Category Archives: Civil Rights & Excessive Force

Tennessee gives you one year to file a bar injury lawsuit. The evidence that wins those cases starts disappearing in 30 days. Here is what actually happens in the weeks after a bar injury — and why early calls beat late ones every time.

A bouncer hits a patron at a Nashville bar — and the bar is on the hook. Why? Because Tennessee law doesn’t just punish the bouncer. It punishes the venue that hired him, trained him (or didn’t), and ignored the warning signs. Here is how negligent security claims work in Tennessee.

Bouncers are not police. They have no qualified immunity. And the bar that hired them is generally on the hook for what they did. Here is what Tennessee law actually allows — and where it cuts against bar security.