Category: St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney

Pending Legislation May Make It More Difficult to Litigate Medical Malpractice Suits

Under a bill drafted by House Republicans as part of their plan to replace former President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), low income and older Americans may find it more difficult to win lawsuits for injuries resulting from medical malpractice, defective drugs and devices. Your St. Louis medical malpractice lawyers at Hoffman & Gelfman want […]

Written by on June 20, 2017

Gene Testing Labs May End Up in Court for Medical Malpractice

A South Carolina woman is anxiously awaiting a state Supreme Court decision that will determine whether or not she can take action against genetic testing laboratory Quest Diagnostics and its subsidiary Athena for the wrongful death of her son. The St. Louis medical malpractice lawyers at Hoffman & Gelfman want to prevent you from becoming […]

Written by on June 15, 2017

Fatal Accidents Upend Families

Accidents on our roads are common, and fender benders happen all the time. But when a fatal accident happens, not only is there pain and sorrow involved, but it can upend an entire family. Emotions are Just the Beginning Certainly, emotions are a huge part every time a loved one dies in a fatal accident. […]

Written by on May 30, 2017

Tractor Trailer Crashes into St. Louis Building

A tractor trailer can do so much damage when it’s out of control. Recently, a semi-truck crashed into a building in St. Louis, according to an article on the KSDK website. The accident took place at the Soulard building in St. Louis, just after one o’clock in the morning. Witnesses stated that the truck went […]

Written by on May 23, 2017

Three-Car Accident Outside St. Louis Sends Two Teens to the Hospital

There are many accidents in the St. Louis area, and all too often they involve teenage drivers. According to a recent article on the Belleville News-Democrat website, one accident recently occurred near Belleville East High School. The crash involved three vehicles. One of them was parked and empty. The other two were occupied by two […]

Written by on April 27, 2017

Dog Bites Twins at a Daycare

As a parent, when you have to put your kids in a daycare facility so you can go to work, you’re always careful to choose a good provider that you can trust. You don’t expect anything bad to happen while you’re at work, and you trust the caregivers that your children are going to be […]

Written by on February 28, 2017

Fatal Semi-Truck Accident in St. Louis: Who is at Fault?

Lately, there have been some odd tractor trailer accidents in St. Louis. However, this one might be the oddest of them all. According to an article on the Fox2Now St. Louis website, a twenty-year-old man was displaying some bizarre personal behavior on I-70. Several calls were made to Missouri State Troopers that there was a […]

Written by on January 17, 2017

Three Vehicle Accident Injures Two Women

Usually, when semi-truck accidents are reported, it’s the truck driver who is at fault. Very rarely does the burden of fault fall upon the driver of a four-wheeled car. However, a recent accident was reported on the Area Wide News website, where a semi-truck driver appears to have lessened the severity of an accident that […]

Written by on December 6, 2016

Missouri Nursing Home Closed After Inspection

For many families, placing their loved ones in a nursing home is a decision that comes with a lot of heartbreak. They don’t want to do it, but they trust that the facility they’ve chosen will take good care of the people they love. In most cases this is true. However, in some cases, such […]

Written by on October 13, 2016

IRS Reports Hundreds of Injuries On The Job Every Year

When you think about locations where injuries are likely to happen, most people think of places like construction sites, factories with heavy machinery, and other such zones where the risk is deemed to be higher. You probably wouldn’t think that there would be a high number of injuries reported each year at a location like […]

Written by on August 30, 2016