Everyone has probably at one time or another experienced the dangers of trying to pass a vehicle on a two-lane roadway that contains only one lane of traffic in the direction traveled, and one lane coming the other way. The rules of the road in Tennessee and elsewhere...
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Tennessee boating accident could lead to wrongful death claim
When Tennessee residents hear of personal injury accidents, it is usually motor vehicle accidents. However, with summer well underway here in Tennessee, boating accidents may take the forefront of the news. In some of these cases, just like with car...
Car crash victims injured by cell-phone talking tortfeasor
A great deal of human suffering could have been avoided at 5 a.m. on Friday, June 26, had a 26-year-old GMC Envoy driver not been talking on his cell phone while driving on the ramp to Interstate 275 north from Interstate 40 west. He rear-ended a car in front of him,...
Crossover car crash takes 2 lives, alcohol impairment suspected
In Tennessee and everywhere else, it is often difficult to know what causes car accidents where a driver loses control of a vehicle and goes off the road into a ditch, tree or other obstruction. This often happens at curves in the road where driving too fast may...
Fatal car crash claims 2 dead, 1 injured in crossover mishap
Another fatal accident has been caused by a vehicle operator who lost control, crossed the center line of a highway and crashed head-on into an oncoming vehicle. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the car crash occurred on the Newport Highway near the Cocke...
Accident injuries are fatal to 17-year-old recent graduate
The tragic death of a teenager in a car crash is always an overwhelming emotional loss to a family. It is often also devastating to schoolmates, friends and a wide slice of the community that the victim inhabited and enriched. In Bradley County, a 17-year-old...
2 dead, others suffer personal injury, when SUV hits motorcycles
Another tragic loss of human life occurred in Tennessee on Friday, May 22, when an SUV driven by a 31-year-old Walland woman crossed into oncoming traffic and caused an accident that killed two people on a motorcycle. The SUV hit a total of four oncoming motorcycles,...
Driver going wrong-way in I-40 car crash that kills 2
Another wrong-way driver has apparently caused a deadly accident in Tennessee. The multi-vehicle car crash occurred at about 2:30 a.m. on Interstate 40 on Saturday, May 16. The suspected wrong-way driver is believed to have entered the highway at the westbound exit at...
Impaired driver not necessarily liable for injuries in car crash
If a driver fleeing from police gets into an accident, it's a good bet that he or she was driving negligently or recklessly. However, the cause of a car crash in Tennessee must be investigated strictly on the facts of what happened and not solely on the condition or...
Estate files death action for compensation of deceased officer
The appropriate type of civil lawsuit to file against a negligent driver for causing death in a traffic accident is called a wrongful death action. The family of the deceased must file an estate in the person's county of residence, and it is the estate that files...

