Protect Yourself from Legal Issues on the Day of Love

What’s Love Got To Do With It? While Valentine’s Day is all about Love, it’s not always a bed of roses. Below are some interesting legal issues on this day of love. Divorce. January is traditionally the highest month for filing new divorces. Holiday stress, financial strain and just being together for an extended period of …

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Truck Accidents – We May Be Seeing More of Them

Driver fatigue is a major factor in truck crashes, with injuries and deaths increasing over the past four years. Every year, over 4,000 people are killed and over 100,000 are injured in truck accidents. (This is equivalent to a major airplane crash every week for a year.) And, these truck crashes cost the American people …

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Merry ChrisChanukuKwanzMas!

The Holidays have always been in essence a religious holiday. While Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Jewish people celebrate Chanukah and other religions and cultures have their own celebrations. In a country that has laws dictating the separation of Church and State and that prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion and race …

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Wei Wu v. Ryder Truck – $15 Million Judgement

Wei Wu was asleep in the cab of an 18 wheeler hauling cargo cross country. As they crossed the Poplar Street Bridge in downtown St. Louis the driver of the tractor trailer lost control of the vehicle causing it to strike the median and flip over on the highway.  Wei Wu suffered devastating and life …

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Matthew Scott v. SSM Healthcare – 5 Million Dollar Settlement

This was a medical negligence case in which we represented a young man who presented to the Emergency Room with signs and symptoms of a serious brain infection, which we alleged the treating doctors failed to timely diagnose and treat. After a nearly two week trial the jury ruled in favor of our clients and …

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Callahan v. Cardinal Glennon Hospital – 16 Million Dollar Settlement

This is a medical negligence case that involved a young man who contracted polio after receiving a vaccine. Shortly after receiving the vaccine he received medical treatment for an infection that compromised his immune system allowing the attenuated vaccine virus to infect him. The child contracted polio and was paralyzed for life. The jury returned …

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