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By Benjamin J. Sansone, Esq.

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5 Reasons to Hire a Personal Injury Lawyer - GUEST AUTHOR - Donna Mitchell

Posted on November 12, 2009
This guest post was contributed by Donna Mitchell (she is not affiliated with Sansone Law), who regularly writes on the topic of paralegal schools online . She welcomes your comments and questions at her email address: donna.mitchell@rediffmail.com 5 Reasons to Hire a Personal Injury Attorney: It?s tough when you?ve met with an accident, one that has not just left you with physical injuries but also caused deep emotional and psychological scars as well...

Illinois Drunk Driving Lawsuit - Case settled for Insurance Policy Limits of $100,000 - Low Offer Prior to Lawsuit

Posted on October 16, 2009
Back in early 2008 we were retained as the injury lawyers by the victim of a Belleville Illinois drunk driving crash at a major intersection. Initially, the victim retained a different personal injury law firm who secured a settlement offer of just under $50,000, however, the victim did not want to accept and the previous attorneys did not believe the case was worth more than that offer...

Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit - Products Liability, Illinois Wrongful Death Claim, and Illinois Workers Compensation

Posted on October 07, 2009
On July 11, 2009 an Olin worker was tragically killed as the result of an Illinois industrial accident. He was operating a table lathe when apparently it inadvertently started causing a metal rod to swing around violently and fatally strike him across the chest...

$575,000.00 - Illinois Head / Brain Injury Settlement - Illinois Drunk Driving Car Accident Lawsuit

Posted on September 11, 2009
In August 2007 my client was the injury victim of a high speed car accident caused by an Illinois drunk driver operating a large pick up truck owned by a car dealership. See: Illinois Truck Accident - Drunk Driver Covered by Auto Dealership Policy In Missouri and Illinois evidence of intoxication by an at fault driver will, in most cases, allow the imposition of punitive damages...

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Missouri Bike Collision - $100,000.00 Personal Injury Settlement - Insurance Policy Limits

Posted on July 27, 2009
In May 2008 my client was struck by a Hummer H2 while legally traveling on his bicycle in a designated bike lane in the Soulard area of St Louis MO. He proceeded through an intersection that had no stop sign for his direction of travel, however, the cross traffic had a stop sign and the other driver went through the stop sign and violated my client cyclist's right of way and causing a collision which resulted in serious personal injury...

Erin's Corner - Drunk Driving Wrongful Death Case

Posted on July 15, 2009
Authored by Sansone Law staff member, Erin Mace. Wrongful Death lawsuit filed by parents of high school student killed in drunk driving incident. I was pursuing some news sites relating to personal injury and came across this tragedy. Two young men, 16 and 20 years of age, were walking home from a birthday party and were fatally struck by a drunk driver...

Missouri and Illinois Personal Injury Law - Insurance Company Duty to Handle Insured's Cases in Good Faith When Considering Demands

Posted on July 01, 2009
Most people outside the personal injury legal profession and liability insurance often do not understand the nature of the parties' relationships when a claim is made against someone for negligence. For example, lets take a Missouri car accident that results in an injury and a driver was negligent...

Zicam Lawsuits - Anosmia (Loss of Smell) Resulting From Use

Posted on June 18, 2009
As many people have heard, Zicam, a popular homeopathic product that claims its use shortens the length of a cold, was the subject of a 12 million dollar class action settlement in 2006, however, the product remained on the market. Now the FDA has issued an advisement cautioning consumers against using Zicam...

Obama Speech to American Medical Association - Not Advocating Damage Caps

Posted on June 15, 2009
For about a week myself and other personal injury lawyers were waiting to see the President's speech to the AMA in Chicago, IL today. For about a week there have been concerns that Obama would advocate limitations on medical malpractice cases in order to get the AMA to support his health care initiatives...

Missouri Injury Law - Court cannot force Plaintiff to consent to Ex Parte meetings or contact by defense lawyer with Plaintiff's treating physician in informal discovery

Posted on June 10, 2009
Recently, a Missouri personal injury defendant sought an order by the trial court compelling the Plaintiff to sign an authorization allowing the defendant's counsel to meet with Plaintiff's treating doctor without the plaintiff or any of their representatives present, as the doctor refused to do so without an authorization...

Dangerous Condition on Roadway Caused Cyclist Injuries - Assumption of the Risk Not a Grounds for Dismissal

Posted on May 28, 2009
Recently, a cyclist that was injured due to a dangerous condition on the roadway almost had her case dismissed based on assumption of risk claim by the Defendant. The court of appeals ruled that cycling on the roadway is not assumption of the risk. In their case their was a dangerous "lip" in the roadway due to new asphalt and old asphalt coming together, however, the dangerous part about it was that there was not warning and the lip is not seen until the last second by cyclists...

