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December 11, 2013 When an individual is killed as the result of another entity’s actions or negligence, the family of the victim may have a right to file civil litigation against the parties responsible. The Nashville Wrongful Death Attorneys with Ponce Law explain a settlement was recently reached in a wrongful death case being heard in a Tennessee federal court....
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December 2, 2013 As the end of the year approaches and the holidays get into full swing, many citizens and officials are beginning to focus on highway safety. The Nashville Car Accident Lawyers with Michael D. Ponce and Associates explain this focus may partially be due to an increase in fatal collisions in the state. According to an article from...
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October 4, 2013 The Nashville Bus Accident Lawyers explain that when a collision occurs involving a large commercial passenger vehicle, faulty equipment is sometimes to blame. This seems to have been the case with a crash that occurred earlier this week in east Tennessee. According to an article published by The Tennessean, the incident occurred at approximately 2 p.m. along...
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A North Carolina couple has filed a complaint against the Cleveland County Fairground and Circle G. Ranch, a Tennessee company that hosted a petting zoo during the fair, for the wrongful death of their two-year-old son. According to the complaint, Hunter "Gage" LeFevers died on October 12, 2012, after allegedly contracting an E. coli bacterial infection, along with 106 other...
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The Governor's Highway Safety Association (GHSA) recently released a study highlighting the increase in motorcycle accident injuries and deaths in Tennessee and throughout the country. Based on preliminary data supplied by all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the rate of motorcycle accident fatalities in the United States likely increased about 9% from 2011 to 2012, marking the 14th...
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A New Mexico man recently agreed to a $200,000 cash settlement with Memphis, Tennessee-based AutoZone, following the death of his three-year-old daughter in the auto parts retailer's parking lot. In February 2011, Daniel Bejarano's youngest daughter, Jazzmynn, died after being crushed between the exterior wall of an AutoZone store and her father's pickup truck in the store's parking lot. Both...
