Posts by Justin Hight
What are Interrogatories and How Am I Supposed to Answer Them?
Interrogatories- a legal instrument not to be taken lightly. When you think interrogatories, think interrogation on paper. Often served with your Complaint or shortly thereafter, they are a strategic set of questions designed to reveal more about the parties and facts involved in the case. Once all the other parties involved in your case file…
Read MoreNew TMS Therapy To Help TBI-Depression Sufferers After Vehicle Wrecks
If the doctor has told you that you’ve suffered a concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a result of an auto, motorcycle, or truck wreck it can be an extremely difficult and confusing time for you and your family. Learning to cope with and understand all of your symptoms is often emotionally taxing not…
Read MoreSledding Accidents in Tennessee: From the Sled to the Stretcher
A story about our own Melissa Broz “I surveyed the ground: no people, no trees, soft slopes all the way down. Then I took off- laughing and flying down the hill at Two Rivers Park in Nashville. I had gotten turned around as I coasted downward, so I kept looking behind me to check to…
Read MoreComplex Workers’ Compensation Cases and Multiple On-the-Job Injuries- A Real Life Example
In the state of Tennessee, if a person has injured more than one part of their body during the same workplace accident, the calculation of permanent impairment benefits can get complicated. But, what if an individual suffers a serious injury which causes that person to overcompensate with another part of the body? If the overcompensated…
Read MoreHas My Claim for Social Security Disability Benefits Been Denied in Error?
So the doctor has said that the pain you’re having was bad enough you shouldn’t be working anymore. However, when you applied for Social Security Disability you were denied. Your primary care doctor’s medical record may even clearly state in black and white that you can no longer work, yet you can still be denied. If…
Read MoreCan I Sue for Emotional Distress?
In most cases, emotional distress is usually only compensable if the incident that has caused your distress also caused you physical harm. However there are some cases as with child or adult sexual abuse and certain types of discrimination cases where the emotional damage is so extreme, physical harm is not required. Emotional distress may…
Read MoreThey Are Suing for How Much!?!?
Most people are not familiar with the procedures and requirements relating to the practice of law. That is why when most people hear about the amount of money one party is suing for, they are shocked. You have seen the headline, “Person or Company suing for millions of dollars.” Most people think the individual who…
Read MoreSafety Procedures, Willful Misconduct and Workers’ Compensation
If you have been injured on the job, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The key word is “may.” Just because an individual is injured while at work, does not automatically guarantee them benefits under the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act. Tennessee Code Annotated 50-6-110 holds in part that no compensation shall be allowed…
Read MoreInjured Employees of Metro Nashville
If you are injured on the job in Tennessee, most individuals have rights that are protected by and set forth under the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”). However, not all Tennessee workers injured on the job are able to seek damages under the Act. One of the most predominant employers that is not subject…
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