Firm Mission Statement David Randolph Smith

April 3, 2026

Our motto is simple: The law demands the best.

There is no substitute for superior preparation, legal research and writing. Every court paper, motion, oral argument and trial should be the best work that an attorney can produce. We are not satisfied until the client is. With a variety of litigation types ranging from medical malpractice, car accidents to dangerous drugs and medical devices, we are committed to fight for the client under any circumstance.

We have been voted “Best Lawyers in America”; “Best 150 Lawyers in Tennessee”; “Mid-South Super Lawyers”; “Top 100 Lawyers in Tennessee (Super Lawyers List); and “Top 100 Trial Attorneys in Tennessee”

People who have been wronged or abused by the negligence of corporate America are worth fighting, and winning, for. We handle personal injury cases throughout the country. Few lawyers are able to say they have worked on both sides in the personal injury litigation world. However, David Randolph Smith has practiced for over 30 years from both sides of the field, defense and plaintiff’s, spending 5 years representing corporate America in litigation, 5 years as a professor of law at Vanderbilt Univeristy School of law and the past 20 years fighting for the rights of the injured and the wronged.

The Law Firm’s practice includes representing consumers who have been injured by medical mapractice, defective cars, dangerous drugs and medical devices, and defective products in general. We also handle cases dealing with wrongful death or personal injury in car accidents, 18-wheeler or truck accidents, and premises liability. We are ready to fight, and win, for you.

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Warren County TN Wrongful Death  David Randolph Smith

October 19, 2026
On 10/20/10 the Tennessee Supreme Court reinstated a jury verdict obtained by David Randolph Smith & Associates for the widow of a Tennessee Army National Guard sergeant who died in 2000. The jury had awarded $7.2 million in the Tennessee wrongful death lawsuit against River Park Hospital of McMinnville. The Tennessee Supreme Court’s reinstatement of the verdict resulted in a total award, with interest, of $10.7 million. Warren County court officials said the multimillion-dollar judgment was the largest amount awarded by a jury in county history at the time of its award.A copy of the opinion is available here.
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Group B Strep Wrongful Death Settlement

October 19, 2026
Settlement in significant wrongful death case filed in Overton County, Tennessee in a mediation held in Nashville, Tennessee on July 25, 2005. The case involved the failure to treat and diagnose group b strep in a pregnant mother whose child was brain damaged and ultimately died from sepsis stemming from exposure to the group b strep during labor. The terms of the settlement are confidential.The firm is currently handling another group b strep medical malpractice case in state court in Tupelo, Mississippi.