Tennessee Personal Injury Attorney

Our Law Firm Partners Handle a Wide Range of Tennessee Injury Cases

Our co-counsels in Tennessee can handle almost any type of negligence case. If someone else’s carelessness or recklessness caused your injuries, you may qualify to pursue compensation and hold the at-fault party accountable. Some of the most common types of personal injury cases our law firm partners take include:

• Car Accident: In Tennessee, car accident victims can pursue compensation if another driver caused the crash. The state requires liability insurance that pays for bodily harm and property damage.
• Truck Accident: Due to federal and state trucking regulations, victims of truck accidents in Tennessee can hold the trucking company or other responsible parties liable. These cases are often more complex than a standard car crash, but an attorney can help you establish your case and seek justice.
• Motorcycle Accident: Tennessee motorcyclists can hold careless and negligent drivers responsible for their injuries. Riders often face bias when recovering compensation after a crash, but a lawyer can protect you.

We can also help pedestrians and cyclists injured in car, truck, and motorcycle wrecks.

The Goldwater Law Firm Connects Victims With Tennessee Personal Injury Attorneys

The Goldwater Law Firm is an award-winning law firm with a reputation for getting results for injured victims. We believe the top priority must be the victim and their need to recover compensation and justice. Thanks to our law firm partners nationwide, we can help victims in all 50 states.

As one of the most widely recognized personal injury firms in the United States, our strategic partners are some of the country’s biggest and most successful firms. We work closely with co-counsel to ensure victims have the resources, support, and representation they need and deserve during this difficult time.

We understand that you are going through one of the most difficult times of your life. We are here to help. We will connect you with a law firm partner who can represent you and will work based on contingency. You will never pay upfront for their services. You only pay if and when they recover compensation for you.

A Tennessee Personal Injury Lawyer Will Build Your Case While You Heal

Significant injuries could cause long-term pain, permanent disabilities, and trauma. Many people require ongoing medical treatment and support and may be unable to return to work. They face financial stress, overwhelming healthcare costs, and diminished quality of life. Some types of injuries that could cause these outcomes include:

• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Spinal cord injury (SCI)
• Amputation or loss of use
• Severe burns
• Multiple fractures or crush injuries
• Organ damage
• Neck or back injuries, even without paralysis
• Eye or ear injuries

Traumatic injuries often require immediate medical care for stabilization. Sometimes, life-saving care could occur on the accident scene or at a nearby emergency department. In other cases, you may need to be taken to a trauma center.

According to the Tennessee Department of Health, the state has Level I designated trauma centers for adults in Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Johnson City. Comprehensive pediatric facilities exist in Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville. Medevac helicopters are often used to transfer patients with severe traumatic injuries to these facilities from other areas of the state.

This transportation and care is often costly. Your lawyer will include these costs in your compensation demand.

A Tennessee Personal Injury Attorney Will Seek Damages for Your Expenses and Losses

When a personal injury lawyer from one of our co-counsels builds a case based on your accident and injuries, they will gather paperwork, expert opinions, and other evidence of your injuries, expenses, and losses. This allows them to present strong evidence to support your claim during negotiations with the insurance carrier or in court at a jury trial.

Some types of damages commonly sought in personal injury cases include:

• Compensation for past and future medical treatment related to the injury
• Money for lost income due to the injury and treatment
• Potential future earning capacity if you cannot return to work at the same pay
• Compensation for damage to personal property, such as a vehicle in a car accident
• Damages for physical pain and suffering, emotional distress, and the intangible losses you experienced
• Compensation for permanent disabilities or scarring
• Compensation for the psychological effects of the injuries, including anxiety, depression, and PTSD

What Role Does Negligence Play in a Tennessee Personal Injury Case?

The role of negligence in causing injuries is central to recovering compensation in a personal injury case. Tennessee’s personal injury laws require victims to present compelling evidence of negligence to hold another party accountable for their injuries.

There are four elements a lawyer must establish to prove negligence:

• The at-fault party must have owed the victim a duty of care. This is fairly straightforward in car crashes, as all drivers owe other road users a duty to follow traffic laws and drive safely.
• They must have breached that duty.
• Their breach caused an accident or incident.
• The victim suffered harm.

For example, a victim can only hold a careless driver accountable for a traffic accident if they can show that another driver breached their duty (e.g., ran a red light) and caused the accident (e.g., T-boned your vehicle as you were legally traveling through the intersection).

The Tennessee personal injury attorneys from our law firm partners know how to investigate negligence cases and gather the necessary evidence to hold the at-fault party accountable.

How Will a Tennessee Personal Injury Lawyer Recover Compensation for Me?

When you hire one of our co-counsels to represent you, your lawyer will gather strong evidence to support your claim. This could include:

• Relevant medical records
• Eyewitness statements
• Accident reports
• Expert analysis from specialists and industry experts
• Accident reconstruction
• Video of the accident
• Photos from the scene

This evidence will show who is liable for your injuries, the severity of your injuries, and how the accident has affected your life.

There are generally two approaches that our co-counsels use to seek and recover compensation in a Tennessee personal injury case. They include:

Preparing a Claim

Filing an insurance claim based on the liable party’s coverage could allow you to recover compensation through a negotiated settlement. A personal injury lawyer will develop strong support for the claim and demand fair compensation based on the case facts. Then, they can use proven negotiation techniques to reach an agreement for a payout amount with the insurer.

Negotiating claims is often successful and is the most common way to win a personal injury case.

Filing a Lawsuit

Sometimes, litigating the case is necessary. This requires your personal injury lawyer to sue the liable party and prepare the case for trial. These cases often settle through a negotiated agreement before trial, too. However, those that do not settle will go before a judge or jury. The lawyer will present the evidence and ask the court to award fair compensation.

When Should I Consider Hiring a Tennessee Injury Attorney for My Case?

You want an attorney managing your Tennessee injury case as soon as possible. The earlier you hire a lawyer to represent you, the sooner you can focus on healing and know your case is in good hands.

As soon as you hire a lawyer, they will begin protecting your rights, preserving evidence, and developing an effective legal strategy to pursue maximum compensation in your case. These are all key steps in ensuring you get the money you may qualify for based on your injuries and losses.

Tennessee has one of the shortest periods for filing a lawsuit in the country. Under Tenn. Code § 28-3-104, you only have one year to file a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit under most circumstances. Missing this deadline will jeopardize your right to sue, so ensure you have a lawyer on your side well before this deadline arrives.