What Is Subrogation?

By Jedidiah McKeehan So, the word “subrogation” is probably a word that you have heard at some point in your life, but you may not be exactly sure what it means.  What does it mean, anyway? In the legal context, the word subrogation most often comes in to play in...

What Is a Court Order?

By Jedidiah McKeehan If you have ever been involved in a legal proceeding, you may have gone in front of a judge at some point and heard the judge “order” that one or both of the parties to the lawsuit do something.  Those things that a judge says are what is called...

What happens during mediation

By Jedidiah McKeehan You may have heard of the legal term, “mediation.” What is it? What happens during a mediation? A mediation is an informal process that is used in a large number of lawsuits to try to settle the cases before they go to trial. When a lawsuit has...

Watch out, slow drivers!

By Jedidiah McKeehan So, you may or may not know, but as of 2016 there is a statute on the books in Tennessee that punishes slow drivers.  So, warn those slow drivers in your life to speed up! Pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-8-204, on interstates or...

Transporting children in a truck bed

By Jedidiah McKeehan Something you do not see too often anymore is kids riding in the back of trucks, which is a good thing.  It is always better to be safe, especially when children are involved, and have them ride inside of the vehicle in the appropriate car seat. ...