The Terry Law Firm Blog
A commercial truck crash usually involves more damage, more severe injuries, and more legal complications than a regular car accident. Large commercial vehicles like semi-trucks, delivery vans, and dump trucks are bigger, heavier, and harder to stop, so the crashes they cause tend to be more severe, especially when they collide with smaller vehicles. In […]
If you have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, you are likely facing financial distress, time out of work, and difficulty navigating your everyday life. A serious form of pneumonia or lung disease, Legionnaires’ disease often results from exposure to bacterial growth in contaminated water in hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, and workplaces. When that exposure was […]
The Johnson City area offers numerous opportunities for outdoor activities, including hiking in Buffalo Mountain Park, mountain biking at Tannery Knobs, and paddleboarding at Boone Lake. Our area’s options for outdoor recreation are fantastic, but it’s important to remember that they’re not without safety risks. At The Terry Law Firm, we prioritize your safety, and […]
Any injury to the spine, including compression of the spinal cord, is something to take seriously. While not as obviously traumatic as the complete severing of the spinal cord, a compression injury can still have catastrophic effects, including partial or complete paralysis. What Is Spinal Cord Compression? Spinal cord compression happens when something puts pressure […]
Receiving a settlement offer in a personal injury case can feel like reaching a milestone, but it’s often just one step in your recovery journey. Insurance companies frequently present initial offers that fall short of covering the full extent of your expenses and suffering. Understanding what happens when you reject an insurance settlement offer is […]
Several parties could be liable for a moving truck accident, including the truck’s driver, a maintenance company, and the company that rented the truck or employed the moving truck driver. It all depends on the details of what happened. If you have been hurt in a moving truck crash, figuring out who’s at fault for […]
You’re approaching a flashing red traffic light at an intersection. What should you do? What if the flashing light is yellow? If you’re an experienced driver, you may already know that you should treat a flashing red light like a stop sign and that a flashing yellow light means you must slow down and yield […]
The Terry Law Firm announced today that the legal practice has again been recognized for its personal injury litigation practice area in the most recent edition of “Best Law Firms,” a prestigious publication compiled by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. Digital news and information company U.S. News & World Report and Best […]
Have you recently been in a backing-up accident? If so, you’re probably wondering who’s to blame. Should the driver who was backing up have been paying more attention to the vehicles around them? Or should the other motorist – the one who likely had the better field of vision at the time – have given […]
Recovering from a serious injury often requires weeks or months of physical therapy. Physical therapy’s impact on a personal injury settlement goes beyond aiding recovery. It can play a crucial role in shaping the outcome of your case. The treatment can help restore strength and mobility while providing important evidence that can support the compensation […]