Since 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 the courtroom, Thomas obtained several impressive jury verdicts and settlements
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Defective Airbags Trigger Toyota’s Recall of 1.4 Million Cars
Faulty airbags manufactured by AutoLiv, the second largest automotive airbag maker after Takata, have triggered a 1.4 million vehicle recall by Toyota. The affected models include the Prius, Prius Plug-In and Lexus CT200h. These vehicles are being recalled due to the airbag’s two connected chambers, which can separate when the vehicle is parked and unoccupied…
Read MoreJury 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,…
Read MoreBirth Injury Risks for Premature Infants
There are few things more devastating to new parents than discovering their child has an injury or birth defect. The risks of such injuries and defects are higher in children born prematurely. Prematurity, or babies who are born at less than 37 weeks of gestation, and those who weigh less than 3.3 pounds, have increasingly…
Read MoreWill I Be Required to Reimburse My Health Insurance Company After I Settle a Personal Injury Claim?
When you suffer a serious injury in an auto accident, or any other type of accident that was caused by another person’s negligence, you seek medical care and your insurance company pays the bill. However, if you take legal action against the responsible party and prevail, you may receive a settlement that includes compensation for…
Read MorePay Attention! Lessons from Distracted Driver Awareness Month
April is distracted driving awareness month for the National Safety Council, whose goal is to draw awareness to the epidemic of distracted driving. The theme of the campaign this year was “Take Back Your Drive.” The NSC aimed to publicize the message that there is no safe way to use a cell phone while driving…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability Benefits for Arthritis
Arthritis is an informal way of referring to more than 100 types of joint diseases according to the Arthritis Foundation. More than 50 million adults and 300,000 children have some form of Arthritis or a related condition, making it the leading cause of disability in the United States. Arthritis tends to be more common in…
Read MoreInadequate Training and Experience Can Lead to Trucking Accidents
Large, commercial trucks can weigh several tons, and as the largest vehicles on the roadways, truck drivers owe a duty of care to operate these trucks in a safe manner. In order to be able to drive a commercial truck, an individual must go through training and a period of supervision before they can get…
Read MoreHow to Handle a Medical Lien Against Your Personal Injury Lawsuit
The cost of emergency medical care can be astronomically expensive. Let us say you were injured in an auto accident and transported to a hospital, and then had to undergo emergency care and surgery. The bill for all of that care is staggering, your insurance policy does not cover all of the costs – and…
Read MoreFDA Issues Stronger Requirements for Vaginal Mesh Implants to Address Significant Safety Risks
On January 4, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved to strengthen regulations on the use of transvaginal mesh implants, a problematic medical device doctors have used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). POP and SUI are two conditions that cause problems in women after childbirth, menopause or…
Read MoreTragic 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…
Read MoreThe Life Saving Potential of Truck Crash Avoidance Technology
The drivers of large commercial trucks owe a duty of care, as does every driver, to exercise caution when they are driving those massive trucks and to operate their vehicle in such a way that does not endanger the lives of those with others on the roadways. But truck accidents happen, and when they involve…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability and Qualifying Mental Disorders
The state of our mental health has a significant impact on how well we can manage our lives and how well we perform on our jobs. Mental illness, just like physical illness, can become disabling and debilitating enough to keep us from working, making it near impossible to support ourselves and our loved ones. That…
Read MoreConsiderations for Determining Your Alleged Onset Date for Social Security Disability
In the process of filing a claim for Social Security Disability benefits, you will need to supply the alleged onset date, which is the date that you allege that your disability began. This date is important because if your claim is approved, you may receive up to 12 months of back pay after the five-month…
Read MorePreventing Dangerous and Deadly Underride Truck Accidents
A passenger vehicle is driving along the highway when suddenly, up ahead traffic begins to slow down and they must apply their brakes quickly. Then the car behind them crashes into their back bumper forcing them to crash into the large commercial truck in front of them causing a catastrophic crash. There were fatalities in…
Read MoreAuto Accidents Caused by Tailgating or Following Too Closely
One of the most common types of car crashes are rear-end crashes, which often occur when one driver is following the vehicle in front too closely. When the forward vehicle has to stop suddenly, the vehicle in the rear does not have enough time to brake without crashing into the back of the forward vehicle.…
Read MoreWhat Kinds of Protections are Available for Whistleblowers in Tennessee?
John Verble, a financial planner at Morgan Stanley, has filed suit in federal court in Knoxville seeking back pay and brokerage funds in his personal account that the company has frozen according to the Tennessean. Verble was apparently a key confidential source in the FBI investigation into Pilot Flying J, and his collaboration with the…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability Benefits for Deep Vein Thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot that forms in a vein deep inside the body. Most DVTs occur in the lower leg or in the thigh. If the blood clot breaks free and begins to travel throughout the body in the bloodstream, it is referred to as an embolus. If the embolus should…
Read MoreUnderstanding Residual Functional Capacity
In order for the Social Security Administration to make a decision about whether an applicant for Social Security Disability benefits has a disability that will keep them from being able to work, they must figure out what the applicant can do given the limitations of their current state of physical and mental health. To answer…
Read MoreWhat Kind of Evidence Do I Need to Prove a Personal Injury Case?
The tort system within the American legal system is based on the premise that each individual is more likely to behave in a safe and responsible way when they know that they will be held accountable for the consequences for their actions. However, there are times when people who cause accidents that result in bodily…
Read MoreWrongful Death Lawsuits after a Truck Accident in Tennessee
If your loved one was involved in an accident with a large, commercial truck and they were in a passenger vehicle, it is unlikely that they ever stood a chance against such a massive vehicle. Facing the unexpected death of a loved one is never easy, but knowing that they died due to the negligence…
Read MoreYour Liability in an Auto Accident in Tennessee – Even When You Were Not in the Car
You consider yourself to be a smart, responsible, and conscientious driver. You follow traffic rules, obey the speed limit and you try to be as courteous as you can to other drivers. Then, your cousin Bob comes to town and he wants to borrow your car to run an errand. You think to yourself, “Why…
Read MoreWhen Faulty Equipment Leads to Truck Accidents
As the driver of a passenger vehicle, do you ever shudder just a little bit when a big, commercial truck whizzes past you on the highway? You can feel the sheer power of that massive machine and you don’t even want to contemplate what it might feel like to get into an accident with a…
Read MoreDrugged Driving vs Drunk Driving: Endangering Tennessee Roadways
By now we all know about the dangers of drinking and driving, how it costs lives and ruins lives every day in Tennessee. You might be surprised to learn that there has actually been a steady decline in drunk driving in the U.S. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s Roadside Survey of Alcohol…
Read MoreCompassionate Allowance Can Provide Social Security Disability Benefits Quickly
For applicants who are very sick and whose medical condition clearly meets Social Security Administration disability standards, there is a program called Compassionate Allowance. The Compassionate Allowance program started in 2008, and is not separate from the Social Security Disability program; rather, it represents a streamlined approach to getting benefits approved quickly based on the…
Read MoreCelebrating the Newest Member of the TN Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Thomas R. Greer!
Greer Injury Lawyers, PLLC, is proud to announce that partner Thomas Greer has been accepted as a new member of the ABOTA’s Tennessee chapter! Sadler Bailey, the firm’s founding partner who is a current member of ABOTA is proud to welcome his colleague the organization. The American Board of Trial Advocates is a national organization…
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