On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 A St. Louis grand jury has indicted a 20-year-old member of the Air Force for involuntary manslaughter in connection with a violent car crash in June 2010 that killed the man’s girlfriend, who was riding in the passenger […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Workers’ Compensation on Friday, August 26, 2011 Union Pacific Railroad was accused by the federal government of firing or suspending three employees, including two based in Kansas City, Missouri, as retaliation for reporting workplace injuries and commenting on unsafe work conditions. Following an investigation, the U.S. […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Defective Products on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 National retail chain Target has announced an expansion of its recall of step stools it sold in its stores from 2007 to autumn 2010. Many of the stools have broken apart while users were standing on them, causing 10 […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Workers’ Compensation on Friday, August 19, 2011 The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reminding owners of grain storage facilities that not taking the safety of their workers seriously can have tragic consequences. According to a recent study conducted at Purdue University, 26 grain elevator […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 An 18-year-old man was killed on Aug. 14 when a pickup truck struck his motorized scooter from behind on a highway in southeast Missouri. The truck driver fled the scene shortly after the accident, but police say they […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Thursday, August 11, 2011 A 32-year-old woman is facing a charge of driving under the influence after she was involved in a single-vehicle accident early in the evening of Aug. 8. The accident injured both the suspected drunk driver and her young […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 A Missouri man who serves in the U.S. Army has settled his medical malpractice suit against the government over treatment his wife received at the hospital at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The man’s lawsuit alleged that his wife may have […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Defective Products on Friday, August 5, 2011 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Ford Motor Co. recently announced a recall of more than 1 million Ford and Lincoln pickup trucks after a person was injured due to a problem with the straps that hold the […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 A dramatic single-vehicle car accident that caused the death of the driver appears to have been caused by excessive speeding, according to witnesses. The driver’s identity was not immediately available, and police declined to say whether anyone else […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Thursday, July 28, 2011 A Pennsylvania woman suffered terrible pain and eventually lost over a foot of her small intestine after the surgical team that performed her Cesarean section left a sponge inside her abdomen. Now she has obtained justice for their medical […]