Many law firms advertise on TV, billboards, the highway, and the sides of buses. Very few law firms try jury cases. Many Nashville personal injury lawyers and law firms who heavily advertise do not write their own briefs, choosing instead to “farm out” legal research and appeals. Even fewer firms have ever won landmark decisions.
David Randolph Smith & Associates have engaged in tireless efforts to support positive changes in the law. Our firm has achieved numerous victories in landmark cases in both state and federal courts. Below is a list of cases where our firm has advanced the law and achieved justice for our clients.
Landmark Tennessee Supreme Court case holding that a premises owner has a duty of reasonable care to provide accurate information to an independent contractor if the owner provides specific information germane to the repair.
In December 26, 2001, a security guard at Trevecca Nazarine University (“TNU”) in Nashville, Tennessee, noticed that some campus buildings...
View Article9 S.W.3d 119 (Tenn., Dec 27, 1999) (Landmark informed consent case on causation brought after patient, who underwent radiation treatment for lung tumor, sustained radiation myelitis and was rendered paraplegic).
Ms. Ashe sustained “radiation myelitis” caused by a permanent radiation injury to her spinal cord. She became a paraplegic. Id....
View Article$7.2 million verdict finding hospital 100% at fault for failing to enforce its written policies and procedures resulting in the death of the patient, Wayne Barkes.
On the morning of July 26, 2000, Wayne Barkes tilled his garden and then used an ax and other hand...
View ArticleBefore our firm successfully argued the Jordan case before the Tennessee Supreme Court, a child could not recover for the intangible benefits of a deceased parent.
Landmark case establishing that wrongful death damages include loss of consortium.