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MTA Bus Hits Pedestrian in Downtown Nashville Accident
August 24, 2017MTA 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 […]
read morePedestrian Killed in Donelson Hit and Run Accident
August 17, 2017Hit 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 […]
read moreTennessee Statutory Rape Laws and Punishments
August 9, 2017The Statutory Rape Law in Tennessee We have all heard about the “age of consent.” That is the age at which a person is considered to be able to consent to sexual relations. The offense of statutory rape is essentially when sex would otherwise be considered “consensual” except for the fact that the victim is […]
read moreRaybin & Weissman Files Lawsuit For Excessive Force in Taser Case
August 3, 2017Excessive Force Lawsuit Raybin & Weissman recently filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of their client alleging excessive force. The suit alleges that Cheatham County Sheriff Deputies repeatedly Tased their client while he was restrained in a restraint chair and unable to resist. After he was released from jail, their client had dozens of Taser […]
read moreDistracted Driving Statistics Show Major Problem in Tennessee
July 26, 2017Distracted Driving in Tennessee on the Rise Eight years ago, the Tennessee State Legislature made it illegal to text and drive on Tennessee roads. But the law—codified in TN Code section 55-8-199—hasn’t reduced the number of distracted driving crashes in the Volunteer State. In fact, the number of distracted driving accidents has risen almost every […]
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