At the end of any personal injury lawyer advertisement you will hear something similar to "The choice of a lawyer is an important one and should not be based on advertising alone"

Posted on May 22, 2009
This is disclaimer that should be taken very seriously. Think of how many personal injury lawyer advertisements there are where they claim they will get the best result for you, and some even go so far as to diminish the professionalism of our business by making juvenile advertisements and claims...

Ignition Interlock and DWI - article by visiting author Kimberly Peterson

Posted on May 20, 2009
The recent enactment of legislation in Missouri requires an ignition interlock on drivers who have been convicted of two or more DWI charges, thus making the roadways safer for all drivers. RSMo. 577.600 upheld that this is required on all vehicles that are operated by such repeat convicted offenders and is a required condition of the limited driving privilege for a short period...

Erin's Corner - #2: Further Discovery and Comment about the World of Missouri and Illinois Personal Injury Law

Posted on May 15, 2009
Continuing on my journey to personal injury law discovery - some would describe as my own ?trail of tears? - I have come across many different points of view from different sides. This is in-part a response to some emailed comments and questions I received and in-part a declaration of my recent discoveries...

Premise Liability - St Louis Missouri - Defective and Unmaintained Security Doors - Rape of woman inside her own apartment

Posted on May 15, 2009
Currently, I am handling a St Louis personal injury premise liability and negligent maintenance/security case arising from an apartment complex owner or manager's complete failure to maintain and repair outer security doors of the apartment buildings in the complex...

Loss of Smell (Anosmia) Injuries - Jury Verdicts and Settlements Across the Country

Posted on May 11, 2009
Currently, I am representing an Illinois personal injury victim that suffered severe injury to his nose after being struck in the face when using a defective log splitter. See - Illinois Products Liability Personal Injury - Nose Injury & Loss of Smell...

Missouri Medical Malpractice - "Res Ipsa Loquitur" now a cause of action in Missouri medical negligence cases

Posted on May 05, 2009
If you are not a personal injury lawyer the first question you may have is what does Res Ipsa Loquitur mean and what does it have to do with personal injury law or Missouri medical malpractice? Res Ipsa Loquitur is Latin for "the thing speaks for itself" and is a legal doctrine that dictates when personal injury occurs and there is no way the personal injury could have happened in the absence of negligence then the injured victim does not have to prove a specific act of negligence...

Erin's Corner - Introduction to St Louis personal injury from the perspective of a non lawyer and former personal injury law skeptic

Posted on May 01, 2009
I?m new to the Missouri and Illinois personal injury law firm known as Sansone Law, LLC and new to personal injury law. I am the new legal assistant to Mr Sansone and I will be writing a blog entry once a week. My background is as a legal assistant to domestic/family law attorneys...

Missouri bike accident case settles for $15,000 - 3 times the amount of medical bills

Posted on April 29, 2009
About 6 months ago I was retained by a Springfield Missouri cyclist that was injured when a car passed him then made a right turn into a parking lot, cutting him off and causing the Missouri bicyclist to crash into the side of their car and resultant injuries...

Illinois work comp case and third party liability case settle for gross total of $180,000.00

Posted on April 27, 2009
In August 2007 we posted the following blog regarding an Illinois personal injury and work comp claim as the result of a rear end collision in Madison County Illinois, the case was an Illinois worker's compensation claim along with a an Illinois negligence claim against the at fault driver because the injured passenger was on official work duty when the rear end car collision occurred...

Missouri Injury Settlement - $100,000 for Injury to Child's Eye from Rigid Plastic Toy Knife

Posted on March 10, 2009
Recently, Sansone Law was able to settle a Missouri toy products liability case for close to $100,000.00 after several years of litigation. The case stemmed from a 2004 injury that was described in the previous blog entry below. Missouri Personal Injury Law - Child Injured by Unreasonably Dangerous Toy It was a very difficult case from a liability standpoint as the toy knife was not blatantly dangerous looking...

St Louis Missouri Personal Injury Claim and Probable Lawsuit Arising from Good Samritan Pedestrian being Struck by Drunk and Uninsured Driver

Posted on February 12, 2009
In January 2009 around 4:30 p.m. a Missouri personal injury insurance claim and possible lawsuit arose when my client was traveling on North Lindbergh when he notice a car slowly rolling onto the center median curb with the driver slumped over the wheel...

St Louis Missouri Personal Injury Claim and Probable Lawsuit Arising from Good Samaritan Pedestrian being Struck by Drunk and Uninsured Driver

Missouri Medical Negligence - Cervical Pain Injection Hits an Artery - Med Mal causes Depo Medrol to go into Spinal Cord and Brain - Spinal Cord Injury and Brain Injury resulting in Partial Paralysis

Posted on January 19, 2009
Currently we are representing the victim of medical malpractice in St Louis Missouri, she was completely paralyzed after a cervical pain injection hit her artery taking the medication (depo medrol) to her spinal cord and brain, where it caused lesions and serious nerve damage...

