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• Major Pet Food Recall Underway

  Shannon Weidemann | March 20, 2007 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  Dog and cat food that is sold all across the United States, Canada, and Mexico is being recalled. The pet food has the potential to cause kidney failure and possibly death. The maker of the food is Menu Foods.Menu Foods told the Food and Drug Administration it received the first complaints of kidney failure and deaths among cats and dogs on February 20th.The FDA's top veterinarian says an...

• Avoid Slips and Falls This Winter

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2007 6:37 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  Slipping on the snow and ice could give you an injury you were not expecting this winter season. It is important to avoid this type of accident. Experts say wearing the right shoes in inclement weather is the most important factor in safeguarding against a slip and fall. They say high heels are worst kind of shoes you can wear around ice because they often have absolutely no traction. However,...

• Missouri's Seat Belt Law May Be Changed

  Shannon Weidemann | February 18, 2007 12:13 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  The House Transportation Committee voted 7 to 1 to send a bill to the House floor that would allow police officers to stop cars where occupants were not wearing seat belts. Current law allows police to write a $10 ticket for not wearing a seat belt, but only if an officer notices the violation after making a traffic stop for another reason.The bill would also require anyone for whom there is a...

• Eye-Surgeon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled

  Kerry Stochl | October 03, 2006 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  In a strange case against a former eye surgeon ion Arizona, a medical malpractice lawsuit was settled last week. Dr. Bradley Schwartz was being sued for malpractice, but he and his attorneys decided to settle rather than go to trial. The reason: Schwartz and his lawyers though he may not be able to find impartial jurors since he was convicted of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder just four...

• Segway Scooters Recalled

  Staff Writer | September 15, 2006 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  Nearly 24,000 Segway scooters were recalled yesterday, after the company discovered a software glitch that can make the scooter's wheels unexpectedly reverse direction. There have been reports of riders falling off the scooters and at least one instance where a rider suffered broken teeth. The glitch can be fixed by a free software upgrade available at Segway dealers.Segway has received six...

• Doctors Hesitant to Acknowlege Malpractice

  Staff Writer | September 12, 2006 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  A recent New York Times opinion piece discusses a survey of more than 2500 doctors in the United States and Canada which revelaed doctors believe patients deserve to know about medical errors, but only about half the doctors surveyed would not admit errors of their own.The researchers are dubious that limits on malpractice suits would have much impact on what doctors admit. Changes in medical...

• Truck Accident Closes Lanes on 57

  Staff Writer | September 11, 2006 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  A tractor-trailer rollover on I-57 in Illinois closed the northbound passing lane for most of Thursday morning last week. The accident occurred just after midnight, and the driver escaped serious injury. Crews were forced to close all northbound lanes of 57 for about 15 minutes later in the day while workers removed the overturned semi. Officials were still investigating the cause of the...

• Woman Files Premises Liability Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart

  Staff Writer | August 22, 2006 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  A judge ruled last week that a Wal-Mart department manager and employee cannot be held liable for negligence in the case of a woman who filed a slip and fall lawsuit after slipping on spilled birdseed in the store. Margaret Benjamin named Wal-Mart and the employees as defendants, but the judge decided the employees did not have enough control over the running of the business to be held...

• Newman Bronson & Wallis

  Staff Writer | July 31, 2006 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  If you or a family member have been injured by the negligence, wrongful act, or fault of someone else, we believe that you and your family are entitled to experienced and high quality legal representation. Our firm was founded by Leo Newman in 1958. Mark Bronson joined in 1973 and Marc Wallis joined in 1985. We concentrate in the areas of Medical Malpractice including Birth Injury cases, serious...

• Mark Bronson, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | July 31, 2006 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  Mark I. Bronson was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1948, and is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law at Columbia, Missouri receiving his Juris Doctor degree in 1973. He received his undergraduate education at the University of Denver where he majored in accounting receiving a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in 1970. Mark is a Board Certified Civil Trial...