What Can a Tennessee Personal Injury Lawyer Do For Me?

Being injured in an accident can be a horrible experience. But being injured due to the negligence of another person just adds insult to injury. When someone else breaches their duty of care and acts in a reckless manner that causes an accident, it can be difficult to know what to do. There are so many things to consider and decisions to make, but you have this horrible, serious injury to deal with. Hiring the right lawyer to help you through this difficult time is the best decision you can make. When someone’s negligence causes you or a family member to be seriously injured, you deserve fair compensation for your injuries, pain and suffering, lost wages, and unpaid medical bills. An attorney who focuses their practice on representing seriously injured clients can help you win your case. Attorney Robert Bates has been representing seriously injured people in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee for years. Let us help you through this tough time.

Types of Negligence Cases

There are many types of legal cases where innocent people are injured at the hands of someone breaching their duty of responsibility. In most of these cases, people unfortunately suffer from serious injuries. Also, these accidents can happen at any time and are usually very unexpected. Here is a list of common personal injury cases that the we at Robert Bates & Associates face on a daily basis:

● Car and truck accidents: Given the number of vehicles on the roads and highways of Tennessee, it’s no wonder that there are thousands of car and truck crashes every year. Most automobile wrecks are caused by someone driving in a negligent, careless, and reckless manner. When drivers of cars and trucks do not follow the rules of the road, people can get hurt.

● Semi-truck accidents: Most of the products that are sold in our stores are transported around the country in 18-wheeler trucks. This ensures that at any given time, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of large tractor trailers on the highways in and around the Tri-Cities area. Given the size of these trucks, when they are involved in a collision, many people can suffer significant injuries. Often, semi-trucks are the cause of multi-car pile-ups, shutting down highways for hours

● Slip and Falls: People slip, trip and fall all the time. It is often due to their own carelessness. However, sometimes, the fall is caused by the negligence of someone else. Customers will often slip and fall in retail stores or restaurants when store owners and employees do not maintain the floors very well. In some cases, people will trip and fall on uneven sidewalks and walkways. During bad winter weather, some property owners do not clear snow and ice from sidewalks and parking lots, as per the local ordinances.

● Pedestrian accidents: Another type of vehicular accident involves pedestrians who are struck by cars and trucks. Pedestrians include people walking and people riding bicycles. In many cases, the drivers of vehicles are not paying close enough attention to the road in front of them and strike walkers and bike riders. These types of accidents can cause horrific injuries given the fact that the victims have no protection from the impact of vehicles that weigh thousands of pounds.

Should You Hire a Personal Injury Lawyer?

The simple answer to this question is yes! An experienced personal injury lawyer can help you through the difficult time of being injured by someone’s negligence and not knowing what to do. A good lawyer will sit down with you and answer all of your questions and develop a plan to force the defendant and his or her insurance company to pay fair compensation for your injuries. A law firm that focuses their practice on personal injury cases will have the resources and knowledge to go up against big insurance companies and win!

Robert BatesRobert is a Kingsport trial lawyer who handles car, truck and motorcycle wreck cases across the Tri-Cities. Every client gets his cell number.