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Kroger Onion Soup & Dip Mixes Recalled

Posted on March 01, 2010
Kroger is recalling two onion soups and dip mixes due to possible contamination with Salmonella. Stores involved in the recall include: Kroger, Dillons, Fry's, King Soopers, City Market, Smith's, Food 4 Less, Jay C, Scott's, Owen's, Baker's, Gerbes, Hilander and Pay Less...

I-24 Tractor Trailer Death December 28, 2009

Posted on December 30, 2009
WSMv reports the death of 19 year old Jessica Wyatt of Dover Tennessee on east bound I-24 in Cheatham County Tennessee near Pleasant View Monday night. It was reported she struck the rear of a tractor traile truck traveling slowly uphill in the center lane...

Spring Hill Tennessee Child Burned By Exploding Gas Can

Posted on December 28, 2009
The Tennessean reported today on another tragedy involving a gas can and a young child. Young Dylan Snider of Spring Hill was severly burned when a gas can exploded when he was near a bonfire. The child is at Vanderbilt's Burn Center I am sure under the outstanding care of Dr...

Tragic Wreck On HWY 49 E Cheatham County

Posted on December 10, 2009
The Tennessean reported a fatal wreck that killed an elderly couple December 9, 2009 on Highway 49 E in Cheatham County near the Dickson County line. Bennie and Elsie Vandgrift were killed when a van driven by James Willis crossed the center line and hit them head on...

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Garage Explosion Leaves One Dead, One Critically Injured

Posted on November 30, 2009
Jimmy Seabolt and his step-son Jacob Barretta were working on a car in their garage when something exploded. The two ran out of the garage while on fire, witnessing neighbors told police. The two neighbors that helped put out the flames, Jeff Kelton and Jason Bray, are both former volunteer firefighters...

One Dead, Three Injured in I-40 Crash Caused by Hit and Run Big Rig

Posted on November 30, 2009
Another tragedy involving teenagers. Lindsey Toft of Montery was killed in an accident on I-40. The November 22nd crash also left three others injured. She and her sister, Jessica Toft, 17, were passengers in the back seat of a 2004 Ford SUV being driven by Matthew Harris, 18, of Hanging Limb Highway, Monterey...

What To Do If You Hit A Deer?

Posted on November 20, 2009
The Deer gun season opens tomorrow November 21, 2009. Hopefuly I will be in the woods. However, this time of year the deer are very active and often cross the road. I have actually hit a deer twice. They can really tear up a truck. Fortunately I was not injured but could have been...

Nashville Hit-and-Run Leaves 26 Year old Dead on I-24

Posted on November 20, 2009
On November 9th at 1:20 a.m. a 26-year-old Nashville woman was traveling west on I-24 in a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The driver veered off onto the right shoulder and onto the rumble strips. She overcorrected, and swerved across multiple lanes of traffic, hitting a concrete median wall...

Hunting Safety Rules

Posted on November 19, 2009
Deer season for firearms opens on Saturday. Hopefully I will be in woods. However, safety MUST be on everyone's mind. The NRA has a great list of safety rules for gun handling. Review them here. While all the rules are extremely important, while hunting perhaps the most important is 'Know your target and what is beyond...

Vehicle Safety: Today and the Future (Audi takes the lead.)

Posted on October 20, 2009
It was 50 years ago the three point safety harness (also known as the seat belt) was invented, and pioneers in the industry have been working to make a safer vehicle ever since. I've already talked about radar cruise control, so I thought instead I'd go through a recent Audi press release concerning their high-tech new safety features found in some of their vehicles...

Finding a Personal Injury Lawyer for an I-40 Car or Truck Wreck

Posted on October 19, 2009
How can people injured in car or truck accidents on I-40 find a personal injury lawyer in Nashville, Tennessee or one of the states Interstate 40 runs through? When drivers, passengers, families of drivers, passengers, workers, troopers or maintenance workers are injured in another state on I-40 they need to know how to find an Tennessee lawyer...

Black Box Evidence and The Car or Truck Wreck Case

Posted on October 12, 2009
A story in the Saturday October 10th Tennessean highlights the need to get an experienced car wreck or tractor trailer wreck attorney involved early in the case. The story is about a criminal case in Murfreesboro when a police officer hit a little girl and killed her...

Two College Students Killed in Sewanee Tractor Trailer Wreck

Posted on October 12, 2009
19-year-old Kathryn "Katy" Christianson of Chattanooga and 18-year-old Kathleen Beech of Clarksville were killed in the Thursday morning crash while they are two other University of the South rowing team members were en route to practice. The accident occurred at approximately 7 AM local time...

2 injured in head-on collision in Clarksville 9/18/09

Posted on September 23, 2009
Traffic was blocked for more than hour last Friday the 18th as Clarksville crews worked to clean up a serious auto accident on McAdoo Creek Road. Christopher Morrison was driving the dump truck west on McAdoo Creek Road when he collided with the four-door sedan driven by Amy Dziewior, 33, also from Clarksville, who was heading east...

