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Did you know that if you are driving a motor vehicle in Tennessee you have implicitly consented to give a blood, breath, or urine test if a law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe you are driving under the influence?   This is because of the Tennessee Implied Consent Statute, § 55-10-406.   This statute provides law enforcement officers discretion to administer testing to determine whether you have been drinking, solely because you are driving.   While an officer needs “probably cause” to administer the test, this is typically not a difficult hurtle to overcome.   Refusal to submit to the testing will often result in a suspension of your driver’s license, among other consequences, including jail time.             In Tennessee, it is unlawful for any person over the age of 21 to operate a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration (known as BAC) at or exceeding .08%.   This limi...

It is true that no two marriages are the same, and it is just as true that no two divorces are the same. Each marriage has two unique individuals who come together with their own finances, property, debts, and sometimes children.  When the decision is made, either by one spouse or both, to get a divorce, those finances, property, debts, etc., need to be divided among the individuals. It may seem simple that each person should leave with what they came to the marriage with, but that typically is not the case and divorces quickly become complicated when property is bought together, when the spouses have children together, when the spouses start a business together, and countless other scenarios that occur during a marriage.                 Tennessee does not take the decision to get lightly and, therefore, when a petition for a divorce is filed, there is a waiting period.  If there are minor children ...

The nursing home is a place where care, attention and help are extended by the staff at the nursing home. Unfortunately, that is not the experience that some of the elderly family members have encountered in these nursing homes. Some nursing homes have extended highly irresponsible, cruel and brutal behavior towards the elderly residents of the nursing home and this is one of the major reasons for the rising numbers in the nursing home abuse cases . This growing numbers is an indication that the situation is turning truly dangerous and unsafe for people who need to shift their beloved elderly family member from the safe and secure confines of the home to a highly precarious and risky place where danger is personified by the very people who should be the saviors. Any indication that the family member who is a resident of a nursing home is suffering some kind of abuse or cruelty need to be further probed and explored. And the first step in this direction is to engage the services o...

There comes a time in every body’s life when it becomes necessary to transfer the most loved family member from the safety and security of a home to the unpredictability of the nursing home, because of a number of reasons. These reasons may include, job relocations, lack of time due to job constraints, inability o handle certain medical needs of the patient or a host of other reasons. Whatever be the reason, the shifting of a beloved family member to the nursing home can be traumatic for both. But unfortunately, the precarious condition in which the nursing homes are found today, it seems to be quite intimidating and the proof of the condition is the large number of the nursing home abuse cases . And when such abuses are noticed it is time to nip it in the bud and contact a nursing home abuse lawyer Finding an experienced nursing home abuse attorney to handle the abuse cases, is of prime importance. There are many issues that must be tackled and some of them include, compensation...

Though the reason for enlisting a loved family member may be really valid and acceptable, it is a very difficult decision to make, especially if the loved family member is a parent. But having to enlist them in a nursing home is a difficult decision, especially considering the rising number of nursing home abuse cases .  However, there is some solace in the fact that there has been a very earnest and sincere effort to locate a very good and efficient nursing home where the person will be taken care of very well. It is with this belief that people usually enlist their loved ones, however it is not always the case as can be seen from the rising number of nursing home abuse cases that are being reported very frequently. It is possible to ensure that the nursing home is free of such cases by following a few guidelines which include:  Firstly, check out their background history and whether they have any incidence of nursing home abuse cases reported ever. Meet the local nur...

At times it becomes really difficult to leave a beloved elderly member of the family at a nursing home as facilities at home do not actually encourage complete care and attention that needs to be given to them. And that is exactly the reason why most families place their elder family members in the care of the nursing home. This is done with the complete trust that they will be extended better and more enhanced care and attention that they deserve. However, sadly that is not the case and in fact it is the real contrast. The residents of the nursing have to suffer various types of abuses at the hands of the nursing staff and assistants. The   nursing home abuse cases   have been on the rise and the  nursing home lawyer  have taken up a number of these cases that come under the purview of the personal injury law. In order to prove and fight their  nursing home abuse cases  in the court of law, it is necessary to engage the services of a highly experienced...

With the rather unfortunate increase in  nursing home abuse cases ,  it has become really mandatory to find out more details about the nursing home that is chosen for care to be given to the elder members in the family. One of the major cases of abuse is theft which not only affects the patients but also the nursing home. The most common nursing home abuses cases are the stealing medications meant for the patients and the perpetrators of the crime are the very people on whom the faith and trust is placed,    the caretakers, the nursing assistants and the nursing home facilitators. An increasing number of cases according to the  nursing home abuse attorney  are reported for not only theft of the medications but also the theft of the personal property of the residents of the nursing homes. When their family members come to meet them, they bring along fruits and other food items like health drinks, biscuits, bread etc. which are stolen by the people...