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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

City Museum Settles With Family of Boy Who Suffered Brain Damage in Fall

Posted on January 08, 2010
A recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch touched on a subject important to Missouri head injury attorneys like me. According to the Jan. 5 article, the family of a boy who fell from playground equipment at the City Museum has settled a lawsuit against the museum under confidential terms...

Illinois Manufacturer Agrees to Pay $1.25 Million Fine for Selling Toys With Lead Paint

Posted on December 29, 2009
With holiday gift-giving just behind us, I was pleased as a Missouri product liability attorney to see that the federal government is still concerned about toy safety. According to a Dec. 29 article from the Associated Press, toy maker RC2 Corp. has agreed to pay a $1...

Injuries Unclear After Southern Illinois Bus Driver Swerves Off Road and Into Home

Posted on December 16, 2009
Authorities in Madison County are investigating a crash that?s particularly unusual, in my experience as a southern Illinois auto accident lawyer. As the Belleville News-Democrat reported Dec. 15, Madison County Transit bus driver Danny Floyd Senior veered into a private home on St...

Missouri Legislature Considers Banning Texting and Driving for All Ages in 2010

Posted on December 08, 2009
As a St. Louis car accident attorney, I have written several times on this blog about the dangers of texting and driving. Last summer saw several reports on research showing a link between text-messaging behind the wheel and an increased rate of accidents...

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Toddler?s Death Prompts Another Recall of Window Blinds Posing Strangulation Hazard

Posted on December 01, 2009
As a St. Louis miniblinds injury attorney, I was disappointed to see that a child?s death has prompted yet another recall of a brand of window blinds. According to a Nov. 30 article in USA Today, two-year-old Thapelo Kwofe died in Maryland after he got tangled up in window cords...

Family of Woman Killed in Drunk Driving Crash Wins Half Million in Court

Posted on November 24, 2009
As a southern Illinois traffic accident attorney, I was pleased to see that an Illinois jury brought back a large verdict in a drunk driving lawsuit that killed a woman from Batchtown. The Belleville News-Democrat reported Nov. 23 that Jerica Klocke, 19, died as a passenger on the back of a motorcycle driven by Donald Adcock, 24, of Carrollton...

High-End Manufacturer Recalls Umbrella Strollers for Finger Amputation Risk

Posted on November 20, 2009
As a Missouri defective product lawyer, I was very interested when the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of Maclaren strollers Nov. 9. Maclaren, a British manufacturer of high-end baby products, agreed to recall ten years? worth of umbrella strollers after the CPSC received reports of at least 12 children who had lost fingertips because their fingers were caught in the hinges of the folding stroller...

Regulators Failed to Consider Many Cases of Unintended Acceleration in Toyotas

Posted on November 12, 2009
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about a Los Angeles Times report on the recall of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Officially, the recall is because of defective floor mats that can cause accelerators to get stuck open, causing unintentional acceleration that can propel the vehicle uncontrollably and cause serious accidents...

Report Shows Automatic License Suspension for Accused Drunk Drivers Isn?t Automatic

Posted on November 04, 2009
As a Missouri car crash lawyer, I have followed the St. Louis Post-Dispatch?s series on problems with Missouri drunk driving laws with great interest. On Nov. 1, the newspaper published a third installment in the series, on the revocation of driver?s licenses for drivers who refuse to take a breath test...

Federal Traffic Safety Estimates Show Fatal Accidents Continue to Decline

Posted on October 27, 2009
As a Missouri auto accident attorney, I was very pleased to see brand-new traffic fatality statistics released by the federal government in October. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the agency that tracks traffic accidents nationwide, released its projected statistics (PDF) for all traffic fatalities in the United States between January 1, 2009 and June 30, 2009...

More Than Floor Mats May Underlie Toyota Safety Recall of 3.8 Million Vehicles

Posted on October 21, 2009
As a Missouri defective automotive product attorney, I had already heard about Toyota Motor Corp.?s safety recall of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles. This recall, the largest in Toyota?s history, was announced after the automaker and federal regulators found that floor mat problems could cause the accelerator pedal to jam while open...

St. Charles County Residents Call for Improvements to Rural Highway After Teenager?s Death

Posted on October 09, 2009
A recent article on road improvements in St. Charles County caught my eye, as a St. Louis car crash lawyer. According to an Oct. 2 article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, residents of a rapidly growing area of the county are pushing for improvements to the area?s Highway DD after a crash claimed the life of a sixteen-year-old girl from Wentzville...

IDOT to Start Work in October to Widen Lanes and Install Barrier on MLK Bridge

Posted on October 01, 2009
As a southern Illinois auto accident lawyer and a commuter who maintains officers in St. Louis and southern Illinois, I was pleased to see that the Illinois Department of Transportation has set dates for its work on the Martin Luther King bridge. According to the Belleville News-Democrat, the department plans to close the bridge, which connects St...

Burn Injuries From Fire During Surgery Killed Southern Illinois Woman, Report Says

Posted on September 22, 2009
As a southern Illinois medical malpractice attorney, I was surprised to see a recent article about an Energy woman who died of burns from an unexpected fire during surgery. Janice McCall, 65, was in surgery at Heartland Regional Medical Center Sept. 2 when a flash fire ignited and burned her, the Southern reported Sept...

Bureaucracy, Poor Communication and Bad Rules Keep Repeat DWI Offenders on the Road

Posted on September 17, 2009
Last week, I wrote about the sentencing of a man with five prior drunk driving convictions who stayed free -- long enough to kill a couple and their unborn child in another crash. On Sept. 13, I was pleased to see that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had followed up, after a fashion, with a special report on just how multiple DWI offenders like that one manage to stay on the road...

