In today’s society, we all like highlights, myself included–I like to watch ESPN, top ten highlights, and WebGyms. A jury is no different–they want to see the highlights. When doing a video animation, what we really we are doing is highlighting your case, either the injury or how the injury…
Tragic news filtered through the newspapers and internet in 2012 about two young girls killed in Butler County early this morning. All the more tragic were the circumstances. According to reports, the teenagers were playing “Ghost Train” at a railroad crossing near Poplar Bluff in southeast Missouri. While I have…
In 2010, a barge hit the Martin Luther King Bridge in St. Louis, Missouri, striking the pier and causing four barges to break away and move downstream. There was no apparent damage to the bridge, but engineers had inspected it to be sure, and no injuries were reported. Though this…
While some collisions are avoidable, there are different types of personal injury claims. For example, if a railroad employee is injured in a train accident, then the claim would be included in the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) that allows railroad employees who are injured on the job to file…
The Chicago Tribune ran an op-ed regarding “nuisance lawsuits,” the lawsuits that insurance companies and corporations simply settle instead of fighting. They choose to settle the “frivolous” claims because the cost of litigation is so expensive. However, the author contends that settling these lawsuits actually winds up costing corporations more…
In 2011, several people were critically injured in train collisions when two cars slammed into a parked train in Chicago, Illinois. According to the reports, a man and a friend were traveling in their 2003 Nissan Maxima on South Halsted, and the next minute they slammed into a “pitch black”…
Two Young Women Struck and Killed by Amtrak Train Monday night, two women were struck and killed by an Amtrak train. The area is near Kingshighway passage over the railroad tracks south of Manchester Avenue. According to reports, the two 20 year-old women may have been there for an impromptu music…
