If your health insurance pays for medical bills associated with a personal injury claim, does the insurance have the right of subrogation for the amount paid? The answer to this questions is dependent on the type of insurance you possess. If you are enrolled in a self-funded ERISA plan, then Missouri law is superseded…
Business owners have the duty under Missouri law to exercise reasonable care to discover dangerous conditions, in addition to their duty to protect patrons against dangerous conditions that the owner has knowledge of the defect. Traditionally, the business owner or an employee actually had to create the dangerous condition to impute actual knowledge on…
Friday afternoon six children were injured after an accident involving a school bus occurred in Belleville, Illinois. It is presumed that the accident happened when the driver of an SUV failed to yield at the intersection of Foley Drive and West Main Street, as they were turning left. The driver of the SUV and…
Along with the massive Blue Bell recall, another ice cream retailer has also joined the list. On Thursday, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams based out of Columbus, Ohio has closed its doors and recalled all of its products. Furthermore, the recall includes the following: • All types of ice cream • All frozen yogurts •…
Thursday night in Indiana started out with a play production at a high school and ended in horror as audience members watched the stage collapse. In addition, students at Westfield High School were in the middle of performing a concert when their stage collapsed with them on top of it. In the accident, about…
Sadly, a person was struck and killed Friday morning by a MetroLink train in Belleville, Illinois. The unidentified person was hit and killed near the Swansea station and Scheel Street. The female pedestrian was walking on the tracks for unknown reasons when the westbound train hit her. The victim’s car was found near the…
A commuter train struck and killed a man Wednesday in Wheaton, Illinois. Authorities responded to the accident around 7 p.m. near Manchester Road and Birch Drive. The DuPage County Coroner pronounced the 37-year-old victim dead at the scene of the accident. The Metra Train was traveling west of downtown Wheaton on Union Pacific tracks….
The Brown family is still seeking justice in the fatal shooting that killed their son, Michael. Currently, the Brown family is planning to file a civil lawsuit against the city of Ferguson in connection with the shooting of unarmed Michael. Attorneys for the Brown’s state that this will be a wrongful death lawsuit, and…
It was, unfortunately, a night that a father and son from St. Louis will never forget. Likewise, what started out as a fun night a Blues hockey game, almost ended up in a fatal hit-and-run. On April 7, a vehicle near the Scottrade Center in downtown hit 19-year-old, Brendan Staub and his 49-year-old father,…
Wednesday afternoon in Lincoln County, Missouri, a man was killed following a head-on crash. 44-year-old Richard Gannon was driving his vehicle on Route E when he attempted to pass another car, and struck another head-on. The accident happened just west of Highway 61, and Gannon died at the hospital following the accident. 46-year-old, Jewel…