According to the AP, home gas explosions could be less dangerous or even possibly prevented with the installation of a $15 valve that cuts off leaking gas. Yet nearly 90 percent of the nation’s gas service lines aren’t fitted with the valves. Despite persistent government recommendations, the gas industry has argued that they are unreliable […]
A woman who originally lived in Kirkwood was injured when she fell from a rock outcropping at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. Alicia Brauer, 27, was climbing on the rocks during a concert and fell to her death on June 15, 2012. The St. Louis today published an article on the incident that quoted […]
CLAYTON, Mo. (CN – Courthouse News Service/June, 2012) – A woman claims in court that she was raped, sodomized and tortured for 6 hours by an intruder who broke into her apartment through a faulty sliding glass door that her landlord failed to fix. Jane Doe sued Gundaker Commercial Group, Stratford Commons and affiliates in St. Louis […]
The Kansas City Star reported on June 11, 2012 that a Missouri judge has approved a $3,000,000 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit brought in Jackson County. The parents of the victim were the recipients of the reward. Their son who had been diagnosed as schizophrenic was shot at a gas station convenience store by […]
Last year alone State Farm Insurance paid more than $109 million on more than 3,500 injury claims involving dog bites. According to the Insurance Information Institute more than $470 million in dog bite claims were paid by all insurance companies in 2011. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4.7 million people are […]
Saturday afternoon saw strong and sudden winds blow through St. Louis. A tent erected next to Kilroy’s Sports Bar near Busch Stadium was blown over causing many injuries and one person died. Emergency personnel responded to the scene and the city building inspector and other officials are investigating the cause of the tent collapse. If […]
A school district in New Jersey agreed to settle a lawsuit for $4.2 Million Dollars brought by a student who was paralyzed when a known bully punched him. The attack caused a clot in an artery that supplies blood to the spine, resulting in paralysis from the waist down. Prior to the attack, the victim, […]
Mail Carrier Sues Dog Owner Over Bite A mail carrier has filed suit against the owner of a dog that bit her after breaking through a screen door at a home where she was delivering mail, according to court documents. The lawsuit was filed by a former U.S. Postal Service employee who says a German […]
