http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/ Published by Baker Associates en-us 2010-03-11T19:33:24-05:00 http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/03/highway_death_totals_lowest_since_the_1950s.html According to the Associated Press, the Transportation Department released a statement on Thursday saying that its projections showed that highway deaths in the United States totaled fewer than 34,000 in the year 2009, down nine percent from the previous year... Auto Accidents Baker Associates 2010-03-11T19:33:24-05:00 http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/03/grooming_while_driving.html There are many activities that have been discussed previously on this blog that do not mesh well with driving, such as texting, drinking alcohol, using illegal drugs, and sleeping. One such activity that has been little discussed but is equally... Baker Associates 2010-03-09T21:57:14-05:00 http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/03/driver_collides_with_sixty_four_year_old.html Tennessee imposes many duties on drivers within the state in order to make sure that they are driving in a reasonably safe manner. One such duty is the duty to keep a proper lookout. This duty extends not only to... Auto Accidents Baker Associates 2010-03-04T14:39:03-05:00 http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/03/failure_to_yield_leads_to_deadly_crash.html Authorities are now releasing details of a bus crash in Florida that was responsible for the deaths of two people on board the bus. They say an eighty-one year old woman who was driving her car failed to yield and... Auto Accidents Baker Associates 2010-03-02T19:45:10-05:00 http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/02/tennessee_woman_tells_congress_about_her_toyota_troubles.html A Sevierville, Tennessee woman is making national headlines after she went in front of an investigative panel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday to testify about the harrowing ordeal she underwent when her Lexus suddenly accelerated to... Product Liability Baker Associates 2010-02-25T16:39:48-05:00 http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/02/drunk_uncle_uses_teen_also_drunk_as_designated_driver.html Employing the service of a designated driver is one of the most responsible actions that can be taken by a person who is unfit to drive. However, it is essential to make sure that your designated driver is someone who... Auto Accidents Baker Associates 2010-02-23T17:42:56-05:00 http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/02/auto_auction_disaster_injures_dozens.html Twenty-seven unlucky people at an auto auction in Ellijay, Georgia got more than they bargained for at a car auction on Tuesday night when a Volvo that was being driven into the building to be auctioned off suddenly accelerated and... Auto Accidents Baker Associates 2010-02-18T14:16:31-05:00 http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/02/man_rear_ends_squad_car_while_trying_change_ringtone.html As technology has advanced, drivers have found an increasing number of ways to distract themselves while attempting to travel America’s roadways. One of the latest examples comes from Illinois where a man rear-ended the squad car of an Illinois State... Auto Accidents Baker Associates 2010-02-16T20:37:41-05:00 http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/02/man_tries_to_flee_from_police_on_backhoe.html Intoxication often leads individuals to make less than optimal decisions, which is exactly what an Indiana man did early Sunday morning when he decided it might be a good idea to try to steal a backhoe. The man apparently climbed... Auto Accidents Baker Associates 2010-02-10T18:00:21-05:00 http://www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/02/teen_plows_car_through_school_drives_down_the_hall.html While some schools are extremely strict on their tardy policies, forcing students to get to class on time no matter what, that is probably not what caused a seventeen year-old boy from Shoreline, Washington to crash his parents’ car through... Auto Accidents Baker Associates 2010-02-09T17:58:30-05:00