Illinois Uninsured Motorcycle Accident Injury - Uninsured Coverage as a matter of Public Policy

Posted on January 07, 2009
My client suffered serious injury as the result of an Illinois motorcycle accident outside of the Belleville Illinois area in St Clair County, Illinois. She was the passenger on the back of a motorcycle when the driver lost control of the bike and the next thing she knows is that she wakes up in the hospital several days later...

Missouri Underinsured and Uninsured Insurance Coverage & Which Policy Applies Mine or the Owner of the Car?

Posted on January 05, 2009
As a personal injury lawyer based in St Louis, I know first hand that one of my clients' top concerns is insurance liability coverage usually stated to me as "what or whose insurance applies to cover my injury?" There are several types of insurance coverage to indemnify an injured victim in a Missouri car accident...

St Louis Truck / Bus Accident Lawyer Retained to Represent Personal Injury Victims of St Louis Missouri School Bus Accident

Posted on December 18, 2008
On December 11, 2008 a St Louis City school bus transporting Carnahan high school students was involved in a violent crash. The official reports are vague, however, personal injury attorney Ben Sansone represents one of the students that was seriously injured and taken to Cardinal Glennon hospital...

Missouri bike accident lawyer - Bicycle accidents are on the rise in Missouri

Posted on December 15, 2008
As a St Louis Missouri personal injury lawyer and a bicyclist, one of the main areas of personal injury law that I focus on are bike and motorcycle accidents. If you select the bicycle accidents tab of my blog and the motorcycle accidents tab, you will see that I have discussed this topic at length and have some current cases up on appeal in an attempt to make the laws more favorable to Missouri bicyclists...

Missouri Medical Malpractice - Statute of Limitations - Tolling and Exceptions to the 2 Year Statute of Limitations

Posted on December 10, 2008
As any Missouri personal injury lawyer would know, the statute of limitations to bring a Missouri medical malpractice lawsuit is generally 2 years from the date of the alleged Missouri medical negligence. This rule is laid out in Missouri Statute 516...

St Louis Missouri Motorcycle Accident and Injuries - Driver Inattention and Struck Motorcyclist when Changing Lanes - Uninsured Motorist Claim

Posted on December 01, 2008
Recently, two of my clients were injured in St Louis Missouri as the result of a driver changing lanes and sideswiping my two clients who were traveling on a custom Bad Boy motorcycle. The motorcycle is nine feet long and three feet of the motorcycle was past the other vehicle's front end, yet the driver still negligently failed to keep a careful lookout and caused a collision after violating the motorcyclist's right of way by entering his lane and side swiping the motorcycle, causing the St Louis Missouri motorcycle accident...

Illinois Personal Injury Lawyer Files Suit Against Multiple Defendants in Drunk Driving Accident Severly Injuring Four Teenage Passangers

Posted on November 19, 2008
In August 2007 I posted an article about a new personal injury case wherein I was retained to represent several victims of a drunk driving car accident near Quincey Illinois. See Prior Entry Pertaining to this Illinois Drunk Driving (DUI) Car Accident and Injury Recently, I (along with another Illinois personal injury attorney) filed a lawsuit against the intoxicated teenage drivers of two vehicles as well as the car dealership that loaned the vehicle to one of the drivers...

St Louis Personal Injury Lawyer Defends Police Assault Case to Preserve Client's Personal Injury Case - Hung Jury, Case Defended by Ben Sansone

Posted on October 21, 2008
My client, James Hunt, was assaulted by the police when they were investigating "suspicious activity" outside his house. The police claim they simply asked him to verify the people outside of his house were an acquaintance. The real story, is that the police (part of an aggressive "crime suppression" squad) assumed two black people in a car waiting for James were burglars, and upon James answering the door they assumed he was a burglar and assaulted him...

Missouri Premise Liability Personal Injury Settlement - We Obtained a $60,000 Settlement for a Client's Knee Injury as the Result of a Slip and Fall at Lowe's

Posted on September 22, 2008
My Missouri personal injury client, Kathy, is a self made small business owner who was injured as the result of a dangerous condition on the premises of Lowe's back in July 2007. She incurred personal injury to her knee and incurred $15,000 in medical bills as a result of Lowe's negligence under Missouri injury law...

St Louis Missouri Personal Injury Claims from Injuries that occurred on Federal Property

Posted on September 10, 2008
See article discussing potential claims or lawsuits arising from St Louis Missouri premise liability resulting from Arch tram cable snapping. St Louis Countian Article 8/11/2008 by Kelly Wiese - Article regarding St Louis Personal Injury Lawsuits and analysis by attorney Ben Sansone...

