On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 An accident between an all-terrain vehicle and a pickup truck on a highway in southeast Missouri resulted in the death of the ATV rider, an 8-year-old boy, the Missouri Highway Patrol said on July 19. The tragic accident […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Workers’ Compensation on Friday, July 22, 2011 The heat wave that has enveloped much of the United States the past week has proven dangerous to those who cannot escape the triple-digit temperatures and sweltering humidity. The National Weather Service estimated that 141 million people were subject […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 A calculus teacher who was left with the cognitive abilities of a child after a doctor and nurse allegedly gave her more than twice the recommended dosage of sodium was awarded $34 million by a New Jersey jury in […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Friday, July 15, 2011 A patient being transported to the hospital in an ambulance died shortly after the ambulance was struck head-on by a dump truck on a southwestern Missouri highway on July 8. Four other people involved in the accident were […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Friday, July 8, 2011 All around the country, people with medical problems are about to undergo an operation today. Though the surgery is necessary, many of the patients are no doubt worried about complications that might develop during or after the procedure. Many […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 A car’s collision with a St. Louis home near an Interstate 55 off-ramp left the driver and her young child in critical condition on July 4. Neighbors said that the design of the off-ramp likely contributed to the […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Workers’ Compensation on Thursday, June 30, 2011 A New Jersey court of appeals decision could have consequences in future cases where a worker at a desk job is sickened or even killed due to the sedentary nature of the work. The board found that the widower […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 A car carrying three students at the University of Missouri slid off the road and collided with a tree in Oklahoma on June 26. Sadly, the car accident fatally injured two of the students, with the other student […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 In our previous post, we discussed the Feres Doctrine, a 61-year-old rule that prohibits active members of the armed forces who are injured by medical malpractice from suing the military medical staff responsible for the negligent care. The doctrine […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Defective Products on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 It is summertime in St. Louis, and that means hot and humid days. One of the most popular ways for children to beat the heat is to go swimming. Whether in the full-sized local public pool or in an […]