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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 […]
Former MLB Pitcher Killed in Tennessee ATV Accident
Last month a former Major League Baseball player died in an ATV accident in Humphreys County, a Middle Tennessee county approximately one hour west of downtown Nashville. According to WKRN, the 28-year-old pitcher—who was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays but spent the bulk of his career with the Chicago White Sox—was killed when his ATV […]
Norris “Taser Case” Officially Dismissed After Settlement With Cheatham County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ben Raybin and David Weissman confirm that their client, Jordan Norris, has entered into a settlement agreement to resolve Jordan’s federal civil rights lawsuit against three Cheatham County Sheriff’s Deputies. Following that agreement, the lawsuit was 14 Stipulation of Dismissal today. The lawsuit alleged that the Deputies used excessive force in repeatedly […]
Nashville Good Samaritans Aid Victims of Fiery Truck Accident
Nashville Residents Help Truck Accident Victims On Friday August 4, Nashville resident Damien Horne and several of his friends were on I-24 in Johnson County, Ill.—en route to the 77th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally—when Horne heard a succession of crashing sounds behind him. “I looked through the rear view mirror and [saw] this semi plow […]
MTA Bus Hits Pedestrian in Downtown Nashville Accident
MTA Bus Accidents in Nashville Earlier this year, I wrote about an incident in which an MTA bus hit a 64-year-old woman and dragged her more than 50 yards at the intersection of Charlotte Avenue and 5th Avenue North in downtown Nashville. The Murfreesboro resident life suffered life-threatening injuries but survived the accident following surgery […]
Pedestrian Killed in Donelson Hit and Run Accident
Hit and run accidents have become all-too-common in Nashville. On a Sunday night late last month, three co-workers from India who had traveled to the United States to attend an employer-sponsored training program were walking along Elm Hill Pike in Donelson when they were struck by a red Ford pickup truck. One of the two […]