Missouri Uninsured Motorist Claims resulting from Accidents Caused Solely by or Contributed to by Missouri Uninsured Motorists

Posted on September 09, 2008
Often Missouri auto injury cases result from the negligence of an uninsured motorist. Under Missouri injury law, an uninsured motorist is exactly that, a driver with no insurance, however, an uninsured motorist is also an unidentified driver or vehicle; a vehicle that causes or contributed to the cause of a Missouri auto crash and injury but keeps on driving and remains unidentified...

Bicycle Accident Injury Caused by Doctor's Road Rage - St Louis Bike Accident Lawyer Experiences

Posted on July 15, 2008
As a Missouri and Illinois personal injury lawyer based in St. Louis and having handled several Missouri bike accident cases currently and in the past, I see the intolerance many motorists have towards cyclists; additionally, I a have been that cyclist that is cut off or almost hit on a few occasions as well...

Missouri Premise Liability Lawyer - Slip and Fall Settlement - Ankle Injury as Result of My Client Slipping and Falling on Water in Gas Station Bathroom - $41,000.00 Settlement

Posted on July 11, 2008
In Missouri, premises liability refers to the legal liability imposed on property owners for allowing an unreasonably dangerous condition to exist on the property which results in personal injury. Under Missouri injury law, business property owners owe a higher legal standard of care than private property owners...

Bicycle Accident, St Louis Missouri - Dangerous Condition on St Louis Roadway Created by Construction Company - Failure to Warn - Hydrant Use by Builder Outside of Permit

Posted on July 03, 2008
My client was riding her road bike on Old Gravois Rd. in south St Louis county on a Sunday afternoon, when she was thrown from her bike and seriously injured. The injured St Louis cyclist ended up with a broken clavicle and a host of other abrasions, scars, road burns, lacerations, and contusions...

St Louis Missouri Bike Accident with Serious Injuries - Alton Illinois cyclist Killed by Semi-Trailer Truck

Posted on June 12, 2008
Several months ago I posted a Missouri personal injury lawyer blog entry regarding the top causes of bicycle accidents with motor vehicles and trucks, (bike accident article link) and discussed a case I was handling that was caused by the "right hook"...

Missouri Medical Malpractice - Misdiagnosis or Missing of Condition by Doctors is Common Medical Malpractice - Jury Award of $4.45 Million for Misdiagnosis and Wrongful Death - Limitation of Jury Verdicts

Posted on June 06, 2008
As a Missouri and Illinois personal injury attorney with a substantial amount of my practice dealing with Missouri medical malpractice cases or Illinois medical negligence cases, I screen dozens of cases a month from people and families who have been devastated by a medical mistake, neglect, or sometimes just a perceived mistake...

Hillsboro Missouri - Wrongful Death Car Accident / Crash Resulting from Teenage Driver's Reckless Driving that Turned Deadly

Posted on May 23, 2008
Sansone Law has been retained to represent the family of a 17 year old girl that was tragically killed when a teenage driver ran off the road killing the front seat passenger and critically injuring the back seat passenger. KSDK News Story. The negligent and reckless driver decided to go well over 70 MPH on Pioneer Road in Hillsboro Missouri (just outside St Louis County)...

Missouri Bicycle Injuries and Safety - Roadway Injuries and Deaths in Missouri

Posted on May 15, 2008
An important aspect of my St Louis personal injury practice is the representation of injured cyclists in Missouri and Illinois who have been injured as a result of a bicycle crash caused by a negligent driver of a car or truck. As a St Louis Missouri personal injury attorney and an avid cyclist myself I see these cases through the eyes of a St Louis personal injury lawyer and the I see bike accident personal injury cases through the eyes of a cyclist...

Illinois Work Comp Settlement - Post Traumatic Stress after Witnessing co-worker Fall - Settlement more than 3 times amount client's first work comp attorney recommended

Posted on May 14, 2008
In a previous Missouri personal injury lawyer blog post I discussed the facts and circumstances of my Illinois workers compensation client who witnessed the traumatic death of a co-worker as the result of a fall from a water tower. As a result of witnessing this tragic death incident, which has turned into a million dollar Illinois wrongful death case and Illinois products liability action, my client suffered post traumatic stress...

May is Motorcycle Safety Month - Promote Awareness of Motorcycle Safety and Top Reasons for Motorcycle Accidents

Posted on April 30, 2008
Its springtime and in Missouri and Illinois motorcycles are everywhere, many states across the country use May as motorcycle safety awareness month in an effort to reduce the number of Missouri motorcycle accidents and motorcycle accidents in Illinois and across the country...

