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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

St. Louis-Area Hospital Allegedly Negligent in 16-Year-Old Girl's Suffocation Death

Posted on August 05, 2010
As a St. Louis personal injury lawyer, I noted a recent news report that a 16-year-old girl's death in the adolescent psychiatric ward of SSM DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton was ruled a homicide. State and federal regulators had already warned the hospital to correct its alarming series of lapses in patient safety...

Toyota Faces Criminal Investigation Into Failure to Warn About Steering Rod Problem

Posted on July 28, 2010
The bad news just keeps coming for Toyota. According to the Washington Post, a federal grand jury has subpoenaed information from Toyota for an investigation into concerns about vehicle safety defects. As a Missouri car wreck attorney, I've been following the investigations into Toyota's runaway acceleration problems...

It's PDUFA Time

Posted on July 27, 2010
Back in April, the Senate passed a bill that included a reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) for five more years, and the House is set to take it up soon. So what is PDUFA and why should you care? In short, you ? and the pharmaceutical companies ? have a lot riding on it...

Toyota Admits Validity of Sudden Acceleration Claims Involving Pedals and Floor Mats

Posted on July 22, 2010
In February, I wrote about the lawsuits that Toyota will increasingly face regarding the unintended acceleration of some of its cars, which has been blamed for 93 deaths. Toyota's handling of recalls related to the unintended acceleration problem have led to some serious public- and government relations problems, since the company appears to have sat on evidence about these problems for three years before doing anything about them...

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ATV Injuries and Kids

Posted on July 20, 2010
In 2001, nearly 500 deaths and more than 1 million emergency room visits across the United States came as a result of all-terrain vehicle (ATV) injuries. The estimated nationwide cost for ATV-related accidents is $3.24 billion each year. What?s more, a recent study was released in Utah claiming that spine and head traumas caused by ATV accidents are on the rise...

Professor Alleges Toyota Tried to Quash His Research Into Runaway Acceleration

Posted on July 15, 2010
As a southern Illinois auto accident attorney, I was very interested in a recent story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about Toyota's alleged attempts to intimidate a Southern Illinois University automotive technology professor and suppress his research into Toyota's runaway acceleration problems...

Recall-Prone Polaris ATV Implicated in Another Injury-Causing Accident

Posted on July 07, 2010
As I wrote last week, summer unfortunately brings what seems like a constantly increasing number of ATV accidents. One accident mentioned in the Springfield News-Leader caught my eye because the person hurt was riding a Polaris ATV. As a Missouri all-terrain vehicle crash lawyer, I've kept track of Polaris ATVs because they have been involved in countless recalls over the years, thanks to their potentially deadly defects...

Trauma Nurse Cautions Missourians About Rise in Serious ATV Accident Injuries

Posted on June 29, 2010
As a Missouri all-terrain vehicle crash attorney, a recent report by Ozarks Public Radio station KMSU about ATV accidents got my attention. According to Jami Blackwell, a trauma nurse clinician in Springfield, CoxHealth Hospital in that city has seen injuries from ATV accidents increase each year for the past several years...

Recalls for Sticky Gas Pedals and Fire Risks Spread to Multiple Automakers

Posted on June 16, 2010
As the dust settles in the media over Toyota's recent trouble with "sticky" gas pedals, Chrysler and GM have now announced recalls of millions of cars. The more than 700,000 recalled Chrysler vehicles in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and other countries have potential problems that could be very dangerous, including doors prone to catching fire, brakes that might not work and sticky accelerators...

Game With Skateboard and Truck Critically Injures Eight-Year-Old KC Boy

Posted on June 09, 2010
Often, in my work as a Missouri personal injury lawyer, I see cases where people have made bad decisions that have harmed others, like causing an accident while driving while intoxicated. A recent story in the Kansas City Star tells of an unusually bad decision made by a 16-year-old driver in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park...

Distracted Driver Charged With Construction Zone Violation That Injured Two

Posted on June 03, 2010
A recent article about an O'Fallon, Ill., woman who allegedly caused an accident in a construction zone raises the issue of the dangerousness of distracted driving. As a southern Illinois car wreck lawyer, I know that drivers who fail to pay attention to the road can face serious consequences, including jail time and fines, as well as lawsuits from victims...

Youth Minister Charged in 80-mph Car Crash That Killed Teenage Congregant

Posted on May 25, 2010
A recent article in the Kansas City Star caught my eye because it raises important issues for Missouri car accident attorneys like me. According to the article, a youth minister, Damion Fassnacht, 25, was charged with involuntary manslaughter for an October 11, 2009, car crash that killed a 16-year-old girl and hurt four other people...

Six-Year-Old Boy Nearly Smothers in Inflatable Play Area at School Carnival

Posted on May 18, 2010
A recent news story from Kansas City about a frightening accident at an elementary school caught my attention s a Missouri personal injury lawyer. A six-year-old boy was nearly smothered in an inflatable obstacle course at a school carnival. The Kansas City Star reports that he remained hospitalized the day after the incident occurred...

Family of Girls Killed in Car Crash With Illinois State Trooper Seeks $46 Million

Posted on May 13, 2010
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the sad story of two teenage sisters killed in a car crash caused by an Illinois State Trooper who was driving at 126 mph in response to an emergency call. Since then, the family of the sisters, Jessica and Kelli Uhl, ages 18 and 13 respectively when they died, has asked for $46 million in a civil lawsuit against the state of Illinois...

