Thoughts from a Nashville Personal Injury Lawyer

Much of trial practice and life leads lawyers to remove themselves from humanity with legal technicalities. As lawyers, we can learn a lot from other great leaders, including Mother Theresa.

Mother Theresa had a copy of the following poem hanging on a wall of the orphanage she founded in Calcutta. The original author is unknown.

People are often unreasonable,

Illogical and self-centered;

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,

People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway.

If you are successful,

You will win some false friends and some true enemies;

Succeed anyway.

People may cheat you;

Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,

Someone could destroy overnight;

Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,

They may be jealous;

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,

People will often forget tomorrow;

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,

And it may never be enough;

Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see in the final analysis,

It is between you and God;

It is never between you and them anyway.

Civility Of The Personal Injury Attorney

Civility does not mean weakness. Civility, kindness and love are found on the path to justice for Tennessee personal injury lawyers. Many lawyers in Tennessee are uncivil to witnesses, other lawyers, and the parties. Incivility of attorneys usually arises out of insecurity, fear, and incompetence and has no place in the profession.

Who do we admire: Jesus Christ, Ghandi, Mother Teresa, or Hitler, Mussolini or the Devil?

Civility to all parties to a lawsuit is the only way to insure that justice will occur from the facts. I have been tested by extreme incivility in cases, however, that is not the norm in Tennessee. When lawyers are arrogant or hateful to our clients, a witness or equals, they lose.

Juries are very smart and usually, it has been my experience, will not reward this behavior.

Tennessee Truck Accident and Car Accident

Why does someone injured in a tractor-trailer crash or a car accident in Tennessee need competent legal representation?

There are many reason why someone needs a competent professional when this type of tragedy strikes a family as follows:

1. Insurance company are in the business of making money and not adequately compensating victims who have been involved in a truck crash or automobile crash at their insured’s fault;

2. Injury victims do not know the law as it relates to torts, civil procedure, or evidence and are at a disadvantage to the insurance company who is in the business of trying to avoid paying the accident victim;

3. The insurance company will have people investigating this crash from the date they receive notice of it and the accident victim should also have someone investigating this crash;

4. A personal injury lawyer will be able to advise you on what needs to be done to prosecute your claim from Day One and how to preserve evidence which is very important to your case;

5. A Tennessee personal injury lawyer will be aware of the laws relating to the operation of a tractor-trailer and/or automobile on the highways in the State of Tennessee and will also be able to insure that you receive prompt, fair, and complete compensation for your injuries;

6. Statistics show that injured victims who are not represented by an attorney do not receive full and fair compensation for their injuries just as a patient would be ill advised to operate on themselves and a person injured in an automobile crash or tractor-trailer wreck would be ill advised to attempt to represent themselves.

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