Number 1 Cause of Motorcycle Accidents As Seen by a Missouri Personal Injury Lawyer

Posted on April 29, 2008
As a St Louis Missouri personal injury lawyer I have dealt with a lot of Missouri motorcycle accident cases and Illinois Motorcycle accident cases. Every case is the result of a car or truck driver's inattention. The absolute most common cause of motorcycle accidents in Missouri and Illinois, at least as far as what I have seen, is the failure of a motorist to yield to a motorcyclist coming through an intersection and the car or truck driver makes a left turn on a green right in front of the motorcyclist, thus causing a collision...

Missouri Truck Accident - Wrongful Death Settlement

Posted on April 28, 2008
$18 million was recently paid by a trucking company operating across Missouri to the family of 4 women that were killed in a tragic truck accident on a Kansas City Missouri highway. A jury had returned a verdict of negligence for 3 of the 4 women, the verdict was $15 million; while the jury was deliberating on the punitive damages issue the truck company decided to settle for $18 million to cover the potential punitive damages award...

Missouri Rental Car Accidents and Missouri Rental Truck Accidents - Liability for Failure to Maintain Rental Vehicle

Posted on April 21, 2008
Currently we are handling a St. Louis Missouri personal injury truck accident case that involved a commercial truck driver whose truck was being repaired so his employer a Missouri trucking company rented a similar commercial truck from Penske truck rental...

We have the Top Medical Malpractice Settlement in Missouri for 2007 - Our Settlement is More Than Double the Highest Reported Missouri Medical Malpractice Settlement

Posted on April 20, 2008
Every year Missouri Lawyers Weekly comes out with their Missouri Top Settlements and Verdicts Issue espousing the largest Missouri personal injury settlements and verdicts for the previous year. According to the January 28, 2008 issue of Missouri Lawyer's Weekly, the largest Missouri medical malpractice settlement for 2007 was 2 million dollars...

Illinois Wrongful Death and Products Liability Lawyer - Work Related Death leads to Illinois Worker's Compensation Case and Products Liability Personal Injury Lawsuit

Posted on April 11, 2008
Recently I settled an Illinois Workers Compensation case for $500,000, see Illinois Work Comp Death Case Settlement. Now that the Illinois worker's compensation case is resolved I am pursuing an Illinois products liability death lawsuit resulting from a improperly manufactured or designed cantilever that did not close and thus failed to prevent the worker from falling to his untimely death...

St Louis Missouri Products Liability Lawsuit - Eye Injury - Caused by Unsafe Toy Manufactured in China

Posted on April 03, 2008
In a recent Missouri personal injury post I discussed a St Louis Missouri products liability personal injury lawsuit I have brought on behalf of my client, a young girl, that suffered a serious eye injury when playing with a toy knife that was unreasonably sharp...

Illinois Worker's Compensation Case - Oil Rigger "Roughneck" Faces Amputation of Right Foot after Drill Collar Fell and Injured his Leg - Value of an Amputated Foot Under Illinois Work Comp Statutes

Posted on April 01, 2008
A client of mine who has had various adventurous and dangerous jobs took a job working for an oil drilling company doing the heavy lifting and work with the drilling rig. Unfortunalty he was severely injured as a result of a 2-3 ton drill collar falling and crushing his foot and injuring his right leg...

Missouri Medical Malpractice Insurance Costs - Blame Insurance Companies, Not Lawyers, for Cost of Missouri and Illinois Medical Malpractice Coverage

Posted on March 31, 2008
We have all heard the claim that personal injury lawyers and medical malpractice lawsuits are driving malpractice insurance costs up for the doctors and hospitals and thus driving health insurance premiums and health care costs up for everybody. But are medical malpractice lawsuits that compensate injured victims and their families really at fault? In July 2005, Jay Angoff, a former Missouri insurance commissioner, found that the payout on Missouri medical malpractice claims between 2000 and 2005 was practically the same each year...

Missouri and Illinois Bike Statutes - Progress is being made to help protect Missouri & Illinois Bike Riders from Injury by Motor Vehicles & Negligent Drivers

Posted on March 28, 2008
As a St Louis based Missouri and Illinois personal injury attorney, I have represented several injured cyclists that have been hurt as the result of the negligence of a motorist. Over the last several years a few good foundations have fought for the legislation of better statutes and laws to protect bicyclists from cars in an attempt to reduce the number of bike accidents and injuries caused by drivers...

Personal Injury Money Damages Recovered are Not Taxable by IRS - Whether by Verdict, Settlement, or Judgment - Unless Punitive Damages

Posted on March 25, 2008
April 15th is rapidly approaching, meaning it is time to pay up to Uncle Sam. As a St Louis Missouri personal injury attorney I very rarely delve into tax law and issues, I save that for the lawyers who spend most of their lives in a library and behind their desks...

