Grundy County, Tennessee

For more than four decades, our award-winning and nationally-recognized lawyers have been privileged to represent the injured residents of Altamount, Beersheba Springs, Coalmont, Greutli-Laager, Monteagle, Palmer, Tracy City and all of Grundy County. Unlike a lot of firms who handle all types of cases, our focus is civil litigation and personal injury and wrongful death cases. We do not handle real estate cases, criminal matters, divorces, child custody matters, bankruptcies, corporate matters, wills or trusts, etc. By limiting our practice, we can deliver the best possible results, in the shortest possible time, to our injury clients.

We have helped thousands of injury victims in all types of cases including medical malpractice cases, sexual abuse cases, slip and fall accidents, farm equipment accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning cases, jet ski accidents, construction accidents, bus accidents, dog bite cases, boating accidents, birth injury cases, injuries caused by defective or unreasonably dangerous products, liquor liability claims, drowning accidents, food poisoning cases, golf cart accidents, nursing home abuse and neglect cases, uninsured/underinsured motorist claims, cases involving eye injuries, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, orthopedic injuries, burn injuries and many others.

Car Crashes in Grundy County

Of course, a large part of our practice is car wrecks including a significant number of tractor-trailer crashes. We also handle motorcycle accidents, bus accidents and accidents involving vehicles and bicycles or pedestrians. Unfortunately, too many drivers continue to exercise bad judgment on the roadway. Texting while driving, drinking and driving, speeding and failing to obey traffic laws are just a few of the examples. In trucking accidents, too often the cause is a fatigued trucker who was driving over his permitted service hours or a truck in poor condition due to improper or shoddy maintenance.

The Tennessee Department of Safety publishes crash data for each county. From 2015 to 2019, Grundy County had the following rankings:

• Overall Crash Rate: 53rd
  
• Fatal Crash Rate: 93rd
  
• Injury Crash Rate: 30th
  
• Motorcycle Crash Rate: 8th
• Alcohol-Impaired Fatality Rate: 91st
  
• Alcohol-Impaired Crash Rate: 69th
• Speeding Crash Rate: 13th
  
• Young Driver (Ages 15-24) Crash Rate: 57th
• Senior Driver (Ages 65+) Crash Rate: 67th
  

We Can Help You

As you can see, Grundy County ranked very high in several crash categories. If you have been injured in a car wreck in Grundy County, you need our experienced, aggressive team.

Quite honestly, the responsible party and the insurance company would love for you to go it alone and settle your case without a lawyer. They know the process can be confusing and intimidating. They also know Tennessee's laws on personal injury are complex and several key laws have recently been changed by the Legislature. They hope you will be so overwhelmed by the process that you will simply take their minimal offer. But, we can handle the work for you and make sure you get all the compensation you deserve. We understand the physical, emotional and financial burdens caused by serious accidents and we can help.

Will I Have To Go To Court?

We try to resolve our case without the necessity of litigation.  But, if the responsible party or the insurance company does not want to be reasonable, we will not hesitate to protect your rights. 

Judges in Grundy County and Court Information

If suit must be filed to protect your rights, Grundy County is located in the 12th Judicial District which also includes Bledsoe, Franklin, Marion, Rhea and Sequatchie counties. The judges who preside over civil cases in Grundy County Circuit Court are:

• John Cameron


• Justin C. Angel
  


• Bradley Sherman

For the 2010-2011 reporting period, 16 tort cases (claims for personal injury or wrongful death) were filed in Grundy County.  During that same time, there were not any cases that went to trial.  For the 2011-2012 reporting period, there were again only 16 tort cases filed but none went to trial.  For 2012-2013, 22 tort cases were filed in Grundy County and, for the third straight year, zero tort cases went to trial.  For 2013-2014, 15 tort cases were filed in Grundy County and two went to trial. Unfortunately, the injured party lost both of those trials.  For 2014-2015, not a single tort case was filed in Grundy County.  In 2015-2016, 12 tort cases were filed and none were tried.  In 2016-2017, 7 tort cases were filed and none were tried.  For 2018-2019, 8 tort cases were filed and again none were tried.  In summary, since 2010, there have only been 2 tort cases tried in Grundy County and the injury victim lost both of them. The last year referenced for this data is the 2018-2019 reporting period.

John Day has created a new website (BirdDog Law) to give citizens, judges, and lawyers important information about the court system of every county in Tennessee, including updated trial statistics in each of the 95 counties. For more recent information and an understanding of the trends in jury and nonjury personal injury and wrongful death cases in Grundy County, please click on the link.

Why You Should Hire Us

These statistics demonstrate just how crucial it is to have the right lawyer representing you.  You need an aggressive attorney who knows not only how to get your case to trial but how to win once trial starts.  John Day literally wrote the books on injury and trial law in Tennessee.

Since 1993, Best Lawyers has ranked John Day as one of the country's best lawyers. Business Tennessee has consistently named John Day as one of the best attorneys in the State. U.S. News and World Report has ranked The Law Offices of John Day, P.C. as one of the nation's Best Law Firms.

And, we have recovered millions and millions of dollars for our satisfied clients. We handle all injury and death cases on a contingency basis so we only get paid if we win. So, why would you hire anyone else?

If you have been injured in an accident in Grundy County, contact us today online or by calling one of our three convenient Middle Tennessee locations or our toll-free number:

Nashville: 615-669-3993

Murfreesboro: 615-867-9900

Brentwood: 615-742-4880

Toll-Free:  866-812-8787