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Missouri injury and accident Law including car accidents, medical malpractice, defective medical devices, burn injuries, and product liability.
By Jeff Lowe, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 03:41:30

Medical Groups Fight to Keep Caps that Hurt Innocent Victims

Posted on May 10, 2008
Even though a 2005 Illinois law unfairly caps the amount of damages a medical malpractice victim can recover from a careless doctor, medical groups recently filed friend-of-the-court briefs urging the Illinois Supreme Court to uphold the limits. The Illinois Supreme Court is set to consider the constitutionality of damage caps passed by the legislature...

Artificial Blood Raises Risk of Death, Heart Attack

Posted on April 29, 2008
The Journal of the American Medical Association reported last week that it found that artificial blood raised the risk of death by 30 percent and tripled the chances of suffering a heart attack. The researchers reviewed data collected from sixteen clinical trials and concluded that the dangers were so great that the U...

Caps Hurt Victims of Medical Mistakes

Posted on April 26, 2008
Caps or limits on awards for non-economic damages in Medical Malpractice cases save insurance companies money at the expense of justice for the elderly, young children and the poor in Missouri obtaining justice. In 2005 Missouri law placed limits on the amount of damages that can be recovered when a doctor, a hospital or other medical professional makes a careless mistake...

Illinois Mother Files Birth Injury Lawsuit

Posted on April 26, 2008
In Madison County, Illinois, a mother filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against her former obstetrician and Anderson Hospital on April 22, 2008. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that both the doctor and the hospital breached the standard care during the delivery of her child on April 29, 2006...

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Bayer Sued Over Anti-Bleeding Drug Trasylol

Posted on April 23, 2008
The Associated Press reported yesterday that eight lawsuits have been filed against Bayer AG over the controversial blood-clotting drug Trasylol. The suits were filed in Florida federal court by attorneys with the St. Louis-based law firms Carey & Danis and The Lowe Law Firm...

Trasylol lawsuits filed against Bayer Corporation for Renal Failure and Death

Posted on April 22, 2008
Eight lawsuits alleging that the anti-bleeding drug Trasylol also known by it generic name aprotinin have been filed in a federal court in Miami, Fla., against Bayer AG. The lawsuits were filed April 17 on behalf of alleged Trasylol victims and their families for injuries and deaths that occurred in California, Georgia, Indiana, Florida, Missouri, New Mexico and Wisconsin between 2000 and 2007...

Man Paralyzed by Doctor Settles Medical Malpractice Claim for $3.7 Million

Posted on April 15, 2008
A man who was paralyzed due to alleged medical malpractice after a surgeon implanted a blood-clotting fabric into his spine has settled his medical malpractice claim for $3.7 million. In 2003, Dr. Woosup Michael Park performed spinal decompression surgery on Leopoldo Castillo at New York Presbyterian Hospital...

Illinois Three Vehicle Accident, Husband And Wife On Motorcycle Killed

Posted on April 13, 2008
Two people were killed in a motorcycle accident on the Illinois roads and two others were injured, in a chain reaction crash involving three vehicles in Macoupin County, Illinois. Michael J. Tucker, 43, and his wife, Kimberly S. Tucker, 36, of Brighton, Illinois were westbound on a motorcycle on Illinois State Route 16 in Shipman, Illinois when a pick-up truck struck them on Monday afternoon...

Illinois Doctors to Receive Medical Malpractice Premium Refund

Posted on April 13, 2008
According to the Associated Press, Illinois doctors will collectively receive an $11 million refund from the state?s largest malpractice insurer. The refund will come in the form of a credit on Illinois State Medical Insurance Exchange policy renewals...

Trasylol Lawsuits Transferred to a Miami Federal Court

Posted on April 09, 2008
The federal lawsuits filed against Bayer AG over the anti-bleeding drug Trasylol have been consolidated and transferred to a Miami federal court. http://www.jefflowepc.com/lawyer-attorney-1294349.html On April 7, the transfer order was issued by the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation...

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Results in $30 Million Jury Award

Posted on April 08, 2008
Birth Injuries that are the result of medical malpractice frequently are caused by lengthy labor failure to monitor the fetal heart rate and failure to perform a timely cesarean section. This results in a hypoxic brain injury. Doctors can tell after the baby was born if the injury was the result of a hypoxic brain injury during labor...

Medical Malpractice--Hospitalized Children Hurt by High Number of Drug Errors

Posted on April 07, 2008
As a lawyer who handles medical malpractice cases in Illinois, Missouri as well as many other states, I was surprised by the new study which concluded that medicine mix-ups, overdoses and adverse drug reactions hurts one out of every 15 hospitalized children, the Associated Press reports...

Trasylol Studies Confirm its Association with Increased Death Risks

Posted on April 07, 2008
Trasylol also known as Aprotinin was recalled by Bayer in November 2007. Trasylol is a drug used to reduce the risk of post operative bleeding. Two more Trasylol studies have concluded that patients are more likely to die if treated with the defective drug...

Auto Accident in St. Charles Missouri Kills One and Injures Two

Posted on April 06, 2008
An auto accident in St. Charles Missouri on April 5, 2008 killed one and injure two seriously when the driver lost contol of his pickup truck and hit a tree. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Shawn M. Ressor, 22, of O'Fallon, Mo., was killed in the accident...

Trasylol Recall Time line

Posted on April 03, 2008
Trasylol also known as Aproptinin was recalled in November 2007 after it was linked to kidney damage which is also referred to as renal failure. My law firm represents over fifty plaintiffs who have suffered renal failure after being given Trasylol during cardiac artery bypass surgery...