Personal Injury Trial Techniques - Evidence of Damages and Getting Medical Issues Across to the Jury - St Louis Missouri Bike Accident Lawyer

Posted on March 18, 2008
Recently I took a case to trial in St Louis Missouri regarding a bicycle accident and injury of a broken elbow. The bicyclist underwent surgery and had a bolt put into her arm to secure her bone as the fracture was complex. See Image Below. On the day of trial often and victim of personal injury, as in this bicycle accident injury case, will look like they are in good health, primarily because it is usually several years since the injury and they have had time to heal from the external and more obvious symptoms...

$500,000.00 Settlement - Illinois Worker's Compensation Death Case - 3rd Party Products Liability & Wrongful Death Case Still Pending

Posted on March 14, 2008
While working for Phoenix Fabricators my client's late husband, Jason, was repairing weld lines on a water tower in Arkansas. He lost his footing and his lanyard and safety clip failed, allowing him to fall to a tragic and untimely death. The surviving spouse and children settled the Illinois workers compensation claim, and have a cause of action against the lanyard manufacturer through a wrongful death products liability lawsuit...

College Campus Hazing - Missouri Personal Injury Claim against Sorority, University, and Individual Students

Posted on March 11, 2008
Earlier this year, my client, a young impressionable freshman at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, sustained serious personal injuries as a result of sorority hazing. She was severely paddled as part of the initiation that resulted in menacing tissue damage on her buttock requiring several days of hospitalization and surgery, including a skin graft...

Franklin County Missouri Motorcycle Accident Case Settled - Policy Limits of $100,000 - Claim Still Pending Against Uninsured Motorist Coverage

Posted on March 05, 2008
We recently settled a Missouri personal injury case stemming from a motorcycle accident outside of Union Missouri. One of the at fault drivers had a policy of insurance for $100,000 and a few months after filing a Missouri motorcycle accident personal injury lawsuit, the driver's insurance tendered the entire amount of insurance coverage...

Bankruptcy does not Insulate a Drunk Driver from Liability or Judgment for Personal Injury Damages - Illinois Drunk Driver Severely Injured my Client

Posted on March 04, 2008
If you are the injured victim of a drunk driving accident in Missouri, Illinois, or any other state your personal injury lawyer should know that the drunk driver cannot insulate himself from liability by declaring bankruptcy. The Federal bankruptcy law is very clear on this point...

Dangerous Product - Fisch Electric Log Splitter - Facial Injuries from Ejecting Log Pieces - Failure to Provide Guard and other Design Flaws

Posted on February 29, 2008
An Illinois personal injury case has arisen from my client's use of a Fisch Electric Log Splitter. As you can see from the picture to the right, the electric motor and plunger engagement lever must each be operated by a separate hand and must each be held down during the log splitting process, forcing the user into a prone position with their face as a prime target for any ejected log pieces...

Plaintiff's Verdict - St Louis Missouri Bicycle Accident at Unmarked Intersection - Failure to Keep a Careful Lookout - Missouri Law Has a Long Way to Go to Adequately Protect Bikers

Posted on February 22, 2008
This week we secured a Plaintiff's verdict in favor of a bicyclist who was hit at an intersection when a driver of a pick up truck made a right turn and crossed the shoulder the cyclist was in, causing her to hit the side of his truck, get thrown from her bike, and break her elbow...

Allstate Underhanded Settlement Tactics and Claims Handling - At Fault Driver Filing Bankruptcy does not Preclude Claim

Posted on February 16, 2008
Do a simple Google search on Allstate and deceptive or any other similar word and you will find countless articles about their deceptive claims practices that are in direct conflict of their advertised public image of being in "Good Hands". Ask any injury lawyer or most individuals that have had to make an insurance claim involving Allstate to describe if they felt they were in "Good Hands" and they will describe an experience probably closer to the experience against the fictional Great Benefit insurance company in the legal drama the Rainmaker...

Missouri Medical Malpractice Damage Caps - Hypocrisy by Legislators to Exempt Only Abortion Cases from Damage Cap - Damage Cap should Return to Pre 2005 Tort Reform Level For All Victims of Malpractice

Posted on February 12, 2008
First of all, I am not supporting or opposing abortion rights in this post, on a personal level I disagree with the pro-choice position, however, on a legal level I believe it is a State issue. This post discusses a recent development in Missouri medical malpractice law...

Failure to Diagnose Herpes Encephalitis resulting in Permanent Right Temporal Lobe Brain Injury - Missouri Medical Malpractice Claim for Permanent Disability of Minor - Past and Future Economic Damages - Pain and Suffering

Posted on February 08, 2008
As most experienced injury lawyers will agree, Missouri and Illinois medical malpractice cases are often the most difficult type of personal injury cases to pursue. Doctors, hospitals, health care providers and medical malpractice insurance companies fight all medical malpractice lawsuits and claims persistently and unscrupulously, even when liability is clear...

