Recent Posts in Catastrophic Injuries Category
Posted on Aug 14, 2013 By Columbia Personal Injury Lawyer
Two young men were injured in a disastrous head-on collision that took place on Friday August 9, 2013 just before noon. Troyveia Thomas, 18 of Arlington, TX and Jonathan Peck, 27 of Booneville, MO ...
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Posted on Aug 9, 2013 By Columbia Medical Malpractice Lawyer
After a surgical procedure, the post- operative care is a critical part of the healing process. If the post-operative care was performed in a negligent manner, serious physical problems can occur, ...
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Posted on Aug 6, 2013 By Columbia Personal Injury Lawyer
On Sunday, August 4, 2013, just after midnight, three men in their twenties were traveling east on Route PP near Salisbury, Missouri in an SUV when they ran off the road, hit a culvert and overturned. ...
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Posted on Jun 16, 2013 By Brent Sumner
David Hoffman of Stuart, Florida was killed in a tractor trailer accident when a 18 wheeler hit his vehicle from behind. The wrongful death of David Hoffman also led to catastrophic injuries to ...
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Posted on May 22, 2013 By Columbia Personal Injury Lawyer
DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., a division of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices and Diagnostics group, has become infamous for manufacturing defective hip replacements. While they have already taken ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2013 By Columbia Personal Injury Attorney
Benzene is one of the 20 most widely used chemicals in the United States, as it is commonly used as a solvent or intermediate in the production of other compounds. It is colorless and flammable, and ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2013 By Brent Sumner
On March 6, 2013 at around 10:00 PM a man negligently driving a Ford Ranger turned the wrong way onto Highway 54 in Columbia, Missouri and ran into another vehicle driven by Chelsea Frederickson, 19 ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2013 By Brent Sumner
On Tuesday, January 22 at around 5:40PM, Richard Jones was traveling westbound on Route B east of Highway 63, in Columbia, Missouri. 36-year-old Jones, a Columbia resident, failed to slow down as he ...
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Posted on Jan 1, 2013 By Brent Sumner
Involved in a car accident? Top car accident attorneys will all tell you the same thing if you were involved in a motor vehicle accident with personal injuries or catastrophic injuries. The rules are ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2012 By Brent Sumner
U.S. Renal Care at the Cedars of JCA in Town & Country, Missouri located at 13190 South Outer 40 Road reported that a cleaning solution, which is commonly used in dialysis, was inadvertently added ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2012 By Brent Sumner
University of Missouri-Columbia college student Emily Ferguson was killed on Friday in Callaway County when her car was traveling the wrong-way down Interstate 70 and she collided head-on with Charles ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2012 By Brent Sumner
Police have arrested Randolph S. James of Troy, Missouri on suspicion of drunk driving following a car accident that took place in Lincoln County, Missouri around 5:40 a.m. on Wednesday. Randolph ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2012 By Brent Sumner
It is estimated that 43 million people are expected to be on the roads this Thanksgiving holiday. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, with millions on the highway, it increases the ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2012 By Brent Sumner
Elizabeth Chang, an associate professor at Mizzou, was injured by a hit-and-run driver near the 100 block of South Garth Avenue on Monday. An 86 year old woman hit Chang while she was putting her ...
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Posted on Oct 23, 2012 By Brent Sumner
Joni K. Elliot's death marked the 30 th fatality in 2012 for Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B, when she died in a car accident on Wednesday October 17 in Schuyler County. Elliot, age 28 of ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2012 By Brent Sumner
Russell Barnes was traveling eastbound on County Road 404 near County Road 403 when he crossed the center line and hit Chance Garriott of Fulton head on. Garriott was traveling westbound and suffered ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2012 By Brent Sumner
On Tuesday, Missouri State Highway Patrol reported to westbound I-70 to investigate a deadly car accident. The accident led to the wrongful death of two young men caused by the negligent driver. ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2012 By Brent Sumner
A rollover accident in Columbia, Missouri caused eastbound I-70 to close for a few hours near the 131 mile marker on Saturday morning. Two people suffered catastrophic injuries in the crash and are ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2012 By The Sumner Law Group
Meg Herndon, a 21 year old Southeast Missouri State college student, died in September from catastrophic injuries when her scooter was struck by a negligent driver. Meg suffered traumatic brain ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2012 By The Sumner Law Group
On August 2 around 1:20PM, a sold out double decker bus operated by Megabus was traveling from Chicago to Kansas City, with stops in St. Louis and Columbia, carrying over 70 passengers, when it ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Brent Sumner
A St. Louis County man was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident and property damage. According to Town & Country police, George Putney was traveling westbound on ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Brent Sumner
A Dexter, Missouri man died today when his car collided with a freight train in southeastern Missouri in Stoddard County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the man was driving across railroad ...
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Posted on Jan 22, 2012 By Brent Sumner
A man from Centralia, Illinois was killed and five other people were injured in a three car accident involving a tractor trailer on Interstate 64 near Albers, Illinois. Illinois State Police said a ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2012 By Brent Sumner
The Missouri Department of Highway Patrol reported numerous car accidents across the state over the past two days because of the freezing rain and ice on the roadways. Drivers need to take things slow ...
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