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Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog

Information about Illinois and Missouri Injury Law as well as up-to-date news from the legal sector.
By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 01:55:49

Jefferson County crash injures two

Posted on March 02, 2010
Three cars were involved in a Missouri injury accident on Highway 30 in Jefferson County Tuesday afternoon. At least two people sustained significant injuries in the wreck. The accident occurred on Highway 30 just before Old Sugar Creek Road, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

Missouri car accident injures two

Posted on February 27, 2010
Two people were injured, one seriously, in a two-car Missouri car accident in Jefferson County Saturday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on southbound Highway 67 near Meyer Road. Sandra Doty, 38, was heading southbound on the highway in a 2004 Kia Sedona...

Toyota President apologetic after being questioned by Congress

Posted on February 25, 2010
Members of the United States Congress held two days worth of hearings this week that including a question session for the head of Toyota, Akio Toyoda. The Federal Government has gotten involved in investigating the vehicle manufacturer after thousands of reports of potentially dangerous vehicle defects leading to instances where Toyota vehicles have accelerated uncontrollably...

More details emerge about fatal St. Louis area plane crash

Posted on February 23, 2010
More specifics about Sunday evening's deadly St. Louis area plane crash are beginning to emerge, including the names of the victims. Authorities have tentatively identified the victims as former head of the Missouri Division of Commerce and Industrial Development, Donald Estell, 65, and Robert Clarkson, 68...

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Plane bound for St. Louis crashes; two passengers believed dead

Posted on February 21, 2010
Photo by St. Louis Post Dispatch A small private airplane that was bound for St. Louis Downtown Airport crashed Sunday evening into a Belleville home several miles short of the runway. Two people were believed to have been on board the plane. There were no survivors, according to authorities...

Rear-end collision hospitalizes Missouri woman

Posted on February 18, 2010
Marsha Moore, 60, was hospitalized Wednesday after her car was involved in a rear-end collision on Missouri Highway 100 in Franklin County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Moore was traveling eastbound on Missouri 100 in a 1998 Kia Sportage and had stopped for traffic...

Toyota recall update

Posted on February 16, 2010
It seems that as each week goes by, another complaint is lodged with Toyota and another round of recalls is issued for a potentially dangerous design defect. The total number of vehicles affected by recalls has risen to 8.5 million. To put that in perspective, Toyota sells about 2...

Another fatal accident raises concerns over Highway DD

Posted on February 14, 2010
Area residents have called for safety improvements on Highway DD in St. Charles County in the past. Before Sunday, there had been five deaths on the rural roadway in the last five years. Tragically, after Sunday that number was raised to six. Daniel Windler, 61, was killed Sunday evening while walking along Highway DD after his own car had slid off the road...

Icy roads contribute to serious car crash

Posted on February 12, 2010
Three people were injured, one seriously, in a two-car Missouri injury accident Friday morning on Highway 24 in Randolph County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jimmy Westenkuehler, 66, was traveling westbound in a 2002 Jeep when he began to lose traction on the snow covered roadway...

St. Louis County accident sends man to hospital

Posted on February 10, 2010
Christopher Hausermann, 35, was injured and hospitalized after a three-car Missouri wreck in St. Louis County Wednesday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Hausermann was driving his 2003 Ford F150 southbound on I-270 at the time of the crash...

St. Charles County crash sends three to the hospital

Posted on February 07, 2010
Three people were hospitalized Saturday in a two-car Missouri injury accident on Highway 94 in St. Charles County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred when Jason Gamarin, 32, failed to yield to another vehicle at the intersection of Highway 94 and South Breeze Lane...

Illinois Supreme Court rules against tort reform

Posted on February 05, 2010
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday found that a state law capping non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases was unconstitutional. The ruling will lift the cap which had previously limited pain-and-suffering damages at $500,000 or $1 million, depending on whether the case was being brought against an individual doctor or a hospital...

Pressure on Toyota mounts as DOT issues statement

Posted on February 03, 2010
Ray LaHood, the Department of Transportation Secretary, has issued a statement saying that drivers who own one of the recalled Toyota models should bring their cars back to their local Toyota dealers to have the cars fixed as soon as possible, according to a CNN report...

Rear end collision injures two near Cape Girardeau

Posted on January 30, 2010
Melissa Spain, 41, and Gayle Cantrell, 56, were both injured Saturday afternoon in a Missouri rear impact crash on Highway 25, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The initial crash report describes the accident as a rear end collision. Cantrell had slowed her 1995 Dodge to make a left turn when she was struck in the rear by Spain's 1995 Plymouth...

St. Francois County accident injures three

Posted on January 28, 2010
Three people were hospitalized with serious injuries after a Missouri car crash Wednesday morning on Highway 221. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 11 a.m. near the intersection of Highway 221 and Henson Road...

