Personal Injury Lawyers and Trial Attorneys
Patent infringement – theft of trade secrets
The Plaintiff was a small company that produced fused silica with a new furnace designed by its owner. The owner of the company obtained a patent for the new furnace. The Plaintiff alleged that their patent was deliberately and willfully infringed upon by a competitor. Status: trial resulting in a total judgment of approximately $30,000,000
Products liability – air bags
The Plaintiff was a 76 year old retired school teacher who was involved in an automobile accident where the airbag deployed breaking the Plaintiff’s neck and causing her to be paralyzed. The Plaintiff brought an action against Ford Motor Company for the defective design of the airbag system. The Plaintiff ultimately died as a result [...]
Products Liability – ATV
The 51 year old Plaintiff was riding a Honda ATV that flipped with her resulting in her being a paraplegic. It was Plaintiff’s position that Honda was negligent in the design of the ATV and they failed to incorporate safety devices that would have prevented the accident. Status: confidential settlement
Products liability – propane
Plaintiff was a volunteer swimming coach and as he opened the door to the swimming pool area the building exploded resulting in third degree burns to 80% of the Plaintiff’s body and more than $1.5 million in medical bills. The Plaintiff claimed that the explosion was the result of the negligent installation and maintenance of [...]
Tractor trailer negligence
The Plaintiff, Dencil Smith, was called by Tony’s Wrecker Service to repair the brakes of a tractor trailer. The tractor trailer was placed out of adjustment by the Tennessee Department of Safety on Interstate 40 near Exit 23 at the weigh station. The Plaintiff had to be under the tractor trailer to make the repair. [...]
Products liability – motor vehicles
The 17 year old Plaintiff was involved in an automobile accident while driving a pickup truck when a small horse suddenly darted in front of his vehicle and was thrown on top of the Mazda pickup crushing the roof of the pickup onto the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff is a quadriplegic as a result of the [...]
Motor Vehicle Negligence – uninsured motorist
Plaintiff was working for a local pest control company when he was traveling down Lakeshore Road in Grainger County, Tennessee when a 18-year old boy crossed the center line and struck the Plaintiff’s truck causing the Plaintiff to sustain severe injuries to his head resulting in a loss of control of movement. The Plaintiff complained [...]
Race Track negligence
The Plaintiff was a 47-year old female who was a spectator at a go cart race. She was sitting behind the fence constructed by the racetrack when a racing go cart came through the fence striking the Plaintiff in the head. The Plaintiff was flown to the hospital and found to have a significant closed [...]
Products liability – machine malfunction defect
Johnny Tipton v. Gramm Industries. Plaintiff was a maintenance supervisor at an Apiston manufacturing facility, Mahle, when the machine he was repairing suddenly and without warning to him crashed down onto his shoulders pinning him between the top of the machine and the floor. Plaintiff suffered the following injuries: compression fracture to the L2 vertebra [...]
Tractor-trailer negligence
The Plaintiff, Brandy Spradling, was traveling to Maryland with her family. The Plaintiff had pulled over to aid another motorist who had wrecked in snow and ice. Several tractor-trailers passed the Plaintiff’s vehicle when a third tractor-trailer nearly struck the Plaintiff causing her to dive over a guardrail; thus, causing her to sprain her ankle. [...]
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