October 2019 News

Hopping in your car to drive after a long night of poor sleep may not seem like a big deal, but drowsy driving is a lot more dangerous than you may think. In fact, the CDC estimates that 6,000 fatal crashes are caused by drowsy driving every year, although exact numbers are [...]

If you live in a larger city like Nashville or Louisville, you’ve probably seen electric scooters on the roads. You can hardly walk down the street without seeing them on the sidewalks. Perhaps you’ve even rented one. Recently, however, these scooters have been part of a [...]

There are many different types of injuries that can occur in a car accident, but one that is easily overlooked is burn injuries. Luckily, fires don’t occur often during car accidents but burns can also be caused by coming in contact with hot fluids or metal during the crash. [...]

E-cigarette users sometimes view vaping as a safe alternative to traditional smoking, but the CDC has reported 530 lung injuries and six deaths associated with e-cigarette usage. 

Motorcycle safety is important for all of us. In a bustling city like Nashville or Bowling Green, we share the road with motorcycles, scooters, and bicycles every day. This article outlines a few simple tips and best practices for how best to safely share the road with [...]

In case you’re not familiar with the term “pedestrian scramble,” it is the name given to crosswalks that allow pedestrians to cross an intersection from all directions; meaning it has diagonal crosswalks that go through the intersection. Nashville has installed some of these [...]

We all have places to be and a certain amount of time to get there, often not enough time. This stress paired with distracted drivers around us, who might make driving decisions we don’t agree with, is enough to induce road rage. The nicest people out there sometimes give in [...]

Imagine coming back from dinner to your car wrecked. Imagine hearing your valet admit (as one did to CBS) that he and his friends went for joy rides in other people's cars almost every night. While most valets may be honest and respectable, and you are unlikely to face such a [...]

It’s a call no parent wants to receive. You always protect your child, but now, through no fault of your own, there’s been an injury. Maybe it was just bruises. Maybe a fracture, the loss of a limb, or even death.

Workplace Accidents Solved the Right Way You thought that your workplace would pay for the accident, yet here you are with mounting bills and no way to make money while you recover. Why should you pay when the accident wasn't your fault? At Bart Durham Injury Law, we are [...]