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Personal Injury Law

Missouri Injury Lawyer Blog

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

Yamaha Rhino ATV: An Accident Waiting to Happen

Posted on February 19, 2008
The Yamaha Rhino is the subject of many lawsuits and claims because it is poorly designed. One has to wonder how a vehicle?any vehicle?would be approved for sale without doors, and other alleged design flaws such as being top-heavy and having tires that are too narrow...

Yamaha Sued for Yamaha Rhino Rollover Accidents Resulting in Amputations and Other Severe Injuries

Posted on February 16, 2008
Yamaha Rhino's are the subjects of lawsuits and claims throughout the country because of their propensity to roll over due to their narrow wheel base and high center of gravity. The problem is made much more serious because Rhino's which are all terrain vehicles made by Yamaha Corporation lack doors so when they rollover and the driver or passenger's arms or legs get outside the Rhino, severe injuries and amputations are the result...

Medical Malpractice Case for the Failure to Diagnose Gastric Cancer Settles after Woman?s Gastric Cancer goes Undetected

Posted on February 13, 2008
A lawsuit filed against a doctor who, despite his patient?s symptoms, failed to order a medical test that would allegedly have detected gastric cancer when it was still treatable has been settled for a confidential amount. Attorneys Jeffrey J. Lowe of The Lowe Law Firm represented the woman's family...

Two Fentanyl Patch Recalls

Posted on February 13, 2008
Over the course of five days, two fentanyl patches have been recalled because of defects that could lead to respiratory depression and fatal overdoses. The first recall was announced on Feb. 12 and covers Duragesic pain patches. Made Ortho-McNeil-Jannssen Pharmaceuticals, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, Duragesic is a powerful opioid drug used to treat moderate to severe chronic pain...

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The FDA Takes Action Against Unapproved use of Colchicine a Drug used to Treat Gout

Posted on February 06, 2008
Colchicine is a drug used to treat gout which frequently results in inflammation of the joints in the fingers and toes. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it would go after companies marketing unapproved uses for the injectable gout drug, Colchicine...

Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch Manufacture Faces Additional Lawsuits

Posted on January 31, 2008
Lawsuits against Davol, the maker of the Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch, was expanded to include other hernia patches made by the company. On Jan. 10, U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi ruled that a lawsuit alleging the Davol-made Composix EX Mesh Patch was defective could proceed as part of the Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch multi-district litigation pending in Rhode Island...

Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Raises Blood Clot Risks

Posted on January 21, 2008
A study conducted by the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program confirms that the birth control patch Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch increases the risk of developing serious blood clots. Ortho Evra is a birth conrtrol patch manufactured by Johnson and Johnson, and has been linked to blood clots known as deep vein thrombosis or DVT's, as well as pulmonary embolisms which if untreated can be fatal...

Vytorin Study Shows it is no Better Than Generic, Congressional Investigation Continues

Posted on January 16, 2008
After a two-year wait, the makers of the cholesterol drug Vytorin finally released the results of a study that showed the drug is no better than the generic for reducing plaque buildup in the carotid arteries. In fact, Vytorin did slightly worse. And Vytorin is ten times more expensive than the generic alternative...

Illinois Auto Accident That Killed Two Sisters is Being Investigated by Illinois State Police

Posted on January 14, 2008
An Illinois State Trooper was involved in a fatal auto accident on Illinois Interstate 64. Why the trooper racing to an accident when emergency vehicles were already leaving the scene? That?s one of the questions being asked as part of a probe into the double-fatal crash on Nov...

Missouri Appellate Court Upholds $8 million Punitive Damage Award Against State Farm

Posted on January 11, 2008
This week, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District upheld an $8 million punitive damages award against State Farm, calling the insurance company?s conduct ?clearly reprehensible.? The Jan. 8 ruling involves conduct that stretches back ten years...

Diabetes Drugs Avandia and Actos Raise Heart Attack Risks

Posted on January 08, 2008
The diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos significantly increase the odds of suffering a heart attack, congestive heart failure and death for older diabetic patients according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Both drugs, known as thiazolidinediones, or TZDs, increase the body?s sensitivity to insulin...

Medical Malpractice Caps Unfairly Shift the Burden of the Medical Providers Negligence to Injured Patients

Posted on January 05, 2008
As a medical malpractice lawyer who practices in Missouri, Illinois as well as other states, I know that medical malpractice cases are difficult and expensive cases to handle. Medical malpractice cases are also more difficult to win in comparison to a product liability case because in a product liability case you can generally present evidence that the corporation knew of the risk of injury, could make the product sager but made the conscious decision to put profits over safety...