We have the Top Medical Malpractice Settlement in Missouri for 2007 - Our Settlement is More Than Double the Highest Reported Missouri Medical Malpractice Settlement

Posted on February 07, 2008
Every year Missouri Lawyers Weekly comes out with their Missouri Top Settlements and Verdicts Issue espousing the largest Missouri personal injury settlements and verdicts for the previous year. According to the January 28, 2008 issue of Missouri Lawyer's Weekly, the largest Missouri medical malpractice settlement for 2007 was 2 million dollars...

Tort Reform and the 2008 Presidential Election

Posted on February 05, 2008
Personal injury lawyers or trial lawyers, are one of the few if only groups that has an interest in protecting the rights of future victims of personal injury. Most people do not care deeply about tort reform or its consequences, because they are not victims or insurance companies...

Motorist's Disregard for Bicyclists' Safety Reaches a New Low - Speeding Driver Kills Cyclist and Sues Family for Property Damage to Car

Posted on January 30, 2008
A speeding driver hit and killed a 17 year old boy after he crashed into the back of the bicyclist at about 100 mph. The cyclist was killed by the collision. The wrongful death was clearly the driver's fault, however, despite his excessive speed no criminal charges were brought...

St Louis County Missouri Injury Settlement - Client suffered Fractured Tibia - Insurance Paid $90,000.00 - Missouri Work Comp and 3rd Party Liability Claim

Posted on January 30, 2008
While on the job my client was injured as a pedestrian after he was crossing Delmar Blvd in St Louis, Missouri, near its intersection with Union. The light for eastbound traffic was red but there was a green arrow for eastbound traffic to turn North (left) at Union...

St Louis Missouri Car Accident - Limits of Auto Insurance - Negligence "Per Se" and possible Negligent Entrustment or Negligent Maintenance of Car

Posted on January 18, 2008
In the St Louis County municipality of Wildwood Missouri, a single car accident occurred when a teenager lost control of his vehicle, ran of the road, and struck a utility pole. The negligent driver had several passengers in his car, and one of them, a teenage girl, is my client...

Illinois Medical Malpractice - Illinois Tort Reform Statute Provision on Damage Caps Declared Unconstitutional - Are Missouri's Medical Malpractice Damage Caps Constitutional?

Posted on January 04, 2008
As an Illinois injury lawyer with a significant Missouri and Illinois medical malpractice legal practice, I am always keeping an eye on the interests of future injured victims and whether or not they will have any rights left in the years to come as the recent trend in Misosuri and Illinois, as well as other states...

Missouri Bike Accident - Caused by the "Right Hook" - Injured Cyclist Hired St Louis Missouri Injury Lawyer After Settlement Negotiations Halted

Posted on January 03, 2008
June 2007, in Springfield Missouri, a bicycle accident occurred when Mike was riding his bicycle North on Campbell Rd, and a truck owned by an electric company and operated by an employee, overtook Mike and proceeded to make a right hand turn cutting him off and causing a collision between the truck and the bike...

Illinois Drunk Driving Accident - Lawsuit Filed with Punitive Damages

Posted on December 24, 2007
A previous entry discussed a specific case wherein my client was the victim of a rear end car accident in Belleville Illinois when a drunk driver failed to stop at a stop light and crashed into her at about 60 mph. See Injury Lawyer - Illinois Drunk Driving Car Accident...

St Louis Missouri Car Accident - Highway 40 at Mason Road - Rear End Collision at Highway Speed

Posted on December 21, 2007
St Louis Injury lawyer was contacted after Zhelev, who was traveling on eastbound highway 40 and stopped due to traffic congestion, was struck from behind by a negligent driver who told the police that she "was falling asleep at the wheel and could not stop"...

Bicycle Accidents - How to Avoid Them - Common Causes of Bike Accidents Resulting in Injury or Death

Posted on December 20, 2007
As a St Louis Missouri personal injury attorney I speak to dozens of bikers that are hit by cars. In most cases, injured bicyclists are the victims of driver inattention, which causes or allows the motorist to strike the bicyclists and cause a bicycle accident...

Missouri Truck Accident Settlement - $55,000.00 Settlement for Knee Injury Resulting from St Louis Car and Truck Accident - 50% Liability on Identified Driver and 50% Liability on Unidentified Driver (Uninsured Motorist Claim)

Posted on December 18, 2007
My client, Kevin, was involved in a St Louis Missouri car and truck accident after the driver of a truck lost control of his vehcile on Highway 44 near Antire Road in St Louis County. The driver that lost control of his truck and hit my client's car claimed a large semi truck caused the accident by cutting him off and causing him to lose control of his truck and thus striking my client's car...

