If you or a loved one are taking prescription drugs, it is important to use them safely. Medications can do a lot of good, but they can also cause serious side effects and interact with each other in very dangerous ways. As a Memphis drug injury lawyer, I’ve seen the worst happen. Here are some tips to help you avoid injury: 1. Communicate well with your doctors and health care providers. Before your next doctor’s appointment, write down all the medications you currently take or have taken recently. Include prescription and non-prescription drugs. Take the list with you to all of your medical appointments (yes, even the dentist!) and make sure your doctors know that you are taking each medication.
By: Darrell Castle As the new year gets into full swing, many of us are already nearing the ultra-defining “breaking point” for our New Year’s Resolutions- the point where we determine if the goal is attainable or too much to handle. For some of us, that means forging ahead full steam, while for others it can mean refining or tweaking our New Year’s Resolutions to be more reachable. Even still, some of us will fall to defeat, unable to hold on to our goals and dreams of success or renewal in the New Year. According to Time Magazine “Get out of debt and save money” is one of the most commonly broken New Year’s Resolutions. This isn’t for lack of trying,
With Christmas carols jingling in the background, a whiff of gingerbread in the air, children sitting on Santa’s lap, and tinsel everywhere you turn, it’s easy to be swept up in the holiday spending atmospheres that retailers create during this season. Pretty soon you’re feeling jolly enough to splurge on a present for yourself and give in to anything the kids want. Then when your credit card statement arrives in January, the seasonal glamor is gone and you realize you have more holiday debt than you can handle. We’re not saying you should be a scrooge this year, but we do want to remind you that this season isn’t all about Christmas shopping. With the tips in this post, you
By: Darrell Castle Summer is typically a time for relaxation, when things slow down just a bit, and we take a little more time to enjoy ourselves. It’s not unusual to kick back more, break away from schedules and habits and engage in activities that stretch your wallet. Unfortunately, this free-season also leads to poor financial judgements and can lead to overspending on unnecessary costs. These actions lead to more money troubles, and broken budgets that can cause undue stress at a time when we are supposed to be ‘stress-free’. Do you have trouble sticking to a summer budget? Whether you’re recovering from a bankruptcy or avoiding debt at all costs, staying within your budget during the summer months can
One question we often come up against in a bankruptcy case is “What do I do to make sure this situation doesn’t happen again?” Life after a bankruptcy can seem confusing, and you may have several questions. Our free Life After Bankruptcy Report has the answers to help you move forward in your life and covers a variety of topics. Bankruptcy is not something to be taken lightly. And after you successfully come out of bankruptcy, taking effective measures to prevent future financial trouble is vital. Managing your money is essential in planning for the future. Here are our 7 easy tips for better money management after bankruptcy. To learn more about our debt reduction process, please contact our attorneys.
Children deserve a safe bus ride to school and back home By: Darrell Castle Ten students and a bus driver have been sent to the hospital to be treated for injuries after a Shelby County Schools bus leaving Bolton High School crashed on Austin Peay and Old Brownsville road in Memphis. An investigation of the accident is underway. According to Action News 5, Tow driver Gary Bryant says the bus driver struck his truck along the shoulder. The bus then slammed into a tree ripping apart the roof above the driver. Children are entitled to a certain degree of safety on the bus. They deserve to get from school and back home safely without any harm like this. Each injured
Job layoffs aren’t fun for anyone involved. If you haven’t saved properly, it can put you in financial stress full of bills and debt you can’t pay. There’s help. Video Transcript Hello, I’m Darrell Castle – an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee and today, I’m talking about the unfortunate story, or the sad story, whichever way you want to look at it, of people losing their jobs. Here in my county, Shelby County (that’s Memphis), people are losing their jobs, a lot of municipal school employees and teachers. There was an announcement today that about 800 of those people are probably going to lose their job. What if you were one of those people? What
More jobs is a good thing By: Darrell Castle Happy Friday, everyone. I’d like to transition us into an enjoyable weekend by touching on the good news reported yesterday by the Commercial Appeal in which they detailed metro Memphis adding 9,000 jobs in July. Employers reported 607,300 full-time and part-time payroll jobs in Memphis last month. That was the highest July total in Memphis since 2005. This is positive news, but we’re not there yet. The local economy needs to be keep building on this – yes, the unemployment rate has dipped to 8.9 percent, but that’s still high. As a bankruptcy attorney who’s practiced law in Memphis for over 30 years, I’ve seen how people can be affected by
What can happen when you don’t practice proper fireworks safety By: Darrell Castle Last Thursday, I wrote a blog post on fireworks safety leading up to Friday’s July 4th celebrations. In the post, I mentioned how dangerous fireworks can become when operated with a certain degree of negligence. A family in Ohio caught the wrath of such negligence. A 4-month-old was in her playpen on the porch when a neighbor’s fireworks landed on her, leaving her critically injured. According to a witness, a 10-year-old neighbor kicked over a lit tubular firework which shot into the playpen, burning the 4-month-old girl. The girl’s entire face is burned and the grandmother injured her fingers rescuing her. A hospital spokeswoman said the baby’s