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Driver Rear-Ends UPS Truck in Fatal Construction Zone Crash
Fatal rear-end truck accident a reminder of the need to slow down and exercise caution in construction zones. Earlier this month a 32-year-old Goodlettsville man suffered serious injuries when his car struck the back of a UPS tractor that was stopped due to construction-related traffic on I-24 West near the Bell Road exit. The man—who […]
Raybin & Weissman Files Lawsuit Regarding Female Inmate Who Was Impregnated By Guard
Raybin & Weissman recently filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of their client, a female inmate who was repeatedly raped and impregnated by a guard at the Moore County Jail. Said lead attorney Ben Raybin: “Jessica Fowler is just one of many women who have been sexually abused by a man in a position of […]
Safety Improvements Implemented at Nashville’s “Most Dangerous Intersection”
Nashville Pedestrian Accidents According to the Tennessee Department of Homeland Security, there were nearly 300 pedestrians involved in accidents in Davidson County last year. Worse yet, 2017 was the deadliest year for pedestrians in Nashville history, with nearly two dozen individuals killed on Music City’s roads. Nashville’s population is growing fast. In turn, traffic congestion […]
Head-On Collisions Continue to Plague Nashville
Wrong-way Car Accident on New Year’s Day The New Year was just a few hours old when the Nashville metropolitan area witnessed its first wrong-way crash of 2018. According to WKRN, a black Nissan collided head-on with a silver Chrysler near I-24 West’s Maxey Road exit, just before the Montgomery County line. One of the […]
Woman Brings Excessive Force Lawsuit Following Jailhouse Taser Incident
Last month, a Schuyler County, Illinois, resident brought a lawsuit against the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Department in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, alleging that excessive force was used against her and that her Fourth Amendment rights were violated. Specifically, the victim alleged that a male correctional officer shot her with […]
86-Year-Old Man Receives $900,000 Settlement in Taser Case
South Carolina Taser Incident On October 16, police in Kingstree, South Carolina—a small town in Williamsburg County that is roughly equidistant from Charleston, Columbia, and Myrtle Beach—received a 911 call about a white Ford SUV that was allegedly tailgating other vehicles. After a brief, quarter-mile police chase, the driver of the SUV—an 86-year-old grandfather—stopped and […]
Northeastern City’s Police Force Plagued By Excessive Force Lawsuits
Excessive Force Lawsuit After Allentown Tasing In March of last year, a 17-year-old boy was walking with two friends in Allentown, Pennsylvania, when a police officer ordered the group to stop and speak with him. The group did as they were told and a conversation ensued, though the officer soon became hostile to the teen […]
85-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed in Tractor-Trailer Truck Accident
Fatal Crossville Pedestrian Truck Accident On November 20th, an elderly man was killed by a semi tractor-trailer truck at an intersection in Crossville, a town of 12,000 people found approximately two hours east of downtown Nashville. According to the Crossville Chronicle, the accident occurred at the corner of Main Street and 4th Street, near the […]
Bicyclist Killed in Accident on Natchez Trace Parkway in Tennessee
Last month, a 58-year-old man from Charlotte, Tennessee, was killed while riding his bicycle on scenic Natchez Trace Parkway in Maury County. According to FOX17.com, the victim was riding north on the Parkway circa mile marker 418 when he was hit by a 1965 Ford Falcon. He suffered serious injuries to his head and legs and […]
2017 – The Deadliest Year for Pedestrians in Nashville
Nashville Pedestrian Accidents on the Rise Statistics tell us that Nashville is an increasingly dangerous city for pedestrians. According to nashvillelook4me.com, on average, a pedestrian is killed every 21 days in Nashville. And with the city’s population growing rapidly and our streets becoming increasingly congested, the trend is moving in the wrong direction. As of […]