Celebrex is a Risky Choice for Patients with Heart Problems

Posted on April 02, 2008
Celebrex is risky choice for patients with heart problems,. According to a recently released study, the pain reliever increases the odds that people with heart problems will suffer a heart attack or stroke. The study of the Pfizer-made drug was supported by the National Cancer Institute...

Baby Injured by Birth Trauma Wins $19 Million in Medical Malpractice Suit

Posted on March 31, 2008
A baby boy disabled during birth trauma was awarded $19 million to help pay for the life-long medical care needed due to the boy?s injuries. The boy was born during a c-section, and had to be resuscitated. The baby had to spend the first four months of his life in intensive care...

Judge Denies Higher Bond in Deadly Crash

Posted on March 30, 2008
The Kansas City Missouri driver involved in a deadly crash on Interstate 70 near Columbia Missouri while reportedly being under the influence of marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs at the time of a deadly wreck did not have his bail increased. The driver of the pickup truck was charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance in the wreck that killed Charles D...

Lawsuit filed against the maker of Trasylol over man?s death after open-heart surgery

Posted on March 14, 2008
A lawsuit has been filed in a St. Louis federal court against Bayer AG, the maker of the anti-bleeding drug Trasylol, on behalf of a widow whose husband died of kidney failure after open-heart surgery. On Dec. 16, 2005, Samuel Nakis, 81, underwent open-heart surgery at St...

New York Life 401(k) participants get a $14 Million in Self-Dealing Case

Posted on March 11, 2008
A claim that New York Life Insurance Co. improperly transferred pension and 401(k) assets into its mutual fund is almost over. On March 4, Judge Bruce W. Kauffman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved a $14 million settlement between the company and employees and agents who were in the New York Life defined benefit and 401(k) program...

Wyeth and Pfizer Ordered to Pay $27 Million in Punitive Damages

Posted on March 07, 2008
Wyeth and Pfizer must pay more than $27 million in punitive damages to a woman who claimed her breast cancer was linked to the menopause drugs they made, the Wall Street Journal reports. The award was made last Thursday by a federal jury in Little Rock, Ark...

Safety of Trasylol Questioned by Doctors from Duke

Posted on March 06, 2008
The Safety of Trasylol was put at issue by Doctors from Duke University Medical Center who played high-profile roles in the debate over the safety of the anti-bleeding drug Trasylol, Pharmalot notes. Duke?s chief of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Dr...

Trasylol Studies are Flawed According to Bayer

Posted on March 05, 2008
Trasylol is a drug manufactured by the German Pharmaceutical company Bayer. It was typically used during heart bypass surgey to prevent bleeding. Recently, two studies were released that linked Trasylol to higher risks of death and kidney disease. Bayer AG, the maker of Trasylol, claims those studies are flawed...

Illinois Medical Malpractice--Supreme Court Considers Constitutionality of Non-Economic Caps

Posted on February 29, 2008
The Illinois Supreme Court is set to consider the constitutionality of damage caps passed by the legislature. Last November, Cook County Circuit Judge Diane J. Larsen overturned an Illinois law that capped damages in malpractice cases. Her decision was appealed by the hospital...

Iliniois Medical Malpracitce Plaintiff Awarded $24 Million

Posted on February 26, 2008
In an Illinois Medical Malpractice case a jury in La Salle County Circuit Court decided an Illinois Plaintiff should receive nearly $24 million from a doctor and nurse practitioner in a malpractice case. The 34-year-old Streator man filed a lawsuit in May 2003 against Ephraim W...

The Makers of Premarin, Prempro, and Provera Hit With $2.75 Million Verdict

Posted on February 26, 2008
The manufactures of hormone replacement drugs lost their second case regarding the allegations that their drugs Premarin, Prempro, and Provera caused breast cancer. A federal jury awarded $2.75 million in actual damages to a woman who alleged her breast cancer was caused by hormone replacement drugs, Bloomberg News reports...

Trasylol Linked to Renal Failure and Death

Posted on February 26, 2008
Trasylol the anti-bleeding drug used during heart surgery is more likely to cause patients to die, according to two new studies published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine. The first study involved 10,000 patients who had bypasses at Duke University Medical Center from 1996 through 2005...

Yamaha Rhino Well Known for Causing Deaths and Serious Injuries

Posted on February 24, 2008
ATV's including the Yamaha Rhino have been alleged to have killed more than five hundred people in 2006. Twenty percent of the people that perished in these unfortunate accidents were children. Amid the ATV deaths, 146,600 people visited hospital emergency rooms due to injuries from the well-known Yamaha Rhino ATV within the same year...

Yamaha Rhino Rollovers: Three Tragic Cases

Posted on February 22, 2008
The Yamaha Rhino is a prime example of the need for more regulation and safety measures when it comes to ATVs. Lives could have been saved if more controls were in place, particularly with the design of the Rhino. Complaints are pouring in, alleging that even at low speed and during turns on flat surfaces, rollovers occur due to a defect in the design?a high center of gravity makes the vehicle top-heavy...

Lawsuits Over Faulty Medical Devices Rejected by Supreme Court

Posted on February 22, 2008
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that consumers cannot sue the makers of federally approved medical devices for design defects in state court. The decision was a blow to the family of Charles Riegel. While undergoing a medical procedure to unclog an artery, a catheter burst and seriously injured Riegel...

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