Firm News

Car and Truck Accidents

• Franklin Tennessee Police Detective Vehicle Roll Over
  Mar 12, 2009

  A detective in Franklin Tennessee reportedly rolled over her vehicle after driving over loose gravel.  The detective was traveling in Williamson County when the vehicle hit some gravel, and flipped over onto its roof.  The officer reportedly was not speeding but was going the posted speed limit.

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• Motorcyle Crashes Into Police Car In Middle Tennessee
  Mar 11, 2009

  A motorcycle accident reportedly occurred when a motorcycle crashed into a Franklin Tennessee police officer who was responding to a service call.  The officer was reportedly driving through an intersection with his lights and siren activated when a motorcycle struck his police vehicle.  The police department reportedly requested that the Tennessee Highway Patrol investigate the accident.

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• Tennessee Passenger In Car Wreck Reportedly Sues Actor Morgan Freeman
  Mar 11, 2009

  The passenger from Memphis Tennessee who was involved in actor Morgan Freeman's August 2008 car crash is reportedly suing the actor.  The car wreck occurred in a rural part of Mississippi.  The car accident occurred on August 3, 2008, when Mr. Freeman's car went off the road and flipped. 

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Workers' Compensation

• NES Worker Electrocuted
  Aug 26, 2010

  A Nashville Electric Service employee died after being electrocuted in Rutherford County Tn.
  The man was working on a power line on Sones River Rd at the time of the incident.
  NES is calling the death an accident, but would not provide details on how it happened.
  
  For more on NES Employee Electrocuted.
  
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• Fuji Film to Close Tullahoma Plant
  Jan 27, 2010

  
  Fuji Film processing plant in Tullahoma, TN will be closing in March 2010.  Over 200 Coffee County employees will lose their jobs.
  
  The plant, which has been manufacturing film since 1996, is closing due to the increased use of digital photography.
  
  Fuji's closing comes at a time when there are already 2,500 jobless workers in Coffee Co. which has a total population of less than 25,000.
  The newest figures from the State of Tennessee show that in December the unemployment rate hit 10.9 percent, the highest it's been since 1983.  That's 3.3 percent higher than December of last year.  
  
  IF YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER HAVE HAD A PAST WORK RELATED INJURY IN WHICH WORKERS COMPENSATION WAS PAID, YOU MAY BE DUE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.  
  
  Tennessee Workers Compensation Laws provide that, if an employee receives a Workers Compensation settlement or judgment and the employer has returned the employee to work, the amount of the settlement or judgment is limited.  Thereafter, if the employee loses their job for any reason including PLANT CLOSINGS, the employee may be entitled to have the previous award enlarged.  
  
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• Nashville Construction Worker Electrocuted Working in Clarksville Tenn
  Jan 12, 2010

  
  An employee of DJ Drilling and Blasting of La Vergne was electrocuted while working at a  Clarksville, TN construction worksite.
  
  The man, who was not identified, was operating a drilling rig when the equipment came in to contact with a power line that caused his death.
  
  He was later pronounced dead at Gateway Medical Center.    
  
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• Peterbilt Madison Plant Closes 390 Jobs Lost
  Sep 29, 2009

  The Peterbilt truck plant in Madison will close permanently as of Dec. 1, 2009, taking with it 390 jobs of United Auto Workers union Local 1832.  
  
  A spokesperson for Peterbilt Corp said it would consolidate production at its other plant in Denton, Texas.  Texas plant is nonunion.  The The Madison plant has been in operation 40 years.  Several of the workers losing their jobs have been there for those 40 years.   
  
  The workers were locked out in June of 2008, when the United Auto Workers union Local 1832, which represents the hourly workers, declined to call a vote on a contract offer presented to the union.    Sales of big trucks have declined about 70 percent in the past year.  Peterbilt says it just makes financial sense to consolidate the plants.    
  
  Peterbilt is a subsidiary of PACCAR Inc., which also makes Kenworth trucks.  
  
  IF YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER HAVE HAD A PAST WORK RELATED INJURY IN WHICH WORKERS COMPENSATION WAS PAID, YOU MAY BE DUE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.  
  
  Tennessee Workers Compensation Laws provide that, if an employee receives a Workers Compensation settlement or judgment and the employer has returned the employee to work, the amount of the settlement or judgment is limited.  Thereafter, if the employee loses their job for any reason including PLANT CLOSINGS, the employee may be entitled to have the previous award enlarged.  
  
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• Penske Logistics to cut 300 Jobs in Maury County TN
  Sep 25, 2009

  Penske Logistics is cutting 300 jobs in Murray, County Tennessee due to the General Motors shutdown at the Spring Hill Plant.  The shutdown is due to production of the Chevrolet Traverse being moved to Michigan in November.
  
  Penske Logistics has given notice to the state that the layoffs will occur when the shutdown occurs.  
  
  IF YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER HAVE HAD A PAST WORK RELATED INJURY IN WHICH WORKERS COMPENSATION WAS PAID, YOU MAY BE DUE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.   Tennessee Workers Compensation Laws provide that, if an employee receives a Workers Compensation settlement or judgment and the employer has returned the employee to work, the amount of the settlement or judgment is limited.  Thereafter, if the employee loses their job for any reason including PLANT CLOSINGS or LAYOFFS, the employee may be entitled to have the previous award enlarged.  
  
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• Johnson Controls to cut Jobs in Maury County TN
  Sep 25, 2009

  Johnson Controls is cutting 343 jobs in Murray, County Tennessee due to the General Motors shutdown at the Spring Hill Plant.  The shutdown is due to production of the Chevrolet Traverse being moved to Michigan in November.
  
  Johnson Control has given notice to the state that the layoffs will occur when the shutdown occurs.  
  
  IF YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER HAVE HAD A PAST WORK RELATED INJURY IN WHICH WORKERS COMPENSATION WAS PAID, YOU MAY BE DUE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.   Tennessee Workers Compensation Laws provide that, if an employee receives a Workers Compensation settlement or judgment and the employer has returned the employee to work, the amount of the settlement or judgment is limited.  Thereafter, if the employee loses their job for any reason including PLANT CLOSINGS or LAYOFFS, the employee may be entitled to have the previous award enlarged.  
  
  Please call or click to discuss the "reconsideration" of your work related injury with a experienced Tennessee Worker's Compensation attorney at The Williams Law Group.  We can help!  
  
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• Fleetguard Jobs Moving From Cookeville TN to Mexico
  Sep 14, 2009

  Fleetguard officials announced that 140 employees will lose their jobs due to three filter assembly lines being moved from the Cookeville facility to Mexico.  The jobs will be lost beginning in mid-November and lasting through mid-January. 
  
  Fleetguard, a subsidiary of  Cummins Filtration is keeping silent as to the issues of severance packages and whether more job losses will follow.   Cookeville's Fleetguard plant currently employs around 700 people.  
  
  IF YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER HAVE HAD A PAST WORK RELATED INJURY IN WHICH WORKERS COMPENSATION WAS PAID, YOU MAY BE DUE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.  
  
  Tennessee Workers Compensation Laws provide that, if an employee receives a Workers Compensation settlement or judgment and the employer has returned the employee to work, the amount of the settlement or judgment is limited.  Thereafter, if the employee loses their job for any reason including PERMENANT JOB LOSS, the employee may be entitled to have the previous award enlarged.  
  
  Please call or click to discuss the "reconsideration" of your work related injury with a experienced Tennessee Worker's Compensation attorney at The Williams Law Group.  We can help!  
  
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  Toll Free - 1.866.820.4457
  Nashville - 615.313.3999
  Lebanon - 615.444.2900   - 70 - 70