The Terry Law Firm Blog
When March rolls around, a lot of people start thinking about summer. Although some warmer days might get our hopes up, it’s a month when just one more of those winter storms could hit. That was certainly the case this March when a storm swept through laying tons of snow and ice on Tennessee roads. […]
While the official figures concerning the number of car accident injuries and fatalities here in the United States every year are truly shocking, this shock value is perhaps evenly matched by the figures concerning the number of pedestrian accident injuries and fatalities. To illustrate, statistics show that 85,000 people suffer serious personal injuries while another […]
We tend to think of serious and even fatal car accidents as somehow being confined to the seemingly endless road and highway systems crisscrossing both the state and the nation. While this is true for the most part, it’s important to understand that accidents can and do occur in other locations, including driveways, parking lots, […]
Even though several months have passed, it seems like only a few days ago that the state of Tennessee was rocked by a truly horrific bus accident that left eight people dead and 14 others seriously injured. Here, a church bus carrying senior citizens home to North Carolina blew a tire on Interstate 40 outside […]
Last month, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development released its annual Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and the results were highly encouraging. Specifically, the report showed that the number of fatal workplace injuries in 2012 fell to 100, down from 120 in 2011 and the lowest number in a decade. While work safety […]
While most of us appreciate just how valuable bike helmets are when it comes to preventing serious brain injuries, we may nevertheless be lacking a basic understanding of how the helmet actually serves to protect us in the event of a bicycle accident. According to medical experts, the basic idea behind bike helmet safety has […]
People here in Tennessee and across the U.S. are more than likely familiar with Uber, the technology company behind the smartphone app that connects people looking for a ride with freelance drivers looking to collect a fare. What they not be familiar with, however, is that Uber is currently facing a wrongful death lawsuit that […]
While it may seem hard to believe, bus carriers here in the United States transport nearly 700 million passengers per year, which is nearly equivalent to the number of passengers carried by domestic air carriers per year. However, unlike domestic air carriers, these bus carriers have not historically been subjected to stringent regulations and exacting […]
While the professional football season may be officially over here in Tennessee, things are just heating up around the National Football League as we are now only a few days away from the division championships. While this is certainly exciting, it’s important to understand that not all of the dialogue concerning the sport of football […]
Every January, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security releases a series of preliminary figures outlining the number of motor vehicle accident fatalities in the state over the course of the last year. While these figures can sometimes prove to be rather discouraging, this year’s data actually shows that road safety may be improving […]