Southern Missouri Single Car Accident - Driver Error and Over-correction when Vehicle Control Lost - I represent Two Minor Passengers that were Severely Injured - Insurance Limit Issues - Health Insurance Coverage and Subrogation Problems

Posted on December 13, 2007
Missouri car accident attorney contacted soon after two minors, between the ages of 10 and 15, were passengers in a 16 year old's car when he lost control of his vehicle near Cape Girardeau Missouri on highway 51 due to catching the shoulder and driver inattention...

Illinois Drunk Driving Car Accident - My Client was Rear Ended by a Drunk Driver Going Approximately 60 MPH - Prior Illinois Personal Injury Lawyers Failed to Pursue Claim- Case Referred to Us for Trial

Posted on December 08, 2007
Gina was the victim of a high speed rear end collision car accident in St Clair, Illinois, after a drunk driver's inattention, negligence, and drunken recklessness allowed his vehicle to crash into Gina's car at about 60 MPH. The drunk driver was issued three citations, failure to reduce speed and avoid a car accident, no insurance, and driving under the influence (DUI)...

Missouri Road Safety - Unreasonably Dangerous Condition on Missouri Roadway for Single Cable Guard Barrier to Prevent Cars from Going Off Cliff - Insufficient Safety Measure - Car Accidents with Injuries Foreseeable

Posted on December 05, 2007
A serious car accident occurred in Missouri after a vehicle slide of the roadway and then off a 30' cliff in DeSoto Missouri. See Missouri Car Accident from Improper Barrier. I am representing the driver and front passenger of the vehicle and other Missouri personal injury lawyers are representing the back seat passengers of the vehicle...

St Louis Missouri Intersection Car Accident - Hanley and Delmar - Driver Runs Red Light Causing Crash Resulting from Red Light Violation - Reckless Driver Culpability and the Selection of a St Louis Car Accident Lawyer

Posted on December 02, 2007
My client was involved in a recent St Louis area car accident or collision that occurred at the intersection of Delmar and Hanley. This intersection has approximately 30 reported car accidents a year. The other driver crashed into the side of my clients car at a high rate of speed causing a violent collision that sent my client's car spinning as a result of the car collision...

Desoto Missouri Car Accident - My Client was Passenger in Car that went off 30' Cliff - Uninsured Motorist Issues - Multiple Claims - City Liability for Improper Barrier - St Louis Car Accident Lawyer Who Pursues All Potential Claims

Posted on December 01, 2007
A few weeks ago in Desoto Missouri 3 teenagers were seriously injured in a car accident when their vehicle slid off the road and went off a 32 foot cliff and landed in a shopping center parking lot. One passenger was very lucky and walked away, however, the other 2 passengers and the driver are all seriously injured...

Motorcycle Accidents in Missouri - Accidents involving Motorcycles on the Rise - Why an Experienced Motorcycle Accident Lawyer is Critical to Your Case a Discussion based on a Current Case I am Handling

Posted on November 30, 2007
Being involved in the motorcycle community and as a motorcycle injury lawyer, I have experienced first hand the inattention motorists have for motorcyclists, represented dozens of clients involved in serious motorcycle accidents in Missouri and Illinois...

Doctors Operating While on Probation Without Telling Patients - Informed Consent Should Disclose This - How to Protect Yourself from being the Victim of Medical Malpractice

Posted on November 28, 2007
As a patient you are entitled to informed consent before any medical procedure, generally, this included the specifics of the procedure, the risk factors, and the complication rates. This is a patent's way of protecting themselves from undergoing a procedure they may find too risky, but should also be a way of knowing the risk of medical malpractice via the doctor's competency...

Truck Accident Causation - Critical Factors for Crashes Involving Large Trucks, Buses, and Trailers - St Louis Missouri Truck Accident Lawyer - Study Concludes Driver Behavior Causes Most Truck Accidents

Posted on November 27, 2007
A truck accident injury lawyer needs to be aware of the primary causes of truck accidents as thees causes and statistics become relevant when investigating a truck accident and determining causation and the specific act of negligence by a truck driver...

Brown v. Toys-R-Us, Inc. - Negligent Product Design - Our Client Suffered a Debilitating and Permanent Eye Injury as the Result of a Defective Toy - Made in China, Big Surprise - Distributed by Toys-R-Us

Posted on November 26, 2007
Missouri Products Liability Lawsuit - Brown v. Toys-R-Us, Inc. My client, Essence, is a young girl that suffered a severe injury to her eye from a surprising source, a toy. A toy kitchen set called "Lil Chef" kitchen set, The box strongly implies it was made by Toys-R-Us and has their company info on the box, additionally, nowhere does it indicate it was made in China...