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Learn what subrogation means in a Tennessee personal injury claim, why health insurance, TennCare, Medicare, and workers’ compensation may seek reimbursement, and how the made whole doctrine can affect your settlement. What is subrogation? Subrogation is a legal right that allows an insurance company or benefit provider to seek reimbursement for money it paid because of someone else’s negligence. For...

In Tennessee, the short answer is that you cannot shoot your neighbor’s dog just because it’s a problem or has attacked your pet in the past—but there are narrow situations where deadly force may be legally justified. Tennessee treats a dog as personal property. That means if you intentionally kill someone else’s dog without legal justification, you could potentially be...

A lot of people don’t realize that about 10-15 percent of mattresses, usually the cheaper ones, use fiberglass as a fire retardant to meet federal safety standards. If the cover stays on like it’s supposed to, the fiberglass is generally not an issue. But once that layer gets exposed or torn, those tiny fiberglass particles can spread all over your...

Yes, you can potentially recover compensation if your accident was caused by a defective or recalled auto part—but it really comes down to proof. The key issue is whether you can show that the defect in the recalled part actually caused or contributed to the accident. Recalls are issued because a part has a defective and considered unsafe, but you...