The former CEO of Anheuser-Busch brewing company and great-great grandson of company founder August Busch has reached an agreement to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. The suit was filed against him in relation to the accidental death of his girlfriend Adrienne Martin. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the death was caused by an accidental […]
A man driving on Salt River road in St. Peters around 6:00 A.M. was killed when his car crossed the center line and struck another vehicle starting a four car accident. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that the car clipped one vehicle then struck two others. The standard procedure of having the driver’s blood […]
The U.S. Product Safety Commission has accepted an $850,000 fine from the Haier Manufacturing Company in a dispute over when they should have reported incidents with a blender they manufacture. A company is supposed to report incidents with products immediately to the Commission. Haier had received reports of incidents concerning the product between January of […]
The St. Louis Post Dispatch has reported that the former co-owner of U.S. Fidelis, a seller of auto service contracts, has been sentenced to four years in jail after pleading guilty to tax fraud and other charges. Cory Atkinson has already turned over $15 million in assets and will have to pay 4.49 million in […]
An ambulance that was moving toward a ramp was rear ended by a semi- tractor trailer on Interstate 55 near Hamel Illinois. The ambulance was on the highway to answer an emergency call from a rest stop when it started to turn right from the right hand lane. The only place to turn off was […]
The owner of The Blessed Hands Home Health Services, Inc. has pled guilty to a felony charge of fraud in a scheme where she bilked money from Medicaid by filing false claims. The story in the St. Louis Dispatch notes that she admitted to the charge in court and that some of the people she […]
A worker for an outside contractor was found dead August 28, 2012 at a sewer facility on Highway 94 in St. Charles City. According to reports he likely died sometime early in the afternoon. His foreman had called officials around noon after he did not respond to calls after having gone underground around 11 AM. […]
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 […]
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 FDA is looking into metal on metal hip replacements due to the number of complaints and lawsuits that have been filed. These replacements tend to have more problems than just those you may expect when having a joint replaced. The FDA says that part of the problem is that metallic debris can come off […]
