Legal Services at the Intersection of Business and Life
If you sustain an injury under the care of a doctor or other medical professional, you may have a medical malpractice claim. Unlike other types of personal injury cases, a medical malpractice claim has specific requirements for notifying the defendants. At Batson Nolan PLC, our skilled medical negligence lawyers know the ins and outs of Tennessee’s reporting requirements and can…
If you are in an accident, you’re probably wondering, What happens when I am partially at fault for my injuries? Since liability laws vary from state to state, it’s important to have an experienced injury legal practitioner on your side. At Batson Nolan PLC, we help Tennessee clients navigate the complex negligence laws of the state and passionately fight on their…
If you have broken up with your child’s other parent, chances are you and your ex struggle to get along. Chances are also that you want your child to experience as little stress as possible after the breakup. Often, the hope of reducing stress can seem impossible when you have to meet your ex for custody exchanges. Tennessee family courts…
A marriage can affect almost every aspect of your life, and so can a divorce. Divorces can involve dividing real estate, splitting financial assets, dividing parenting time, and paying child and/or spousal support. Many times division includes doling out retirement funds you earned through your hard work. Divorce is hard and you might be anxious about losing retirement assets to…
If you sustain injuries in an accident you did not cause, you might consider pursuing legal action. In Tennessee, you have very little time to do so thanks to the statute of limitations for personal injury cases. The statute provides you with only one year to file a lawsuit. Otherwise, you could completely lose your legal right to recover compensation…
Attorneys frequently resolve medical malpractice cases by negotiating a settlement with the practitioner’s insurance company. However, because malpractice is a highly complex area of the law, getting a favorable outcome is rarely easy. Experienced medical negligence lawyers understand what it takes to get the best possible settlement for their clients. The Tennessee injury lawyers of Batson Nolan PLC, fight tirelessly to…
Many people make the mistake of too closely associating child custody and child support. There is a common misconception that if you pay child support, your ex somehow “owes” you visitation time. Or conversely, the recipient of child support might be tempted to “withhold” the child from the other parent if that parent falls behind on child support. These misperceptions…
Medical malpractice centers on a very important concept that the law refers to as the “standard of care.” Essentially, doctors and other medical personnel have a duty to provide each patient high-quality medical treatment based on the current standard of care. But what, exactly, is the current standard of care? And what happens when research disrupts the current standard of…
Divorce is one of the most difficult things to go through in life. If you have children, it is particularly difficult because getting divorced means splintering your family unit. The danger here is that the emotional upheaval of divorce can be so intense that it seeps into your decision-making abilities. When you allow emotions to drive the bus, you can…
In some Tennessee divorces, the topic of alimony is important. An award of alimony can severely impact the financial health of either party for many years to come. Consequently, one spouse may consider alimony a necessity that is worth fighting for, just as the other spouse may view alimony as a curse that must be defended against. But alimony award…