Blog Posts in March, 2011

• Nashville toughening up on elder abuse and financial exploitation

  Posted By Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge || Mar 30, 2011

  A $320,000 federal grant three years ago may be helping change one of the most tragic problems in our society: elder abuse and neglect. Physical or sexual abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of the elderly has been chronically underreported, and fighting it has been hampered by lack of knowledge and training for law enforcement and social service counselors. To try to change that, the ...
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• Dangerous Bacteria in Alcohol Swabs Suspected in Infant's Death

  Posted By Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge || Mar 25, 2011

  Our firm has received calls asking about the dangers of alcohol wipes or swabs that may have become contaminated with harmful bacteria. People are quite justifiably concerned, because such contamination can cause life-threatening infections in children and adults with compromised immune systems. Last November, a 2-year-old boy in Texas died suddenly from what is suspected to have been meningitis ...
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• Family files wrongful death suit for fatal October DUI accident

  Posted By Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge || Mar 19, 2011

  The family of a 21-year-old nursing student who was killed in a fatal drunk-driving accident last October has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against both the accused drunk driver and the bar that served him enough alcohol before the crash that he had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit. The young woman and her 26-year-old boyfriend were both killed in the car accident, which occurred in ...
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• Appellate court upholds $7.5 million medical malpractice award

  Posted By Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge || Mar 15, 2011

  A recent decision by a federal appeals court upheld a judgment of $7.5 million in a medical malpractice case. The damage award came as the result of a lawsuit filed by a woman who was treated at the clinic at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The woman is married to a master sergeant in the Air Force. When she experienced numbness in her groin, legs and feet, she went to the clinic at Andersen. She ...
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• Champion marathoner Sally Meyerhoff dies in bicycle-car accident

  Posted By Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge || Mar 11, 2011

  Sally Meyerhoff, a 27-year-old champion marathoner and qualifier for the 2012 Olympic marathon trials, was killed on March 8 while riding her bike in Maricopa, Arizona. The former All-American from Duke University died instantly after she apparently collided with a truck while she was riding. The tragic bicycle accident sparked CBS News, among others, to focus on how to prevent the hundreds of ...
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• State's Malpractice awards are Fair, Reasonable

  Posted By Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge || Mar 11, 2011

  The Tennessean has published a guest editorial written by one of our attorneys, Daniel L. Clayton. Daniel Clayton calls his editorial "The Truth About Tennessee's Civil Justice System." It is important for people to know the truth, instead of accepting the misleading information and propaganda that is being spread by tort reformers. Clayton says, "I agree with Senator Fred Thompson when he says, ...
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• Tort reform and the Truth about Tennessee's civil justice system

  Posted By Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge || Mar 10, 2011

  Certain groups are working hard at taking away the constitutional rights of Tennesseans. Although Tennesseans are trusted to determine whether a criminal defendant should face life or death, certain groups don't trust Tennesseans when it comes to the amount of harms and losses a corporation found guilty of wrongdoing has caused.One such group is the "Tennessee Center for Policy Research" headed by ...
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• FDA drug recall: Over 500 prescription cold and allergy drugs

  Posted By Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge || Mar 8, 2011

  The FDA has ordered more than 500 common prescription drugs pulled from the market over concerns that they may contain ingredients that are not proven to be safe and effective, and because they may cause harm to children under two. The drug recall affects cough, cold and allergy drugs that have been marketed to both adults and children for years, including industry standards such as Accuhist, ...
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