St. Louis Injury Law Blog

One-Yr Old Tragically Killed, East St. Louis Frontover Accident

Yesterday, a one year old little girl was killed in East St. Louis when a car ran over her while she was playing in her grandmother’s yard.  Apparently, two young boys, ages 11 & 12 were listening to music in their mother’s car when one of them accidentally put the car into gear which set …


Supervising “Tink”-National Dog Bite Prevention Week, May 19-25, 2013

A large insurance company recently released that Missouri came in ranking at #14 for dog bite claims. What is just an interesting is that Illinois came in Number 2.  Ranking high in this category is not a good thing.  They stated that Illinois came in with 337 claims totally $9 million.  The number of claims …


Arnold, Missouri Grandmother Charged in Drunk Driving Death Accident at I-55 & Loughborough

A 49 year old woman is currently facing sentencing in a drunk driving accident that resulted in the death of her granddaughter.   It’s a shocking sentence to read. The accident occurred on July 4, 2011 on Interstate 55 at the Loughborough Avenue exit.  According to prosecutor Jennifer Joyce, the grandmother drove from Arnold to St. Louis  …


Perception-Motorycle Claims Vs. Car Accident Claims in St. Louis, Missouri

How are motorcycle claims different from car accident claims? Pre-conceived ideas of potential jury members are the biggest challenges in a motorcycle claim.  When taking a motorcycle accident case to trial, the biggest challenge is how potential jury members feel about motorcycle riding in general.  All of us use cars every day and many people think …


MoDOT–Everyone Needs to Do Their Part for Missouri Highways After a Collision

An early morning tractor-trailer crash involving a sport-utility vehicle and a third vehicle took more than 11 hours to clear from southbound Interstate 270 near Highway 370 in north St. Louis on March 25, 2013.  The SUV crashed into a center median thus causing a chain reaction. The March 25 accident was one of the …


Construction Zone Semi-Truck Crash, Boone County, Illinois

A semi-truck caught fire in an I-90/Route 20 accident in Boone County, Illinois Wednesday morning. In a construction zone on Interstate 90, a truck driver veered to the left while traveling eastbound. The truck struck the center median and caught fire. A pick-up truck that was traveling westbound on Interstate 90 was hit by diesel …


May is Motorcycle Awareness Month-Safety Training and Wearing a Helmet?

May 1 is the first day of Missouri Motorcycle Awareness Month!  Motorcycle awareness month is appropriately timed as the spring and summer months bring more and more motorcyclists onto the highways and interstates.  Motorcyclists enjoy the same rights to the roadway as all other vehicle drivers and we ask that all drivers keep a look out …


Shelbyville, Missouri Man Killed in US 20 Nebraska Semi-Truck Accident

A 46 year old Shelbyville, Missouri man was killed in a semi-truck accident on U.S .20 near Jackson, Nebraska yesterday morning.  The man was driving a minivan when he crossed a center line and struck the backend of a semi-truck before colliding with a garbage truck according to a police report. According to the Quincy …


Death and Serious Injuries in North St. Louis, Missouri Car Crash

One person has died and two men are in critical condition following an auto accident in North St. Louis at the intersection of North Broadway and Branch. Acording to Fox News,  a Ford Explorer sideswiped a vehicle belonging to the St. Louis City License Collector at 9th Street and North Market. The driver of that vehicle called …