Toyota halts production after recall announcement

Posted on January 26, 2010
Toyota Motor Sales USA has announced they are suspending the sale and production of eight models. The announcement comes after a recall of more than two million vehicles which could have a dangerous product defect causing the accelerator to stick. According a CNN report, Toyota is still not sure how to fix the problem...

Department of Transportation warns against distracted driving using new website

Posted on January 24, 2010
The U.S. Department of Transportation is trying to educate drivers about the dangers of distracted driving using a new website, www.distraction.gov. The site has an extensive list of statistics and facts about distracted driving and the serious car accidents they lead to...

Chrysler to issue recall to address brake failure

Posted on January 22, 2010
Right on the heels of another large Toyota recall, Chrysler has issued a recall of their own involving more than 24,000 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles over brake failure concerns. A potentially dangerous product defect has been discovered by the company in which some vehicles could have faulty brake booster rod retaining clips or, in the case of the Ram pickup truck, the vehicle may not have the part installed at all...

Toyota issues another recall

Posted on January 20, 2010
Toyota Motor Corporation has issued a recall for approximately 2.3 million vehicles sold in the U.S. due to the potential danger of sticking accelerator pedals causing serious car accidents. Toyota has already issued a recall last year for vehicles that may have a defect which caused floor mats to jam the accelerator pedals causing the car to accelerate uncontrollably...

Woman injured in Lincoln County crash

Posted on January 18, 2010
Liberty White, 29, was injured in a Missouri car accident when her vehicle crashed into another on Highway 47 on Monday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, White was driving a 1993 GMC Jimmy northbound at the time of the injury accident...

Head on collision kills Missouri woman

Posted on January 16, 2010
Brandy Phillips, 21, was killed Saturday afternoon in a Missouri car accident after another car crashed head-on into hers. This tragic crash occurred on Route WW in Boone County around 1 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Phillips was driving her 1991 Ford Festiva eastbound at the time of the accident...

Missouri Supreme Court hears arguments on medical malpractice case today

Posted on January 14, 2010
Arguments on a case that could have big ramifications for medical malpractice laws in the state of Missouri were heard today by the Missouri Supreme Court. At the heart of the issue is the question of whether the state's $350,000 non-economic damage cap is fair to consumers and whether the cap can be applied retroactively to injuries sustained before a limit was in place...

Five people hospitalized after I-29 crash

Posted on January 11, 2010
Five people were injured Sunday afternoon in a two vehicle Missouri car accident on I-29. According to the initial report filed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred just before 4 p.m. as Eric Martin, 21, was traveling northbound in a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am...

Andrew County, Missouri crash injures three

Posted on January 09, 2010
Three people were hospitalized, one with serious injuries, after a Missouri car crash on Highway 71 at Route B on Saturday evening. Emily Howell, 21, was driving a 1996 Honda Accord northbound on Highway 71 when the crash occurred. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Brent Furst, 20, was heading westbound on Route B in the direction of Highway 71 and Howell's car...

Missouri woman killed in accident at car wash

Posted on January 07, 2010
Rosland Watson, 40, was killed and another woman was seriously injured Thursday in a Missouri car accident at a car wash in the city of Grandview. According to a KSHB-TV report, the two women were were sitting on a bench waiting for their cars to be cleaned, when an out-of-control SUV struck them upon leaving the washing area...

Car and tractor collide causing serious injury

Posted on January 05, 2010
Three people were injured, including an infant, when a car collided with a farm tractor on a narrow bridge in Clark County, Missouri. This Missouri car accident occurred Monday evening on Missouri 81. According to the initial crash report, a 1995 Ford, driven by Michelle Rigg, 20, and a 1998 Case Farm Tractor, driven by Burnell Olberholtzer, 21, attempted to cross a narrow bridge at the same time...

The role of accident reconstructions

Posted on January 03, 2010
The biggest question after a serious Missouri car accident is usually ?Why did this happen?? Accidents can be caused by any number of factors including driver error, mechanical failure or weather conditions, to name just a few, and are often a mix of numerous causes...

North St. Louis accident leaves one dead

Posted on December 30, 2009
One Missouri man was killed and another was seriously injured this morning in a two-car St. Louis accident at the intersection of Hall Street and Adelaide Avenue. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the name of the deceased was Ricky Prosser, 35...

Chain reaction crash injures three on I-55

Posted on December 28, 2009
Three people were hospitalized after a four-car Missouri injury accident on Interstate 55 in Pemiscot County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The initial accident report describes the accident as a chain of rear end collisions as several cars were stopped due to traffic...

Missouri's personal injury damage cap to be challenged

Posted on December 26, 2009
Arguments for lifting Missouri's noneconomic damage cap based on they claim it may be unconstitutional will be heard early in 2010. Currently, there is a $350,000 award limit in medical liability cases. This challenge to the current system, put in place through a tort reform movement in 2005, comes on the heels of large medical malpractice verdict from 2008...

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