Compassionate Allowance Can Provide Social Security Disability Benefits Quickly
For applicants who are very sick and whose medical condition clearly meets Social Security Administration disability standards, there is a program called Compassionate Allowance. The Compassionate Allowance program started in 2008, and is not separate from the Social Security Disability program; rather, it represents a streamlined approach to getting benefits approved quickly based on the…
Read MoreCelebrating the Newest Member of the TN Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Thomas R. Greer!
Greer Injury Lawyers, PLLC, is proud to announce that partner Thomas Greer has been accepted as a new member of the ABOTA’s Tennessee chapter! Sadler Bailey, the firm’s founding partner who is a current member of ABOTA is proud to welcome his colleague the organization. The American Board of Trial Advocates is a national organization…
Read MoreBirth Injuries: Fetal Macrosomia and the Risk of Shoulder Dystocia
Getting the news that your beautiful newborn has suffered a birth injury is devastating. One of the leading risk factors for birth injury is macrosomia, which means that the baby is unusually large for their gestational weight. Infants with a birth weight of 9 lbs. 15 oz., or between 4000 and 5000 g, are considered…
Read MoreHow to Stay Informed about Auto Recalls That Affect You
In the past few years it seems as if we are being bombarded with news about automotive recalls of one kind or another. The most prominent recall, involving defective Takata airbags, affected more than 30 million vehicles manufactured by 10 different automakers, which were installed in vehicles between 2002 and 2008. The defective airbags were…
Read MoreCan I Work While Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits?
You are allowed to work while you are applying for benefits and even after you begin receiving Social Security benefits. However, there is a limit to how much you are allowed to earn and still maintain your disability benefits. We wanted to address some of the questions most asked of us and of the Social…
Read MoreRunaway Wheels and Other Tire Defects
We tend to take our vehicle’s tires for granted, and you might not even think about them until it comes time to change a flat or replace them when they become worn. On a large commercial truck, however, tires are a critical safety component, and they must be inspected at regular intervals to make sure…
Read MorePreventing Nursing Home Abuse and Negligence with Granny Cams in Tennessee
Of the more than 15,000 nursing homes in the United States, more than one third of them – a number which includes 39 percent of all nursing home residents in the country – received one or two out of five possible stars under Medicare’s Five Star Quality rating system. In a National Center on Elder…
Read MoreCar Accidents Caused by Reckless Driving
The leading cause of car accidents is driver error, and reckless driving is one of those errors that cause many accidents where people lose their lives or suffer catastrophic injuries. Tennessee law defines a reckless driver as, “any person who drives any vehicle in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or…
Read MoreTechnology Solutions to Solve Drowsy Truck Drivers’ Trucking Accidents
Driver drowsiness and fatigue are responsible for as many as 7,500 fatal motor vehicle accidents each year in the United States, with 25 percent of those crashes involving fatalities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Drowsy driving is not a problem that is particular to truck drivers, but it tends to…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability – Do I Really Need to Hire a Lawyer?
