Category: Personal Injury Attorney

Tiny Baby Loses Family In Fatal Car Crash

Tiny baby Gabriel, just two days old, was the sole survivor from his family of four that was involved in a two vehicle car crash on February 29, 2012. Connect Midmissour.com reported on February 29, 2012 that 19 year old Emily Frake caused the accident when she crossed the center lane on Missouri Highway 52 and […]

Written by on March 22, 2012

Alcohol May Be The Cause Of Fatal Car Crash

Despite the successful decline in nationwide drunk driving incidents, every single day, across the United States, more than 30 people will die in alcohol related vehicle accidents.  Countless others will be seriously injured due to the reckless endangerment caused by people choosing to drink and drive. Chesterfield Patch reported on March 19, 2012 that police […]

Written by on March 20, 2012

Man Enters Guilty Plea in Vehicular Homicide Case

A man who was charged with negligent homicide in a deadly road accident in Mason City, Iowa has pleaded guilty. The Globe Gazette, a leading news source in North Iowa, reported that James Bollinger, 51, entered his guilty plea during a hearing in the Cerro Gordo County District Court on the 5th of March, 2012. […]

Written by on March 15, 2012

Charges in Fatal Chesterfield Car Crash Still Pending

Criminal charges may be filed for a car crash that occurred in Chesterfield on the 28th of February. The fatal car crash took the life of 18-year-old Clayton Pfeiffer, a freshman at the Missouri Baptist University. Local authorities said that law enforcement officers had visited the office of the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney sometime […]

Written by on March 8, 2012

Student Arrested after Injuring Teacher

A Philadelphia area middle school teacher had to be hospitalized recently after a student repeatedly punched him.  The unidentified teacher from Leeds Middle School in Mount Airy PA was assaulted by the student around 8:40 am in his 8th grade science classroom. According to reports, the 14-year-old student punched the veteran middle school teacher in […]

Written by on March 6, 2012

$1.25 Million Awarded in Fatal Motorcycle Accident

In 2010, a woman talking on her cell phone pulled her car out of a parking lot and directly into the path of a motorcycle. The 55-year-old motorcyclist sustained catastrophic personal injuries in the collision and died 8 days later. A jury recently awarded the motorcycle accident victim’s family a $1.25 million settlement in compensation […]

Written by on February 28, 2012

Food Poisoning Lawsuit Against Jimmy John’s

A woman from the Midwest recently sickened after eating sprouts from Jimmy John’s has filed a lawsuit accusing the sandwich chain of serving unsafe food. The lawsuit filed earlier this week seeks damages for pain and suffering and alleges that a resident of Iowa was diagnosed with E. coli poisoning after eating a Jimmy John’s turkey sandwich in West […]

Written by on February 22, 2012

Speeding Driver Causes Fatal St. Louis Auto Accident

A speeding 21-year-old driver caused a fatal three-car accident Saturday when he ran a red light and his Grand Prix collided with a Metro Call-A-Ride bus. Seconds later, a third vehicle crashed into the Grand Prix. The two passengers in the Grand Prix, ages 19 and 21, and the driver of the second vehicle were […]

Written by on February 21, 2012

Nursing Home Abuse

The estate of retired surgeon whose legs were broken while he was a resident of a nursing home facility was awarded $8 million in damages after a two-week trial. It was alleged that the nursing home tried to cover up what happened when the patient was improperly transferred from a chair to his bed. The […]

Written by on February 14, 2012

St. Louis Teen Killed by Drunk Driver

A 19-year-0ld St. Louis teen died Saturday, February 4, 2012, the day after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle. The fatal St. Louis bicycle accident occurred around 11:30 p.m. on Delmar Boulevard near Goodfellow Boulevard not far from the youth’s University City home. Police arrested the 29-year-old woman who was driving the car that […]

Written by on February 7, 2012