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Personal Injury Law

Missouri Injury Law Blog

News and events dealing with Missouri injury and accident Law.
By Benjamin J. Sansone, Esq.

Post Frequency: 1.5/day

Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 07:43:19

St Louis Missouri Personal Injury Claim and Probable Lawsuit Arising from Good Samaritan 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...

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...

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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...

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