While the Social Security Administration never requires a claimant to have legal representation, there are some situations in the application process where it could benefit the applicant significantly to have an experienced attorney on their side to act as a strong advocate for their rights. It would be impossible and unprofessional for an attorney to…
Read MoreRecovery Blood Clot Filter Linked to Hundreds of Injuries and Deaths
Defective medical devices are one of the leading causes of personal injury and medical malpractice lawsuits in this country. Now, NBC News has uncovered a horrific link between C.R. Bard’s Recovery Blood Clot Filter and the deaths of 27 people – and the serious injuries of hundreds more. The Recovery filter, described by NBC as…
Read MoreDefinitive Link Found between Paxil and Prozac and Birth Defects
For years, scientists have been studying whether or not anti-depressants belonging to the class of drugs called Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) cause birth defects. In July of 2015, Reuters reported that “a sweeping government study of thousands of women has found links between the older antidepressants Prozac and Paxil and birth defects, but has…
Read MoreSummertime, and the Living’s Easy – but the Driving is Difficult
With only a few more weeks left of summer, more and more families are scrambling to get away for a vacation before school starts. That means we’re bound to see more cars on the road right here in Memphis, because tourists and visitors will be pouring in as locals and residents take to the highways.…
Read MoreHaving Lupus Is Not Enough to Get Social Security Disability
The autoimmune disease lupus affects up to 1.5 million people in the U.S. It is also listed in the Social Security Administration’s “blue book,” which means that the SSA recognizes that some people will be so affected by the disease that they may eventually be unable to work. However, being diagnosed with lupus is not…
Read MoreBuilding a Case with Evidence When You Are Hit by a Car
Some car crashes are clear-cut when it comes to determining fault; if you are rear-ended while you are stopped at a red light, the fault obviously lies with the other driver. But let us say that you weren’t wearing your seatbelt at the time, and you suffered additional injuries because you were thrown into the…
Read MorePreventing Nursing Home Abuse in Tennessee
The decision to put your elderly loved one in a nursing home is never an easy one. Whether it is your grandparent or parent, it can be a gut wrenching decision to place your relative’s health and safety in the hands of strangers. Even more difficult is the knowledge that the people who have promised…
Read MoreCurbing the Dangers of Summer Teen Driving Accidents in Tennessee
Along with the summer sunshine comes the heartbreak that thousands of parents of teen drivers will experience when they get the terrible news that their son or daughter has been injured – or even worse, killed – in a car accident. When school lets out for the summer we open the floodgates of newly minted…
Read MoreMight Driverless Trucks Be the Answer to Safer Highways?
The state of Nevada has just approved driverless trucks for highways. Daimler has released their Freightliner Inspiration driverless trucks that can travel the highways without a driver. Using scanners, sensors and radar to sense its position relative to other cars and trucks on the road, these driverless trucks will be cruising Nevada’s highways with a…
Read MoreAccidents Involving Garbage Trucks Happen More than You Think
If you live in a city and leave your house early in the morning you are likely to encounter a big, slow moving garbage truck on its rounds. Sometimes it might seem as if the garbage truck driver has little regard for how much of a hurry you are in, or the fact that they…
Read MoreCelebrate the Opening of the New Jackson, TN Office with Greer Injury Lawyers!
We are so proud to announce the opening of our second office in Jackson, Tennessee! Memphis has been amazing to us, but we wanted to offer our clients – both current and new – another way to reach us that would be more convenient for so many of them. Because we work with families throughout…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability Hearing Process Part 2
By now you have received notice of where and when your Social Security disability benefits appeal hearing will take place. You know the name of your Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), and if you have hired a lawyer they have prepared a brief outlining your case and submitted it to the hearing office. In part 1…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability Hearing Process Part 1
If you have filed an application for Social Security Disability benefits and your application was denied, you are actually in good company. More than 60 percent of all initial disability claims are denied. However, all hope is not lost. Your chances of being approved for Social Security disability benefits improves dramatically if you can get…
Read MoreSome Medical Professionals Perform Multiple Acts of Malpractice before Losing Their Licenses
In a perfect world, a medical professional who harmed a patient by committing malpractice would lose his or her license to practice medicine quickly, before anyone else was harmed. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Some medical professionals harm multiple patients well before they are removed from the profession. Dr. Andrew Hearn, a surgeon…
Read MoreClient Communication is Part of an Attorney’s Job
When you retain an attorney to assist you in a legal matter, you trust him or her to work diligently to pursue the results that you desire. You also trust that your lawyer will keep you informed as to how your legal matter is progressing. Most attorneys do a good job of keeping in contact…
Read MoreSigns of Physical Abuse in Nursing Homes
No one wants to believe that their loved ones are at risk for being abused while they are in the care of a nursing home. Unfortunately, abuse does occur in the nursing home setting, and it happens more often than you might think. Only one out of every six nursing home residents who experience abuse…
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