Two Killed in a Collision Near Springfield 9/17/2009

Posted on September 21, 2009
Two people are dead after a head-on collision in Robertson County. It happened around 7:30 p.m. Thursday night on Highway 49 outside of Springfield. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, one of the vehicles ran over the curb into oncoming traffic...

New Safety Technologies Become Mainstream

Posted on September 15, 2009
Only a few years ago Mercedes unveiled to the world 'radar cruise control.' It allows driver to set a speed, much like normal cruise control found in nearly all vehicles today. However, if the vehicle ahead is traveling slower – the car will automatically slow down, or even brake to a stop...

I-440 Onto I-24 Killed Driver Indentified

Posted on September 14, 2009
The Driver killed this morning September 14, 2009 when his SUV flipped over the guardrail on I-440 and I-24 has been identified by Metro Police according to the Tennessean. According to the police speed was a factor. Was this a preventable wreck? I don't know...

Companies Keep Unsafe Trucks and Drivers on the Road

Posted on September 01, 2009
It's an issue that is largely ignored by the media. Most people don't come in contact with it until it's too late. It's truck safety – or lack thereof. The American Association for Justice (AAJ) just released a press release tackling the issue...

Defective IKEA Roman Blinds Recalled

Posted on August 31, 2009
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ('CPSC') has issued a recall of Roman Blinds manufactured and sold by IKEA. The voluntary recall has been prompted by a near strangulation of a 2-year-old boy when his mother found him hanging from the looped bead chain...

Thursday 8/27/09 A Busy Day For Giles County First Responders

Posted on August 31, 2009
The Pulaski Citizen reported three accidents within a three hour period on Thursday August 27, 2009. The most serious was a fatality in a single car accident on Chicken Creek Road. The driver was killed at the scene however his passenger suffered minor injuries...

Lindsey Batt, Brittney Smith Injured in Erin Single Car Accident

Posted on August 26, 2009
Two Houston County high school students in Erin were injured while passengers of a 1995 Honda Accord when the driver, who has not been identified, crashed into a ditch. Brittney Smith, 17, was transported to Patients' Choice Medical Center by ambulance...

Matthew Hodge Critically Injured At Trinity Railroad Crossing

Posted on August 25, 2009
The Tennessean reported yesterday on the condition of Matthew Hodge the teenage driver who was critically injured at a railroad crossing in Williamson County on Saturday afternoon August 22. The reports indicate he suffered head injuries. Matthew is a senior at Page High School...

Defective Infant Bassinets Recalled

Posted on August 20, 2009
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC") renewed a recall on defective Infant Bassinets today. The announcement outlined in great detail the defects and recall. If you think you might have one of these bassinets check out the announcement and descriptions very carefully...

Enterprise Rent A Car Deletes Safety Feature

Posted on August 18, 2009
The Kansas City Star reported today that Enterprise Rent A Car ordered cars from General Motors without a proven safety feature. This saved them a reported $11.5 million. The thrust of the story is that they then resold the used cars but advertised them with the side curtain air bag safety feature...

Forklift Safety Is Serious Business

Posted on August 17, 2009
Last week I wrote about Brandon Walker from Chapmansboro who was killed while operating a fork lift in Nashville. Did you know that every three days someone is killed in a forklift related accident? Each year over 95,000 injuries related to forklift accidents are reported...

Three-Point Seat Belt Turns 50

Posted on August 17, 2009
August 13th marked the 50th anniversary of the three-point seatbelt. Invented by Nils Bohlin, a Volvo engineer at the time, the seat belt revolutionized safety inthe automotive industry. Previously, other two and three point seat belt systems were used in vehicles but failed to protect occupants in a variety of crashes...

Francis Davis and Denise West Killed on 41A Bypass In Clarksville

Posted on August 14, 2009
Driver Francis Davis and passenger Denise West were in a 2004 Ford Taurus crossing the 41A bypass in Clarksville when their vehicle was struck by a 2005 Nissan Quest. The driver and passenger of the Nissan survived, but Davis and West have since died from their injuries...

Johnny Kindle Charged with Killing Kelly McQuate On I-24

Posted on August 13, 2009
A grand jury has indicted Johnny Kindle with vehicular homicide in connection with a wrong-way crash on I-24. Earlier this year on March 24th, Kelly and Mark McQuate were heading home (from getting married in Key West) on I-24 when their vehicle was struck by Kindle – drunk and heading the wrong direction...

Catastrophic Workplace Injuries-The Role of the Plaintiff Personal Injury Attorney

Posted on August 11, 2009
I was doing some research today after posting on the death of a worker by electrocution. I ran across an interesting article written for industry on what to do and what not to do. What struck me as great advice that also would apply to the injuried workers and their families is the early role of attorneys in the process...

Brandon Walker of Chapmansboro Electrocuted

Posted on August 11, 2009
The Nashville police announce the idenity of the man killed last week working in Nashville. Another tragedy. Did Mr. Walker leave a wife, children, other family members? I don't know. If he did and the company he was working for had workers compensation insurance they are entitled to certain benefits...

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