Blog Posts in May, 2011
Posted on May 30, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" Missourians rely on their doctors to keep them healthy or to help them get better when they are sick. When medical care fails this ...
Continue reading "Failure to Properly Diagnose; You Loss of Chance May be Compensable" »
Posted on May 27, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" At Meyerkord and Meyerkord, we understand the potential harm that a drug recall can have on a patient. On May 11, 2011, Johnson and ...
Continue reading "Johnson and Johnson Recalls HIV/ AIDS Treatment Drug Due to Suspicious Odor" »
Posted on May 25, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that in 2009, Missouri emergency vehicle were involved in 1,469 traffic accidents. In those ...
Continue reading "Missouri Highway Patrol Reports that in 2009, every 22.8 hours Injuries Resulted from Accidents Involving State Emergency Vehicles." »
Posted on May 23, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" According to the victim's advocacy group, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), 34% of traffic fatalities are alcohol related. ...
Continue reading "Drunk Driver's Continue to Threaten Missouri Motorists" »
Posted on May 20, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" Missouri parents try to do everything within their power to keep their children safe while traveling in automobiles. By purchasing ...
Continue reading "Additional Dangers Face Children in Automobiles" »
Posted on May 18, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" One trend our law firm is experiencing is an increase in the number of phone calls we receive concerning pharmaceutical injury cases. ...
Continue reading "Recent Study says that Acetaminophen may be Linked to Blood Cancer" »
Posted on May 16, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" The attorneys at Meyerkord and Meyerkord have seen first-hand how car accident effect both the injured and their families. In 2009, ...
Continue reading "Roadway Work Zones Require Extra Caution" »
Posted on May 13, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" Recently, two verdicts were entered against Missouri personal injury attorneys. The unrelated cases were based on a St. Louis ...
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Posted on May 9, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" Employees injured on the job who can show that their injury was caused by the negligence of their employer are usually precluded from ...
Continue reading "Injured at work? You may have "something more" than a workers' compensation claim." »
Posted on May 6, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" Making a record is what lawyers call the process of recording information for future use. Making a record is necessary because people ...
Continue reading "Report Your Car Accident in Missouri so the Facts Get Recorded" »
Posted on May 4, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" Meyerkord and Meyerkord. LLC recently helped a St. Louis city man receive a $150,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case after ...
Continue reading "Excessive Prescription of Piroxicam Results in Settlement" »
Posted on May 3, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" Meyerkord & Meyerkord recently reached two policy limit settlements for a client who was injured when she received injuries as a ...
Continue reading "Passenger in car crash receives settlement after airbag was deactivated by vehicle owner" »
Posted on May 3, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Missouri law requires employee’s injured on the job to provide notice of their injury to their employer. One of the first questions I ask potential clients is whether they gave their supervisor ...
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Posted on May 2, 2011 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
"Meyerkord and Meyerkord, a Legacy of Legal Innovation" When a Missouri worker's compensation claim is denied, an appeal of the agency decision can be time consuming, confusing and ...
Continue reading "Workers' Compensation Law - Limits of Coverage for Heart Attacks, Strokes, Seizures and other Catastrophic Medical Conditions in the Workplace" »