Accidents on the St. Louis Highways During the I-64 Construction--Tips for how to Handle Them

Posted on January 03, 2008
During the rush hour commute, highway accidents are common. But what does a driver do when there?s no shoulder? That?s the question St. Louis drivers are asking now that many are using Interstate 44 as an alternate route during the Highway 40 closure...

Illinois Medical Malpractice Caps Ruled Unconstitutional, Appeal Filed

Posted on January 02, 2008
Illinois' medical malpractice damage caps were declared unconstitutional by a Cook County Circuit Judge on November 13, 2007. On December 13, 2007 the hospital and doctor filed a notice of appeal with the Illinois Supreme Court in an effort have the decision overturned...

Allstate in Missouri Personal Injury Case Ignores Court Order, Fined $25,000 a Day

Posted on January 02, 2008
In a personal injury case pending in Missouri, Allstate Insurance Co. is racking up $25,000-a-day in court fines, because it refuses to comply with a judge?s order to hand over documents, the Kansas City Star reports. At the center of the controversy are papers prepared by consultant McKinsey & Co in the 1990s...

Missouri Medical Malpractice Caps Protects Hospitals, Doctors and Harm Patients

Posted on November 30, 2007
Missouri Medical Malpractice awards for non-economic damages for all cases filed after August 2005 were capped at $350,000.00 total for all defendants. This law protects the financial interests of doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies at the expense of injured patients...

Illinois Pedestrian Killed on Interstate 69 in Allen County Illinois

Posted on November 25, 2007
An Illinois pedestrian killed Thursday night on Interstate 69 has been identified as a Huntington Illinois woman. Police said Betty A. Gilruth, 56, left her broken-down vehicle and was walking south on the highway at the 107 mile marker north of the Illinois Road exit when she was struck by a southbound truck about 8:30 p...

Illinois Auto Accident Kills Two

Posted on November 25, 2007
A Southern Illinois auto accident killed two sisters on Interstate 64 near Scott Air Force Base. The accident occurred when an Illinois State Police trooper heading to an accident, was cut off by another motorist, crossed and slammed into an oncoming car...

FDA Mandates Stronger Warnings on Amgen?s Epogen and Aranesp, and Johnson & Johnson?s Procrit Which are all Prescribed to Treat Anemia

Posted on November 09, 2007
The manufacturers of Epogen, Aranesp, and Procrit used to treat anemia, strengthened the warnings to drugs yesterday, to warn that the drugs could cause heart attacks, worsen cancer and even cause death. The changes, were made after they submitted data to the Food and Drug Administration which evidenced that the drugs can be dangerous if overused...

Vioxx Settlement the Devil is in the Details

Posted on November 09, 2007
At 4:30 a.m. on November 9, 2007, Merck agreed to a purported $4.85 billion settlement. The agreement is 69 pages and has not yet been released publicly. At a hearing in New Orleans this morning the terms of the settlement were revealed. (1) This is not a class action settlement...

Gadolinium Causes Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis in Patients Undergoing Dialysis

Posted on October 31, 2007
Gadolinium a contrast used in MRI's can cause nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and kidney failure. NSF is a tightening and swelling of the skin and other organs, including the lungs and heart. The American Journal of Dermatopathology, suggest a possible explanation for why some patients on kidney dialysis who are injected with a "contrast agent" during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) develop nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF)...

Catastrophic Accidents Caused by Blown out Vehicle Tires

Posted on October 15, 2007
Tire blowouts are sometimes caused by defective tires and are a very serious road hazard. Tire blowouts often result in vehicle collisions causing injuries and even fatalities. The remnants of blown truck tire scattered across a highway are the signs that this is not an uncommon occurrence, Debris littering the highways cause over 25,000 accidents and at least 100 deaths in the United States and Canada each year...

Missouri Personal Injury Jury Verdict Overturned Because Juror Failed to disclose information

Posted on October 10, 2007
Personal injuries verdicts can be overturned for what is called juror misconduct. As a trial lawyer that is very frustrating to try a case and get a favorable verdict, but then have the defense lawyer investigate jurors background's and compare it to their testimony during jury selection...

Garbage Truck Kills Illinois Bicyclist Talking on Cell Phone

Posted on October 10, 2007
In Chicago Illinois, a 19-year-old woman on a bicycle was struck and killed by a garbage truck while talking on a cell phone. The accident happened just after 4 p.m. when a garbage truck, was making a right-hand turn struck the woman, who was riding a bicycle...

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