Posts by Thomas Greer

Any accident that involves a tractor trailer can cause a greater amount of property damage and injuries than your average car accident.  Undoubtedly, the size and weight of tractor trailers, as well as the way that they are made, create the potential for very serious accidents. When two or more tractor trailers collide, the results…

Parents across Memphis and all over America get their children ready for school every weekday morning. After the children have gotten dressed and eaten breakfast, the next step of their weekday routine often includes getting on the school bus. After school, the children get back on the school bus to return home. Parents and children…

When a patient has a severe allergy to a drug, long or even short term exposure cause them severe harm, disability, and even death. There are many ways that medical care providers are made aware of their patients’ drug allergies. Allergy information is relayed through medical records, medical alert bracelets, and conversation with the patients…

On March 7, 2014, New York orthopedic surgeon Spyros Panos was sentenced to four and a half years in federal prison for committing the crime of health care fraud. The sentence is accompanied by a fine of $250,000.00 as well as a requirement that Panos pay another five million dollars of restitution to the government.…

On Thursday, February 27, three students from Mitchell High School were involved in a single-car accident. The crash claimed the life of Laquisha Lipsey, who was riding in the car as a passenger. Eighteen year old Jashunda Reed, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident, has been charged with reckless driving,…

At around 2:48 p.m. on February 27, 2014, a MATA bus collided with van at the intersection of Union and Third in downtown Memphis, TN.  The bus was traveling east on Union and the van was traveling north on Third.  Allegedly the van ran a red light.  The crash sent several bus passengers to the…

Many times, trucking accidents claim the lives of passengers who are traveling in smaller vehicles. Sometimes, the victims of trucking accidents are truckers themselves. A 2009 crash in Lebanon County which involved two semi-trailers killed a truck driver and his passenger. This past month, a federal judge awarded $2.2 million dollars to the family of…

Many legal malpractice cases require a plaintiff to be able to show that there was an attorney-client relationship between the defendant attorney and themselves. Some cases do extend an attorney’s liability to non-clients, and some cases expand upon the definition of the term “client” as it is commonly used, but the majority of legal malpractice…

A singer with the Nashville Opera Company is currently unable to share her talents on the stage as a result of an injury that she sustained while giving birth to her son in February of 2012.  Singer Amy Herbst and her husband, who was in the army at the time, went to the Blanchfield Army…

Knowledge is power, and when it comes to giving birth to your baby, it can give provide you with the tools and information you need to make choices during your labor and delivery.  While you may feel as though doctors and hospitals always have their patients’ best interests in mind, there are some situations in…

When Tennessee attorneys are found to have committed misconduct, there is a range of consequences which the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Office of Professional Responsibility may impose upon them. One such consequence is censure, which is a public warning to an attorney which does not affect their ability to practice law. Shelby County Assistant District Attorney…

We have all heard stories about the horrible things that can happen if a surgical tool or other foreign object gets left inside of a patient after they have had an operation. We may even have heard of cases where the wrong surgery was performed on a patient, or where a surgery was performed on…

When recent reforms to Tennessee’s medical malpractice laws went into effect in 2009, there were many changes that took place. One of those changes was that a plaintiff must give a defendant at least sixty days’ notice of their intent to file a medical malpractice claim. When the new notice requirement went into effect, there…

Just after midnight on Sunday, January 12, 2014, a fatal motorcycle crash occurred on Peachers Mill Road in Clarksville, Tennessee. The motorcycle that Andrew S. Hafen was riding was the only vehicle involved in the deadly accident. The crash appears to have happened when Hafen was unable to negotiate a slight curve in the road.…

While not every nursing home resident wants life-saving measures like CPR to be administered if they are found unresponsive, nursing home staff are required to abide by the wishes of their residents as they are spelled out in their advance directives. If a resident does not have an advance directive, the default directive is to…

If you feel as though it is more difficult to drive at night than it is during the day, you are right. Driving requires skill and concentration at any time of day or night, but after the sun sets, it is more difficult for drivers to see things like signs and pavement markings. Wildlife and…

On Friday, January 24, 2014, a horrific accident involving a dump truck occurred near the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. The accident happened just before 9AM at the corner of Middle Tennessee Boulevard and Greenland Drive. The victim, a student at Middle Tennessee State University, was on his way to class when he…

Many times, trucking accidents claim the lives of passengers who are traveling in smaller vehicles. Sometimes, the victims of trucking accidents are truckers themselves. A 2009 crash in Lebanon County which involved two semi-trailers killed a truck driver and his passenger. This past month, a federal judge awarded $2.2 million dollars to the family of…

When you drive a car, motorcycle, truck, or any other vehicle, there is always some risk that one or more of the vehicle’s parts are defective, and that the defect will cause the vehicle to malfunction. Sometimes, if a part is defective and the vehicle malfunctions, the driver may be able to get the vehicle…

On Saturday, January 25, 2014, a series of accidents occurred on the eastbound side of I-30 in Cookeville, Tennessee. A chain reaction that began with one accident and eventually resulted in a total of ten accidents involving eighteen vehicles happened between 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM, between mile marker 301 and mile marker 298. Both lanes…

The family of Marcelline Katherine Sommer Vale finally has the answer to a question that has been weighing heavily on them since 2007. In 2007, when Vale was a resident at a Louisville nursing home, she died from an overdose of insulin. Vale had not been prescribed insulin, because she did not need it as…

There are millions of commercial trucks on the road each day.  Many travel through Tennessee every day, which means that there are serious accidents involving tractor-trailers and Tennessee residents with all too much regularity.  Tractor-trailers are the means by which goods are shipped throughout the United States.  Due to the high cost of fuel and…

In October, 2013, truck driver Ronald Eugene Graybeal of Newport, Tennessee was sentenced to almost twelve years in prison after causing a fatal accident on Interstate 40 in Orange County, North Carolina in 2011.  The accident happened when Graybeal failed to stop in time at a place in the road where it went from three…

When you have made the effort to contact and retain an attorney, something serious happened to impact your life.  It is important for you to get the right help in order to get the justice that you deserve.  You have to trust that the attorney whom you hired will do everything possible to get you…

Legal malpractice occurs when an attorney behaves in a negligent manner or breaches an agreement while representing a client, which leads to actual harm that can be calculated in financial terms.  These cases are particularly difficult because the attorneys handling the legal malpractice case must demonstrate that the outcome of the underlying case would have…