Category: Wrongful Death

A Word from Your St. Louis Attorney: Stay Safe on the Water this Summer

It’s a common misconception that you don’t have much to worry about when it comes to enjoying some time on a boat during the summer months. However, according to an article that was recently posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website, water fatalities increased this year from those that occurred last year. As your St. […]

Written by on July 22, 2014

Dixon, MO Man Shot During Property Disagreement

Most property disputes are settled civilly, and when they’re not able to be settled, they will often go to court. However, this was not the case for one Dixon man, who was shot in the face over a dispute with an eighteen-year-old man this past week. According to the article on the KSDK.com website, there were […]

Written by on July 1, 2014

Fatal Crash in Franklin County Kills Motorcyclist

With the warm weather here, we’ve been seeing motorcycles all around the St. Louis area. Unfortunately, this also means that there are going to be motorcycle accidents that result in injury or even death for some motorcyclists. One such accident occurred this past week in Franklin County, and it resulted in the death of a […]

Written by on June 24, 2014

Police Report Homicide In College Hill Neighborhood

St. Louis homicide detectives were summoned to the College Hill neighborhood to investigate a deadly shooting that took place earlier this week. The victim was a thirty-one-year-old man, and he was found dead in his apartment. The gunshot wounds covered his back, chest and arms, according to an article on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website. […]

Written by on June 17, 2014

Jefferson County Police Chase Ends With Three People Dead

According to an article on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website, a police chase this past weekend ended with the deaths of three people when their car flipped over. The driver of the car was an eighteen-year-old St. Louis man. He had three passengers; two other men and one female. Police reported that the vehicle had […]

Written by on June 5, 2014

Inexperienced Motorcyclists Add to the Number of Accidents Each Year

Now that May is here, it’s no surprise to see so many motorcyclists taking their long-neglected Harleys out for a spin. For many of them, they’ve truly missed the thrill of the open road on their bikes. However, for some of them, this is the first year they’ve ever had a taste of that kind […]

Written by on May 29, 2014

3-Car Crash Kills Edwardsville Woman

Each year, automobile accidents account for the deaths or injuries of too many Missouri residents. An Edwardsville woman recently died in Madison County after being involved in an accident with a twenty-three-year-old man, driving an SUV, and a third juvenile driver. The woman died at the scene of the accident, while the other two drivers […]

Written by on May 22, 2014

Teenager Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Killing Elderly Couple In Crash

A teenager, who was found to have been smoking a synthetic marijuana while driving, has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing an elderly couple in June 2012. The eighteen-year-old man pled guilty to the manslaughter charges, as well as to the drug possession charges, according to an article on the St. Louis […]

Written by on May 15, 2014

Police Academy Graduate Killed By Wrong-Way Driver

Car accidents are far too common in St. Louis, and as your St. Louis personal injury attorney, we’ve seen many cases of wrong-way drivers. The most recent case occurred this week in the Imperial area, on Highway 21, when an eighty-two-year-old woman crashed into a pickup truck which was being driven by a recent graduate […]

Written by on April 15, 2014