Tag: Personal Injury

Slipped And Landed In The Hospital, What To Do?

If you’ve had a slip and fall accident that ended with you being in the hospital, you might be wondering what steps you should take to ensure that you’re compensated for your injuries, as well as for your medical bills. As your St. Louis slip and fall injury attorney, we feel that it’s important for us to […]

Written by on February 20, 2014

Railroad Worker Awarded Large Sum After Multiple Surgeries By Jefferson County Jury

A jury in Jefferson County deliberated for about two hours over the case of a man from Jackson, Missouri who suffered a tragic accident that resulted in the amputation of his right leg. According to an article on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website, The accident occurred when the fifty-one-year-old railroad worker was directing trains during his […]

Written by on February 13, 2014

2 People Injured At University Of Illinois With Blow Darts

Each year, college students return to universities with high hopes for the coming school year. Their thoughts are filled with getting to know new roommates and getting adjusted to their new schedules. They don’t expect to be attacked as they walk across campus. However, this year, as students returned to the University of Illinois, they […]

Written by on September 26, 2013

St. Louis Boy Loses Fingers in Fireworks Accident

The 4th of July is still a week away, but St. Louis fireworks enthusiasts are already shooting rockets into the sky from backyard patios and driveways. The first major fireworks accident of the holiday occurred over the weekend when a 10-year-old St. Louis boy lost several fingers when a firework exploded in his hand. According […]

Written by on June 25, 2013

St. Louis Girls Basketball Team Injured in Highway Accident

On Sunday, a minivan carrying the St. Louis Lady Monarchs girls basketball team to a tournament in Tennessee collided with a car near Nashville. The team’s two adult coaches, 7 of the 16-year-old players and two toddlers traveling with team were injured in the auto accident. While all of the children have been released, the […]

Written by on May 28, 2013

St. Louis Toddler Strangled by Window Blind Cord

Two South St. Louis parents are living every parent’s nightmare. As Fox2Now reported earlier this month, they found their 2-year-old son dead in his bedroom, strangled by the pull cord on the window blinds. The boy’s father performed CPR until EMS crews arrived, but it was too late and the boy was pronounced dead at […]

Written by on April 30, 2013

Recalled Product may still cause a Problem

In December the Dunecraft Company recalled their product “Water Balz” after one was swallowed by an eight month old toddler. She was x-rayed and the ball had lodged in her small intestine where it could have perforated that organ and caused sepsis and possibly even death. If you have these in your home Hoffman & […]

Written by on April 18, 2013

Missouri Legislators Voting to Correct Language in the Right of Way Law

The Missouri Legislature has proposals before both the state senate and house designed to correct the language in the Missouri Failure to Yield the Right of Way law. This newly corrected law will increase penalties for those who have been involved in accidents where right of way was not yielded properly. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch […]

Written by on April 11, 2013

Manchester Dierbergs’ Soup Tampered With

The police are looking for a man that tampered with soup by the salad bar at the Dierbergs Market at 421 Lafayette Center March 28, 2013. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on April 2, 2013 that surveillance video has captured a picture of the man. Local police are encouraging anyone with information on who this […]

Written by on April 9, 2013

One Killed and Two Seriously Injured by Fleeing Vehicle

The St. Louis Post Dispatch has reported that the driver of a vehicle that caused a fatal accident on March 14th was trying to get away from another accident he was involved in. The second accident took the life of the driver in the other vehicle and two other passengers were in critical condition after […]

Written by on April 4, 2013