Tennessee Workers' Compensation

11/5/2009
Phillip Miller
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Back Surgery

We have had hundreds of clients who have had back surgery, some as the result of work injuries, some from collision cases. The Most of them experienced pain and thought that surgery would take away their pain and allow them to return to normal. The words used to describe the conditions and procedures involved - laminectomy, fusion, stabilization, spondylosis, stenosis, are not "user friendly" but ultimately back surgery is about protecting the spinal cord and nerves. Pain relief is not the most important goal for a back surgeon and the amount of pain after surgery can be disappointing. The best advice - lose weight, stretch, and exercise. This sounds good but for so many people it is impossible. Don't we all need to follow this advice whether we have back problems or not? Many times, our clients fail at these reasonable but impossible to achieve goals. The result? Back pain that limits their activities and lives in ways that are hard to appreciate unless you have heard their stories. Surgery is not always the answer for back pain, and the Mayo Clinic has some good information for anyone who is thinking about this surgery (click here). For other information about back surgery and specific procedures, click here.

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Phillip Miller's Tennessee Auto Accident Blog

Nashville Auto Accident Lawyer Reports On a Fatal Tipton County Roadway Departure Crash

Date: 09/04/2010

A 20-year-old Tipton County Tennessee man was killed early the other morning when his car left the roadway went into a ditch hit a culvert and burst into flames.


Nashville Auto Accident Attorney Talks About That Time When Seniors Need To Hang Up Their Car Keys

Date: 09/03/2010

The good news is that seniors are among the safest drivers on the road, many limit their driving to compensate for age-related health and functional changes.


Nashville Automobile Accident Lawyer Talks About The Red Light Running Problem

Date: 09/03/2010

Traffic crashes are the single most significant cause of preventable death and injury in North America.


Nashville Motorcycle Lawyer Reports On A Fatal Tennessee Motorcycle Roadway Departure Crash

Date: 09/02/2010

As an experienced Tennessee motorcycle accident attorney I have reviewed hundreds of accidents and I am becoming alarmed at the number motorcycles involved in roadway departure crashes this year.


Nashville Auto Accident Lawyer Reports On A Fatal Car/Motorcycle Collision on I-40

Date: 09/02/2010

Interstate driving is different than you will experience on any other type of highway.


Nashville Tractor-Trailer Accident Lawyer Reports On I-75 A Dangerous Interstate Highway

Date: 09/01/2010

Interstate 75 is one of the most dangerous roadways in the United States of America.


Tennessee Seizure Victim Crashes Into A Beauty Salon Injuring Ten People

Date: 09/01/2010

Older Tennessee drivers have relatively higher incidences of crashes precipitated by drivers’ medical emergencies when compared to young and middle-age drivers.


Nashville Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Reports On A Fatal Motorcycle School Bus Collision

Date: 08/31/2010

As an experienced Tennessee motorcycle accident attorney I am concerned that while all other types of fatal crashes involving cars, trucks and pedestrians are on the decrease, motorcycle fatalities continue to rise.


Nashville Automobile Accident Lawyer Discusses The Parent’s Duty To Supervise Children

Date: 08/31/2010

It is the parents responsibility to protect their children and that failure to supervise when the child is in a dangerous place is negligence on the part of the parent.


Nashville Motorcycle Accident Attorney Reminds Riders To Honor The Centerline

Date: 08/30/2010

A 54-year-old Harley–Davidson driver was in the center of the road, came around a curve and met a car coming the other way.

Phillip Miller's Personal Injury Blog

Maury County Fatality – No Seat Belt

Date: 08/19/2010

36-year-old Benny Ray Lawson of Goodlettsville, TN was killed in a single car crash on Saturday, August 14 according to the Cleveland Daily Banner. Lawson, who was driving a 1998 Ford Mustang was the only one in the car at the time of the accident, and was thrown from the car during the incident said the [...]


Hendersonville Teen Fatalities

Date: 08/18/2010

Two Beech High School students have died as a result of a car crash involving two cars on Friday, August 6 on Long Hollow Pike around 3:30 according to The Hendersonville Star News. Two boys were both riding in a 1993 Toyota, that was driven by one of the boy’s older brother, when the car crossed [...]


Mt. Juliet Teen Fatality – No Seat Belt

Date: 08/13/2010

A wreck that occurred around 3 p.m. on Sunday August 8 on North Greenhill Road in Mt. Juliet took the life of a 16 year old girl, according to The Wilson Post. She was a junior at Wilson Central High School, was a passenger in the 2003 Mercury Mountaineer pickup at the time of the wreck, [...]


Anderson County Tanker Accident

Date: 08/13/2010

A tractor trailer gas tanker carrying around 7400 gallons of diesel fuel crashed on Tuesday, August 9 in the early morning when the driver ran into a 2000 Pontiac Sunfire who was stopped on the left side of the road after blowing a tire, according to WBIR Knoxville. The wreck occurred while the tractor trailer was [...]


Murfreesboro Car Wreck Fatality – Chevy Blazer

Date: 08/11/2010

An 18 year old male was killed in a Tennessee car wreck during the early morning of Sunday, August 8, when his 2001 Chevy Blazer crashed on the interstate exit ramp to State Route 840 in Rutherford Country according to the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro. The Murfreesboro man’s SUV flipped multiple times after exiting the [...]


Who is the owner of DUI driver’s car?

Date: 07/27/2010

I received a call from a angry woman who was upset that this blog included information from a police report involving a DUI driver who killed a woman in a Tennessee car accident on I-40 more than a year ago. The blog restated what was in the police report, including the name of the driver [...]


Black SUV hit and run on Nashville I-40 near demonbreun – Is there insurance?

Date: 06/14/2010

On May 13 a 57 year old woman was killed in a Nashville car wreck on I 40.  A black SUV is suspected as having hit her in the rear and causing her to lose control. If you have information about a Black SUV that was on the scene on this date, please contact the [...]


Tennessee car accident attorney reviews statement/excuse of drugged driver and says “Are you kidding me?”

Date: 06/07/2010

Tennessee car accidents often involve DUI drivers or drivers who have been using drugs. It’s rare that they admit what they did or take responsibility. That’s why your best choice is to hire a Tennessee attorney familiar with Tennessee automobile accident law and cases against drunk or drugged drivers. A recent case of ours involved a client [...]


Tennessee Car Accidents more dangerous due to seat belt use.

Date: 06/03/2010

Car accidents in Tennessee are a fact of life, but serious injury and death can be avoided when seat belts are used. Although seat belts are mandatory safety equipment, and are present in any vehicle involved in a Tennessee auto accident, they are not always in use at the time of the collision. It’s not that Tennessee [...]


Truck Accident Lawyers Have to Do things Differently

Date: 05/11/2010

Tennessee truck accidents are just like car wrecks, right?  Well they do involve vehicles on roadways, but that is where the similarity ends. Finding out what happened and how in any truck accident can be very difficult. The truck driver almost always denies liability, and digging out the important information requires a lawyer to understand the [...]

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