St. Louis, Missouri Injury Law Blog

A Texas family filed a wrongful death suit earlier this month over a fatal truck accident on a Dallas tollway, naming the truck driver and a Texas toll company as defendants.In the suit, the family alleges that the trucker was following...

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A tragic accident in 2007 took the life of a toddler when he fell into a septic tank outside his daycare center.  This month, the parents have filed suit against the daycare, alleging negligence  for failing to secure the tank's...

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A wrongful death suit has been filed in Kane County, IL over a traffic accident that fatally injured a woman who was attempting to cross the road.According to the suit, the accident occurred this past August around 10 a.m., and...

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The parents of a Kansas University student who died inside his fraternity house in 2008 filed a lawsuit against the fraternity and ten of its members earlier this month, alleging that the fraternity and its members did nothing to prevent...

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In a wrongful death suit filed in Massachusetts over alcohol-related drowning, a mother alleged that two adults and five minors provided alcohol to her 17-year-old daughter on the night of her death.The lawsuit alleges that the teen became "severely intoxicated"...

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A hotly contested premises liability suit filed against a Moto Mart in Edwardsville finally settled last week, with the plaintiff's receiving just under $390,000.  The plaintiff alleged he was was seriously injured when he slipped and fell on the defendant's...

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A school bus filled with an entire high school basketball team in Minnesota collided head-on with a car on an icy road last week, killing a 27-year-old mother and critically injured her husband.  Although the roads could have been the...

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An 11-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a Honda Civic with his sister, mother, and one other in the backseat when he ran a stop sign, causing a tragic accident that killed his family and critically injured the passenger...

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After several recent baby product recalls, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has imposed new regulations on manufacturers.In a unanimous vote, the CPSC decided to require all manufacturers to keep track of product owners by providing consumers with postage-paid registration forms....

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A tragic semi truck crash in Georgia killed a three-year-old boy and severely injured the rest of the family when their minivan was rear ended.  According to news reports, evidence indicates that the truck driver didn't even hit his brakes...

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The family of a man killed in Michigan has filed a wrongful death suit after a pharmacy gave him the wrong dose of a drug and caused his death.The suit alleges that the pharmacy was negligent in September 2007 when...

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A tragic car accident took the life of a teen driver, and injured four of his passengers last week when the teen bottomed out his Acura on a rural road, causing the car to spin out of control.According to early...

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A Madison County, IL woman filed suit earlier this month after she and her daughter sustained serious injuries in an accident involving a tractor-trailer.  The accident occurred on I-270 when the plaintiff had stopped due to traffic. Failing to stop...

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A man was killed in an accident on I-70 in St. Louis Christmas Eve morning after being hit by a pickup truck driver who lost control and struck him while the man was outside his vehicle.  The accident occurred Dec...

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Maryland Police charged a UPS driver last week after the driver ran a red light and collided with another vehicle, killing the driver.According to the reports, authorities charged the driver with negligent driving, failure to stop at a red light...

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A wrongful death suit filed on behalf of an 82-year-old woman was settled last week for $65,000, with the damages divided among the woman's children and estate.The May 11 accident occurred when the victim was attempting to walk across the...

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The family of a motorcyclist who was killed in an accident involving a police offer won a $2.3 million verdict against the city named in the wrongful death suit.At the time of the accident, the police officer was attempting to...

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The brothers of a truck accident victim have filed suit in California this month against four trucking companies and the drivers involved in a fatal truck accident in November 2008 for the wrongful death of their father, younger brother and...

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Earlier this month, a family filed a wrongful death suit against an Illinois nursing home, alleging the staff was negligent and failed to properly treat multiple bedsores that resulted in sepsis and eventual death.When the deceased was admitted to the...

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A tragic car accident took the lives of four people earlier this month when a drunk driver ran a stop light going about 40 mph and hit a sedan, killing the driver and all passengers in the car.  Initially, the...

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