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Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog

Information about Illinois and Missouri Injury Law as well as up-to-date news from the legal sector.
By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 01:55:49

Opening statements are heard in Missouri railroad crossing accident case

Posted on September 15, 2010
The trial of a fatal Missouri truck-train accident got underway on Tuesday as opening statements were presented to the jury. The incident in question, which killed James Webb Jr. and seriously injured his brother, Guy Webb, is being tried as a combined wrongful death suit and personal injury suit...

Head-on collision injures two

Posted on September 13, 2010
Two people were injured and hospitalized after a Missouri car crash on Highway 13 near Reeds Spring. The accident occurred around 2:15 p.m. in Stone County. Marcus Aschwege, 19, was driving a 2006 Mercury and Garry Mayberry, 50, was driving a 2009 Chevrolet...

FAA proposes new pilot schedule regulations

Posted on September 11, 2010
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking to change regulations regarding pilot schedules as a way of reducing both pilot fatigue and the risk of a serious plane crash. Some of the proposed changes include: -Pilots can only spend a maximum of 13 consecutive hours on duty, including time between flights in airports...

Two dead in plane crash near Missouri border

Posted on September 09, 2010
Joseph Ross, 62, and his son, Michael Ross, 32, were killed when their plane crashed near the Missouri-Arkansas border. According to local media reports, the pair were flying from Danville, Ill. to Austin, Texas when the fatal airplane accident occurred...

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18-car pileup injures 26 in Missouri

Posted on September 07, 2010
A massive pile-up on Highway 60 injured 26 people, some seriously, near the town of Essex. 18 vehicles were involved in this Missouri car accident. According to local media reports and the Missouri Stat Highway Patrol, the accident occurred as a large cloud of thick smoke covered the roadway from a nearby fire started on a farm...

Crash tax being debated in some states

Posted on September 05, 2010
While the economy is slow in recovering and local municipalities are feeling the pinch, some areas around the country have turned to what many call a "crash tax" as a way of saving some money. The idea behind a crash tax or accident fee is that a charge will be assessed those involved in a serious car accident to pay for the cost of handling that accident...

Two injured, one seriously, in Missouri wreck

Posted on September 03, 2010
Virginia Daughhetee, 60, was seriously injured in a Missouri car accident that occurred on I-55 in Pemiscot County near Portageville. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident began when a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by Brandi Taylor, 35, rear-ended Daughhetee's 2004 PT Cruiser while both vehicles were traveling southbound on the highway...

Tort reform popping back up in the news

Posted on September 01, 2010
With mid-term elections on the horizon, politicians have their campaigns in full swing. While it's not quite the dominating story it was last year, healthcare reform continues to be a political lightning rod and the notion that tort reform will drastically reduce costs continues to crop up in interviews and campaign ads...

New studies emphasize dangers of distracted driving

Posted on August 30, 2010
Two recent studies have added to the mountain of data showing that distracted driving is a major cause of car accident injuries. The first study, which was released earlier this year by the Washington Post, said that 28% of accidents are at least partially the result of talking on a cell phone or texting...

One killed and 5 others injured in tragic Missouri wreck

Posted on August 26, 2010
Matthew Eberhardt, 32, was killed and five others were hospitalized after a car accident in the St. Louis area along Highway 67. Eberhardt was riding in a 2000 Dodge Stratus, driven by Melinda Carter, 39, that had stopped on Victoria Road at the intersection with Highway 67...

Four vehicles involved in chain reaction crash

Posted on August 24, 2010
A four-car Missouri injury accident on Highway 30 in Jefferson County sent Megan Breuer, 26, to the hospital with serious injuries. The crash was a chain reaction, bumper-to-bumper wreck that occurred as three of the vehicles, including Breuer's, were stopped at a traffic signal at the intersection of Highway 30 and Route PP...

Massive 22-vehicle crash injures 9

Posted on August 22, 2010
Rain soaked roads and a hydroplaning car are being blamed for triggering a chain reaction Missouri car accident on I-70 in Columbia that ultimately involved 22 separate vehicles and sent nine people to the hospital. Many of the details are not yet available as investigators are still trying to determine the exact sequence of events...

One killed and two injured when driver runs stop sign

Posted on August 20, 2010
Harold Groves, 75, was killed and two others were seriously injured in a Missouri car accident that occurred early Friday morning at the intersection of Route M and Route D. Groves and a passenger, Michael Wheeler, 15, were heading southbound in a 2002 Ford at the time of the wreck...

Two Missouri car wrecks send multiple people to the hospital

Posted on August 18, 2010
Two serious car accidents on rural Missouri highways sent three people to the hospital in a matter of hours. The first wreck occurred on Highway 8 at West Road, according to the initial crash report. Patricia Williams, 25, was heading westbound on the highway in a 1992 Chevrolet pickup followed by a 2004 Ford Taurus, driven by Kimberly Nixon, 37...

Three drivers injured after multi-car accident

Posted on August 16, 2010
A Missouri car accident on Highway 40 in St. Charles County involved three vehicles, multiple collisions, and left three people seriously injured. The incident took place about a mile west of Route K and began when David Thiedke, 50, drove his 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt off the roadway and into the median...

