Tennessee Law Blog
This blawg focuses on wrongful death, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, workers' compensation, and car accidents.
Author: Jim Higgins is a partner at Higgins, Himmelberg & Piliponis in Nashville, Tenn. The firm also authors Tennessee Criminal Attorney.
Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Medical Malpractice • States • Tennessee • Solo / Small Firm • Workers Compensation
Recent Posts from Tennessee Law Blog
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Tennessee Sexual Harassment Suit before Supreme Court Expected to Expand Retaliation Protections for All Workers
The U.S. Supreme Court, whose 2008-09 term began last week, announced this week its sympathy for a Nashville, Tennessee employee who filed a Title VII anti-retaliation lawsuit (workplace anti-discrimination protections) when her employer fired her…
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TN Department of Heath Fines Murfreesboro Nursing Home, 90% of Nursing Homes Nationwide Cited for Violations
A Tennessee nursing home investigation uncovered violations in administration and nursing services for Boulevard Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a 100-bed nursing home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of Health has suspended all new…
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Medtronic Issues Another Class I FDA Recall
A little over a week has passed since the medical device manufacturer Medtronic issued its Class 1 Recall for its automated external defibrillators (AEDs), this AED recall following a number of dangerous Medtronic medical device…
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5 Years Since Tennessee Nursing Home Fire
It has been five years since 16 people died in a nursing home fire at the NHC home in Nashville. The fire brought to the forefront the need for facilities to have mandatory fire evacuation…
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Medtronic Recalls Another Dangerous Medical Device from Market, LIFEPAK CR Plus Automated External Defibrillators
FDA has issued a Class I recall for LIFEPAK CR Plus automated external defibrillators (AEDs) produced by Medtronic’s subsidiary Physio-Control, Inc. This urgent medical device recall was issued for 249 LIFEPAK CR Plus units manufactured…
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Nashville Security Guard Charged with Murder
A Nashville, Tennessee grand jury has issued a second-degree murder indictment against security guard Jeremy Holmes in the death of Adam Villegas. This unfortunate case began when Holmes got into an argument outside the Marathon…
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Spinal Injuries from Off-Label Use of Medtronic's Infuse Bone Graft Drowned by Medtronic's Recent Defibrillator Coverage
Medtronic, the medical device giant best known for its heart and diabetes technologies, has recently released a flurry of press releases regarding the FDA’s approval of its software to detect cracks in potential defective Medtronic…
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Teen Suspects in Nursing Home Sexual Abuse Case
Last Friday, Minnesota shocked the world of nursing home abuse with a report of 15 residents who had been sexually and emotionally abused in heinous and humiliating ways by four nursing assistants. While abusive nursing…
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Doctors Rarely Report Suspected Nursing Home Abuse
Apparently, “Do no harm,” means keeping a tight lip on suspected nursing home abuse if you’re among the thousands of U.S. doctors who every year fail to report the abuse found to affect an estimated…
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Concerns about Tennessee security guard companies
Many of Nashville's elderly and disabled citizens have much to fear due to rising crime rates at the apartment complexes where they live. There are seven high-rise public housing towers who's incidents of criminal activity…