Legal Services At The Intersection Of Business And Life
The state of Tennessee strongly encourages cooperation between parents when working toward an amicable child custody arrangement. Courts prefer parents to resolve domestic issues like custody plans between the parties. Judicial interference is a last resort. But if despite their best efforts, parents cannot agree, then the courts will step in and make the decisions for them—whether the parents like…
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) range from mild to severe, with the most severe resulting in life-long disability or death. And TBIs affect more people in America each year than you might think. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2014, there were 2.87 million visits to emergency rooms, hospitalizations, and deaths from TBIs. The…
Decades ago, divorce was frowned upon at any age. But older divorce was especially rare. Most people figured that if a couple remained married until they were 50 or 60 years old, there was not much point in a divorce. But a new trend is emerging as baby boomers age. While the divorce rate for younger adults is declining, divorce…
Over-prescribing opioids can be a form of medical malpractice. As in most of the law, there is rarely a one-size-fits-all answer to broad legal questions like this one. Whether you can sue your physician for malpractice for over-prescribing opioids depends on the particular facts of any given case. But new laws continue to pass that impose tighter and tighter restrictions…