Two injured in Missouri after Highway 60 wreck

Posted on August 14, 2010
Dana Pope, 28, and Tracy Crutchfield, 53, were both hospitalized after a major car accident on Highway 60 in Stoddard County, Missouri. According to the accident description in the initial crash report, Pope was heading eastbound in a 2000 Dodge on the highway near the intersection with County Road 717...

Speeding is major cause of St. Louis car accidents

Posted on August 12, 2010
Statistics on drivers along I-70 show that a leading cause of St. Louis car accident injuries is speeding, followed closely by distracted driving and dangerous maneuvers such as reckless lane changes and tailgating. These results were printed in a report from the St...

Missouri man killed in railroad crossing accident

Posted on August 10, 2010
John Norris, 79, was killed in a Missouri railroad crossing accident when he attempted to cross tracks in Saline County on Tuesday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Norris was driving a 2006 Dodge and approached the marked crossing on English Street shortly after 11:00 a...

School bus accident facts

Posted on August 08, 2010
While the region is still reeling from the fatal St. Louis area school bus crash on I-44, some are questioning the safety of school buses in general and looking back on what we can learn from previous incidents. The St. Louis Post Dispatch, for example, published a list of past school bus accidents in the area...

Terrible school bus crash kills two, injures at least 50

Posted on August 05, 2010
Photo by KMOV TV A day of celebration turned into a horrific and tragic incident for students in the St. James School District who were involved in a fatal Missouri school bus accident on their way to Six Flags. Initial reports say two people have been killed, one a female student and another in a GMC pickup, and up to 50 people have sustained injuries...

Toyota recalling more than 400,000 cars

Posted on August 03, 2010
Toyota Motor Corp. will recall over 400,000 cars in the U.S. and another 16,000 from Japan because of a potentially dangerous vehicle defect related to the steering mechanism. Most of the recalled vehicles are the Avalon model and were manufactured between 2000 and 2004...

Missouri motorcyclist injured in wreck

Posted on August 01, 2010
Gary Tawney, 51, was seriously injured in a Missouri motorcycle accident that happened Saturday morning on Mo. 15. According to local media reports and the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Tawney was heading south on a 2009 Harley-Davidson at the time of the crash...

Product liability laws protect consumers

Posted on July 29, 2010
The average American consumer purchases thousands of products each year and many times this transaction is carried out without thinking about the safety of the product. We don?t worry that a television we buy is going to be a fire hazard or that our hair dryer poses a safety risk...

Highway 50 wreck injures two

Posted on July 27, 2010
A near-miss at an entrance ramp eventually did result a Missouri car wreck when two vehicle crashed on Highway 50 in Cole County. Christopher Guinther, 40, was heading eastbound on Highway 50 in a 2000 Chevrolet truck when a FedEx truck attempted to merge ahead of him...

Two Missouri accidents result in serious injuries

Posted on July 26, 2010
Two Missouri car accidents left a number of people hospitalized with serious injuries on Monday. The first was an early morning accident involving teenagers on Highway 160 and the second was a chain reaction collision later in the afternoon on I-55. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Highway 160 accident occurred around 12:40 a...

St. Louis area car accident injures two drivers

Posted on July 23, 2010
Two area drivers were hospitalized after being injured in a car accident on I-270 near the junction with I-70. The drivers involved were Robert Matsko, 20, and Bobbie Cole, 33, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Matsko was driving a 2000 Ford Contour and Cole was driving a 2011 Kia Sorento...

Missouri woman killed in car accident

Posted on July 21, 2010
Carolyn Flynn, 38, was killed and a man riding with her was injured after a Missouri car wreck on Route J in Morgan County. The accident took place around 1:16 p.m. at the intersection of Route J and Webb Road. According to the investigating officer, Flynn was driving a 2000 Chevrolet eastbound with a man named Todd Stenzel, 47...

Motorcycle accident seriously injures rider

Posted on July 17, 2010
Evert Branch, 63, was seriously injured in a Missouri motorcycle accident on Highway 54 in Cole County. Branch was heading westbound on his 1997 Honda Motorcycle when the accident occurred, according to the investigating trooper from the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

Towed trailer separates from pickup, kills Missouri man

Posted on July 15, 2010
Photo by Houston Herald Stephen Thompson, 61, was killed and another man, Douglas County Deputy Steven Zehner, 29, was seriously injured when the county patrol vehicle they were riding in was struck by a trailer that had separated from a pickup. According to the officials with the Missouri State Highway Patrol and local media outlets, Thompson was an inmate being transported by Zehner on Highway 63 when the fatal Missouri car accident occurred...

Missouri Highway Patrol's anti-texting campaign

Posted on July 13, 2010
Over the the last week, you may have noticed some new anti-texting signs or logos getting posted around the state. That's because the Missouri State Highway Patrol, along with various other public departments and private sponsors, has begun a new public awareness ad campaign aimed at reducing distracted driving, specifically targeting texting...

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