I received a call from a angry woman who was upset that this blog included information from a police report involving a DUI driver who killed a woman in a Tennessee car accident on I-40 more than a year ago. The blog restated what was in the police report, including the name of the driver and the person who owned the vehicle the DUI driver was operating. In this case, the listed owner was the father of the DUI driver.

What’s the problem with that? Well, the woman was the wife of the man listed as the owner (the father of the DUI driver). She insisted that it was not her husband’s car at the time, and that he had given it to his former wife as part of their divorce. So what happened? We know that this 2 time DUI driver got access to the vehicle from someone. Why wasn’t the title changed from husband to ex-wife, or from ex-wife to son? Did the police just get it totally wrong?

State law requires that owner names on vehicle titles be changed on transfer, and taxes for the sale/transfer paid. Was someone trying to avoid paying a few dollars of tax, or was there another motive? Giving someone a car, and leaving title in your name can create problems for you, and in a case like this create problems for everyone.

If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a Tennessee car accident, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Tennessee personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here.

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved.

Phillip Miller is a Tennessee Accident Attorney specializing in
Tennessee Auto Accidents, Tennessee Truck Accidents, Tennessee Wrongful Death, and Tennessee Motorcycle Accident cases.

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