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Tennessee has been working to reduce drunk driving accidents for years by utilizing educational campaigns. After the last program came under heavy public scrutiny, state officials have announced funding has been secured to launch a new anti-DUI initiative. An article from The Tennessean explains the state awarded an $11.5 million contract to an Austin-based marketing firm to create the new...
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Collisions between motor vehicles and people are all too common in Middle Tennessee. Davidson County ranked second in the state for the number of pedestrian accidents in 2012, which accounted for 272 injuries and 17 fatalities. A Nashville pedestrian accident earlier this week brings into perspective just how common these crashes are. The collision took place on Sunday at approximately...
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Estimates show that as many as 1-in-10 elderly Americans will become victims of nursing home abuse or neglect this year. One of the best ways to prevent this kind of treatment is regular inspection of long-term care facilities being performed by state monitoring agencies. However, a new report shows Tennessee officials are falling behind on completing these investigations. The Nashville...
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Holiday traffic can be a hassle to say the least. You may be caught in the long holding patterns created by backed up lanes of travelers. Worse yet, increased congestion also increases the chances of a car accident. If you’re going to be on the road this Thanksgiving, the Nashville car accident lawyers at Ponce Law say you should be...
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Many organizations work to find stray dogs forever homes, but a recent incident in which a Tennessee man was killed by a dog he had just adopted raises questions regarding liability. The Nashville dog bite lawyers at Ponce Law explain the 57-year-old victim adopted a dog from Jackson-Madison County Rabies Control at around 10 a.m. on Nov. 12. Less than...
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The manufacturers of auto parts are responsible for ensuring the safety of the products they put on the market. That’s why one Knoxville, Tennessee, company is coming under fire for making a distributing faulty vehicle airbags that are responsible for a number of injuries. The defective product lawyers at Ponce Law explain investigators are currently looking into claims that airbags...
