A year after a fataldrunk driving accident, the driver was sentenced for causing the crash. Gary Drake, Jr., 34-years-old, was operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol when he lost control and ran off the roadway near Milo, Missouri, approximately 277 miles southwest of St. Louis. The vehicle was torn apart and Drake’s…
A worker at a nursing home in Jefferson County, Missouri has admitted tosexually assaulting a 92-year-old patient multiple times. According to authorities, 36-year-old Robert Leensvaart was discovered in bed with the female patient on February 19th at the Crystal Oaks Nursing Home. Leensvaart, who is a nurse’s aid, has admitted to investigators that he…
As vehicle manufacturers are developingautonomous systems, technology enabling vehicles to drive themselves, lawmakers question who would be liable in the event of anauto accident. On Wednesday, Volvo announced that they will accept full liability if an accident occurs. Although Volvo only accounts for a small percentage of U.S. vehicles, by being the first to…
On September 27, adog attacked a toddler causing a chaotic scene resulting in the arrest of the boys father. The incident happened in Detroit, Michigan when a 2-year-old boy walked into a neighbors garage. Inside the garage, a dog was chained up, and it attacked the child. The child sustained bite injuries to the…
A workplace accident has claimed the life of a teenager in Alabama. The accident took place on Monday night at approximately 6 p.m. in Tuscumbia. According to the Tuscumbia Police, 19-year-old Michael Perry was working on the roof of a Marley Flexco Plant building when he fell through a skylight, landing 25 feet below….
Aschool bus struck and killed a pedestrian on Monday afternoon. The accident happened in South St. Louis at approximately 4:15 p.m. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police, a man attempting to cross the roadway was struck near the intersection of Keokuk Street and Virginia Avenue. The man, believed to be in his late…
Amedical malpractice lawsuit has been filed by a woman claiming a Cook County, Illinois doctor is responsible for her sister’s death. The lawsuit is against physician M. Scott Peckler and North Suburban Surgical Consultants, LLC. The plaintiff, Kathleen Porreca, is the administer of the estate of her deceased sister, Jane Moroney, and is claiming…
A Glenview Hospital and one of its’ physicians have been named in amedical malpractice lawsuit filed by a patient. On September 25, Carol Saleh filed the lawsuit in Cook County, Illinois against Glenbrook Hospital and Dr. Steven Meyers claiming she has been the victim of medical malpractice. The complaint states that Saleh was seen…
Medical malpractice claims against VA Hospitals are covered under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The FTCA is decades old and provides a strict set of rules for making tort claims (injury claims) against the federal government and its employees. Two important features of the FTCA are that the right to a jury trial is…
On Saturday night, a single-vehiclecar accident claimed the life of a woman in St. Charles County, Missouri. According to the St. Charles County Police, the accident occurred at the intersection of Seeburger Road and Highway B at approximately 6 p.m. A female occupant was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and a…