Godwin, Morris, Laurenzi & Bloomfield, P.C.

Thousands of motorists share the roadways in Tennessee each day. Every person behind the wheel of a car is expected to drive safely and adhere to traffic laws. When accidents occur, many become innocent victims who suffer personal injuries because of another driver's...

A highway that has two lanes, with only one lane going in each direction, can be a road where many accidents occur. In Tennessee and elsewhere, a motorist must use due care in passing in these circumstances. Where a car crash occurs due to improper passing, the driver...

When death occurs in a vehicular accident in Tennessee, the investigating authorities will attempt to determine whether one or more drivers were at fault in causing the fatality. They will make the same evaluation regarding the liability of any drivers to any of those...

The speed and recklessness involved in most police chases make it easy to see why many of them end in crashes. The unfortunate thing about these crashes is that innocent motorists often find themselves involved. A fatal crash in Tennessee on Oct. 23 demonstrates...

A dangerous situation can occur when two people engage in a heated, emotional argument while driving on a highway. The necessity of safe driving can become nearly impossible when one or both of the arguing parties loses all emotional control. This happened recently in...

It is dangerous to get out of one's car at night on a busy Interstate highway. That may be doubly true when one has an accident on the highway and gets out of the car to inquire if the other driver is okay. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, such an event...

New technology has been put to use to increase safety for citizens who face emergency situations created by highway accidents. The features are available through the online driver services provided by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security. In the...

Massive chain reaction accidents are not unheard of in Tennessee and nationwide. In some cases, an initial rear-end collision can bring about a long chain of additional crashes. Furthermore, when a car crash occurs on a highway, motorists do not always use the kind of...

It may be a close call to decide whether being blinded unexpectedly by the sun while driving can be considered the driver's negligence if a serious accident results from that blindness. The answer may depend on the detailed second-by-second scenario of what occurred....