Two Senior Citizens Airlifted to Hospital After Drunk Driver Totals Their Car

Posted on May 05, 2010
As a Missouri car accident attorney, I was sorry to read about a serious drunk driving accident that took place in central Missouri. According to the Waynesville Daily Guide, two people from Dixon, Mo. were injured seriously enough to require an airlift to University Medical Center in Columbia after a drunk driver crashed into their car...

Independence Police Department Settles Wrongful Death Suit from Police Chase

Posted on April 30, 2010
As a Missouri car accident attorney, I was interested in a recent story in the Kansas City Star about a wrongful death lawsuit resulting from a police chase that killed an innocent bystander. The parents of Christopher Cooper, 17, settled their lawsuit against the Independence (MO) Police Department and Medevac MidAmerica Inc...

Illinois State Police Officer Gets Probation for Car Wreck That Killed Two Girls

Posted on April 21, 2010
As a southern Illinois car accident lawyer, I took note of a recent news item in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch concerning an Illinois state trooper who pleaded guilty to two counts each of reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving. Matt Mitchell, 31, was responding to a call when he lost control of his patrol car while driving at 126 mph...

Off-Duty Police Officer and Bar Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit after Drunk Driving Crash

Posted on April 16, 2010
A police officer and a restaurant in Sunset Hills have settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the families of four people killed by a drunk driving crash on March 21, 2009. The officer, Christine L. Miller, is accused of driving drunk on the wrong side of the road while she was off duty, crashing into a car full of five students originally from India...

?Aggressive? ATV Claims One Occupant?s Life, Seriously Injures Another

Posted on April 08, 2010
Last week, I wrote about the sad story of a ten-year-old girl who was killed by a potentially defective all terrain vehicle (ATV). As a Missouri ATV accident attorney, I was disheartened to see that this week in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that another person has been killed by an ATV, and his passenger was seriously injured...

Ten-Year-Old Southern Illinois Girl Dies in ATV Rollover Accident

Posted on March 25, 2010
The Alton Telegraph reported March 20 that a ten-year-old girl was killed in an ATV accident in New Douglas, IL. As a southern Illinois ATV accident lawyer, I was saddened to read that another child has lost her life on one of these vehicles. Montana Niccole Garner of Livingston, Ill...

History of Automotive Safety Shows Lawsuits Play Important Regulatory Role

Posted on March 18, 2010
As a St. Louis automotive product liability lawyer, I was interested in a recent article in the Los Angeles Times that said lawsuits have spurred some of the most important automotive safety innovations that exist. Many of us are thinking about auto safety lawsuits, given the recent Toyota recalls...

New System Offers Extra Precautions Against Leaving Objects in Bodies After Surgery

Posted on March 10, 2010
As a Missouri medical malpractice attorney, I was interested in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article about a system for preventing "retained objects" in surgery. "Retained objects" is another way of saying tools, sponges, or other items used in surgery and left inside the patient's body...

Article Chronicles Struggle of Car Accident Victim to Return to Normal Life

Posted on March 02, 2010
As a Missouri auto accident lawyer, I work with people who sustained very serious injuries in car wrecks. That gives me a sobering, but often inspiring, look at the obstacles they face as they work toward a full medical and personal recovery from the accident...

Oakville Woman?s Story Shows Importance of Fully Claiming Damages

Posted on February 24, 2010
A recent column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch caught my eye because it underscores the importance of having an experienced Missouri auto accident lawyer involved in your injury case. Columnist Bill McClellan wrote Feb. 21 about Jen Dotson of Oakville, who ran into serious financial trouble after her health insurer refused to cover the cost of an operation intended to alleviate debilitating pain...

St. Charles Residents Renew Call for Highway Improvements After Fatal Accident

Posted on February 17, 2010
Our St. Louis car crash attorneys wrote last October about a growing call in St. Charles County for improvements to Highway DD. The area has grown from a rural community to a fast-growing suburb, and improvements to Highway DD have not caught up. At least some residents believe that this has resulted in a sharp increase in fatal accidents, and many have called for the Missouri Department of Transportation to make improvements a priority...

Toyota Issues New Recalls for Hybrid Brakes and Camry Power Steering Problem

Posted on February 09, 2010
Recalls and image problems continue for Toyota, which has issued two more recalls since I wrote last week about the first unintended-acceleration defect lawsuits. This week, the automaker announced that it would recall third-generation Prius and 2010 Lexus HS 250h hybrids because of a problem with their braking software...

Toyota Faces First Lawsuits Connected to Unintended Acceleration Recall

Posted on February 03, 2010
Last week, I wrote here about Toyota?s recall of millions of vehicles that may accelerate suddenly and without the driver?s intervention. This is a major story for drivers and auto dealers, but also for Missouri car wreck attorneys like me, because we may end up handling lawsuits related to the recall and its defect...

Toyota Motor Company Stops Selling Certain Models as Part of Safety Recall

Posted on January 27, 2010
Toyota announced news this week that made a major impression on Missouri car crash lawyers like me, as well as drivers and auto dealers around the U.S. As the Columbia Daily Tribune reported Jan. 27, Toyota has asked local auto dealers around North America to stop selling the eight vehicle models involved in its latest recall...

Federal Government Announces Recall of Cribs After Iowa Child Dies

Posted on January 20, 2010
As a Missouri personal injury attorney, I wrote a while back about a recall of a major brand of strollers. Parents got a new issue to worry about Jan. 19 when the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of 635,000 cribs because of strangulation and suffocation hazards...

State Will Investigate St. Louis Nursing Home Closed for Violations

Posted on January 18, 2010
As a Missouri personal injury attorney, I was disturbed to see a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about a nursing home closed because of health violations. According to the Jan. 13 article, the Whispering Oaks residential care home was evacuated Jan...

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