Driver Sentenced in Pontoon Beach DUI Crash That Killed Couple and Unborn Baby

Posted on September 09, 2009
A Granite City man received the maximum prison sentence for causing a car wreck that killed a couple and their unborn child, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Sept. 8. Donald W. Canterbury pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 28 years in prison for killing Adam Zimmer and Lindsay Arnold-Zimmer, who was five months pregnant at the time...

Association of State Highway Agencies Endorses Ban on Texting and Driving

Posted on September 03, 2009
A group of highway safety officials from around the nation planned to endorsed a ban on text messaging while driving, the New York Times reported Aug. 30. The Governors Highway Safety Association, a group of leaders from state highway safety agencies such as MODot, called for the ban at the beginning of its weeklong annual meeting in Savannah, Georgia...

Seven-Year-Old Boy Dies in ATV Accident Possibly Caused by Defective Throttle

Posted on August 27, 2009
As a St. Louis ATV accident lawyer, I was sorry to see that a seven-year-old boy died this past weekend in a serious ATV accident. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Aug. 24 that Austin Henry of Troy, Ill. was riding his ATV with neighborhood kids and under his father?s supervision Aug...

Newspaper Investigation Finds Rental Car Company Advertised Cars Had Side Airbags When They Did Not

Posted on August 19, 2009
Used Chevy Impalas sold by rental company Enterprise Rent-A-Car were missing a standard safety feature, the Kansas City Star reported Aug. 15. Side air bags were standard on Impalas sold to consumers between 2006 and 2008, the article said -- but Enterprise asked the manufacturer to delete that option when it placed its order, as a cost-saving measure...

First-Grader Released From Hospital After Catastrophic St. Louis Car Accident

Posted on August 14, 2009
An Iowa girl is recovering from injuries sustained in a serious St. Louis car crash, the Fort Madison Daily Democrat reported Aug. 4. Shyanna Hoenig was on her way to the St. Louis Zoo with her family when a driver pulled out unexpectedly and hit the side of her mother?s van...

Missouri Man Sues Park Over Injuries From Truck Crash Into Spectators

Posted on August 06, 2009
A Joplin man sued The Bunker Extreme D-Day Adventure Park over severe injuries he sustained at a truck and bike rally when an off-road truck drove through a safety barrier and into the audience, the Joplin Globe reported July 31. Joel Fulton was one of five people who were hurt July 25, after the driver of the truck lost control while driving through a mud pit, plowing through a safety barrier and into spectators...

Report Shows Federal Agency Withheld Data on Risks of Driving While Talking on the Phone

Posted on July 27, 2009
According to the New York Times, the federal government has buried for six years data showing that talking on the phone while driving causes substantial deaths and injuries. Needless to say, this is a huge story for a Missouri car accident attorney like me...

Driver Involved in SUV Rollover Accident After Trying to Dodge Pedestrian on Interstate 55

Posted on July 15, 2009
Two people were seriously hurt and another suffered minor injuries in an unusual Missouri pedestrian accident, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported July 13. Randy Smith of Steele, Mo., was driving north on the interstate at around 10:30 p.m. when he saw pedestrian Henry Dempke of St...

Governor Vetoes Repeal of Motorcycle Helmet Law, Leaving Helmets Mandatory for All Riders

Posted on July 08, 2009
After more than a month of waiting, Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed the Legislature?s decision to repeal Missouri?s mandatory motorcycle helmet law, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported July 2. The vetoed legislation would have given riders 21 and older the option to not wear helmets, except on interstate highways...

Dangerous Dog Attack Kills Three-Year-Old Southern Illinois Boy

Posted on July 03, 2009
Attacks from at least one of the family?s three dogs killed a three-year-old Johnston City boy, The Southern reported June 29. Gabiral Mandrell was found about 200 feet from his home around 8 p.m. and taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead from blood loss at 8:50 p...

Nearly 200 Injured in Missouri Car Accidents Last Fourth of July

Posted on June 25, 2009
It's that time of year again, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol is ringing it in with somber statistics that unfortunately ring all too true with a Missouri auto accident attorney like me. In a press release on Monday, they reminded motorists to buckle up, obey the speed limit, and keep their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road...

St. Louis Bicycle Accident Lawyer on New Missouri Ordinance That Protects Cyclists

Posted on June 19, 2009
The other day, I came across an article about a new city ordinance on bicycle safety that passed unanimously in Columbia, Missouri. The ordinance specifies that a motorist commits the class A misdemeanor of harassment if he or she verbally threatens a cyclist, sounds a horn with the aim of frightening or disturbing the cyclist, purposely throws an object at a cyclist, or knowingly engages in conduct that puts the cyclist's life at risk...

Women Injured in Collapse of Deck at St. Louis County Home

Posted on June 11, 2009
A couple days ago I saw a story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about a wooden deck that collapsed when about 20 women got on it to pose for a picture at a wedding shower. The women fell approximately 10 feet, and nine of them were hurt to varying degrees...

Southern Illinois School Bus Crashes -- Driver Cited for DUI

Posted on June 05, 2009
This week I read a local news story that was remarkable by any measure, and of particular interest to a Southern Illinois car accident attorney like me. On May 27 in Jefferson County, Ill., a school bus driver with a full load of children passed out at the wheel...

Belleville Police Cruiser Hits Minivan Head-On in Southern Illinois Car Crash

Posted on May 28, 2009
A Belleville city police cruiser was involved in a three-car accident Tuesday on Illinois 161, the Belleville News-Democrat reported May 27. The officer, who was alone in his car, apparently lost control just before 8 p.m. and veered into oncoming traffic, hitting a minivan head-on...

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