee highways, due to their substantial size and weight. Yet there are efforts underway to increase the size of these accident-causing vehicles. According to reports, the Americans for Modern Transportation Coalition (AMT) is currently advocating to extend…

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Dangers of Driving on Under-Inflated Tires

Driving on under-inflated tires is dangerous. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, almost 1/3 of passenger cars, light trucks and SUVs are being driven with at least one under-inflated tire. Under-inflation is one of the leading causes of tire failure. If tire pressure is too low, too much of the tire’s surface area…

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Jury Awards $44 Million for Brain Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

A jury in Philadelphia awarded $44.1 million to Andrea Tate, a patient who suffered a brain bleed while being treated at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according to a story in the Legal Intelligencer. In the case of Tate vs. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the jury, who deliberated over two days,…

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Tragic Crash on I-40 Shows the Real Dangers of Truck Accidents

A woman was killed in a crash between her SUV and a tractor-trailer on Interstate 40 in Madison on Friday January 29. The police report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol said that a driver was traveling westbound in a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox when the vehicle crossed the grass median and struck a tractor-trailer in the…

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