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• 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...

• 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...

• Composite Decking Recalled Due To Fall Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | May 15, 2009 12:44 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  Louisiana-Pacific Corp., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), is voluntarily recalling 48 million linear feet Composite Decks. The decking was recalled because...

• Car and Truck Accident in Missouri Leaves One Dead

  Shannon Weidemann | May 14, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  A man driving a Ford Focus hit another car on Interstate 44. The collision forced him into anther lane where he collided with a semi-truck. The 21-year-old man was driving west when the car and truck accident happened. A man from Evansville, Ind., was killed in a three-vehicle accident at 12:40 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 44 just east of the exit for the Six Flags amusement park, the Missouri...

• Six Year Old Injured From Pool Drain Dies

  Jenny Albano | March 22, 2008 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  A 6-year-old whose intestines were partially sucked out from a swimming pool drain last year has died. Abigail Taylor died Thursday night in a Nebraska hospital with her parents, Scott and Katey, by her side.Abigail was injured on June 29 when she sat on a pool drain at the Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park and its powerful suction ripped out part of her intestinal tract. She had small...

• MOM Enterprises is Recalling Baby's Bliss Gripe Water

  Jenny Albano | September 22, 2007 8:41 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  MOM Enterprises, in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling Baby's Bliss Gripe Water ,apple flavor, with a code of 26952V and expiration date of October 2008. The recall was initiated because the presence of cryptosporidium was found during lab tests and after investigating the illness of a 6-week-old infant in Minnesota who consumed the product.Cryptosporidium is a parasite that can cause...

• 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,...

• 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...

• 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...