About The Matthews Firm, PLLC

Richard has spent his career helping families in his community fight insurance companies and large corporations. His career includes many success stories about families who received the help they needed ranging from matters involving asbestos exposure, complex workers compensation matters, insurance bad faith, and catastrophic injury cases.

Richard is a trial lawyer having held board certification in civil trial from the NBTA and held the AV Preeminent rating from the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings.®

Richard has a strong history of success at trial having obtained multiple 7 figure jury trial verdicts.

In addition to his trial record, Richard has argued appellate cases before the Tennessee Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals.  Below are some of his representative cases:

• Hinson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,S.W.2d 675 (Tenn. 1983)

• Dugger v. Home Health Care of Middle Tennessee, M2016-01284-SC-R3-WC, (Tenn. 2017)

• Brewer v. Dillingham Trucking, Inc., M2016-00611-SC-R3-WC (Tenn. 2017)

• Douthit v. Griffin Industries, Inc., M2009-01857-SC-R3-WC (Tenn. 2010)

• Leverette v. Tenn. Farmers Mut. Ins. Co., M2011-00264-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. App. 2013)

• Grooms v. Hyperion Seating Corp., 01S01-9804-CV-00063 (Tenn. 1999)

• McNeely v. UCAR Carbon Co., Inc., M2008-02407-SC-M-WC (Tenn. 2009)

• Allen v. State of Tennessee, M2003-00905-COA-R3CV (Tenn. App. 2004)

• Warf v. Zion Christian Academy, M2001-01583-WC-R3CV (Tenn. 2002)

• Voss v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc., 01A01-9706-CV-00255 (Tenn. App. 1998)

• Davidson v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc., 01S01-9601-CV-00014 (Tenn. 1996)

Holland is plaintiff’s injury lawyer with experience managing complex litigation with multiple parties. He primarily pursues cases against insurance companies and large corporations on behalf of injured people and their families.  Holland has tried multiple jury trials and bench trials for injured clients involving truck wrecks, auto wrecks, medical malpractice, premises liability, and insurance bad faith.

Holland has been invited to speak to other attorneys at continuing education events on topics including insurance bad faith, comparative fault, governmental tort liability actions, and premises liability.

Practice Areas

Holland focuses his practice on the following areas:

• Truck Wreck Litigation

• Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect;

• Severe Auto Collisions

• Dangerous Products;

• Medical Malpractice;

• Insurance Denials and Bad Faith;

• Falls and Premises Liability;

• Industrial Accidents and Injuries

Successes

Holland has achieved impressive results involving a wide range of issues including:

• Part of the Trial Team that obtained $3.4 Million Verdict in Maury County.

• Trial Team that obtained $2.1 Million Verdict in products liability case.

• Obtained verdict for injured child that was 120x more than the insurance company’s last offer.

• Served as lead counsel in complex litigation resulting in $7 Million recovery for a child who was paralyzed in an accident stemming from negligent security.

• Successfully recovered $1.5 Million as lead counsel against the United States of America in F.T.C.A. claim.

• Successfully represented a group of plaintiffs against the State of Tennessee in road defect litigation resulting in repair and redesign of the dangerous roadway.

• Trial team in nursing home neglect case involving multiple stage IV pressure wounds that resolved before closing arguments.

• Successfully litigated insurance coverage denial arising from a vehicle fire that killed one person and severely injured another.

• Lead attorney in a dram shop case against a local bar resulting in seven figure recovery for the child who lost her mom due to a drunk driver.