The murder trial of Paul White, accused in the 2007 death of Insurance agent Robert Eidman, began on July 31, 2012 and there is some confusion on who actually fired the gun responsible for Eidman’s death. White’s attorney claims his accomplice, Cleo Hines, was the shooter. The prosecutor’s office found DNA evidence at the scene […]
MED-MAL CAPS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL On Tuesday, July 31, 2012, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases violate the Right to Trial by Jury in the Missouri Constitution. The court explicitly overruled the precedent set in the 1993 Adams v. Children’s Mercy Hospital opinion (848 S.W.2d 535). The court […]
The St. Louis today reports that Michael Kuehl was killed when his vehicle left route Z and crossed over into Interstate route 44 and was hit by a tractor trailer on the evening of July 24, 2012. The driver of the truck was injured and there was a third vehicle hit with some debris. There […]
Last month US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a new national strategy for ending “distracted driving”. LaHood has not yet called to ban all mobile device use in automobiles like the National Transportation Safety Board but his strategy does encourage the 11 states that do not have distracted driving laws to do so. Missouri is […]
Jeffrey Allen, a central Illinois man, has been convicted and sentenced for his sixth DUI. He could spend up to 14 years in jail as a result of this latest conviction. His blood alcohol limit was over .19 – more than twice the legal limit in Illinois. Allen was involved in an accident in May […]
According to the AP, home gas explosions could be less dangerous or even possibly prevented with the installation of a $15 valve that cuts off leaking gas. Yet nearly 90 percent of the nation’s gas service lines aren’t fitted with the valves. Despite persistent government recommendations, the gas industry has argued that they are unreliable […]
On July 12 the retail chain Family Dollar Stores issued a recall of decorative lights sold between September 2011 and December 2011. They are decorative Christmas lights and may be in many homes right now packed away with other Holiday items. Hoffman & Gelfman advise anyone who has purchased these items to return them immediately. […]
The St. Louis Today has reported that a St. Louis woman has died after being electrocuted while climbing onto a private dock on the Lake of the Ozarks. Unfortunately it is the third such incident at the lake since the fourth of July. Two children lost their lives on the fourth also suffering electric shock […]
The New York Times has reported that the largest provider of dialysis in the United States, Fresenius Medical Care, is under investigation by the FDA. The operator of one third of the country’s dialysis centers had sent a warning to their physicians that the drug Granuflo may cause cardiac arrest if used improperly. This product […]
The St. Louis Today reports that on Sunday July 1, 2012 the driver of a van that failed to yield when entering Route 60 near Cabool was killed when her van was struck by a pick up truck. A passenger in the van was also killed in the accident. All five passengers in the pickup […]
