On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 A proposed new law would prohibit an employee injured on the job would be from suing negligent co-workers if the injured worker takes workers’ compensation benefits. The proposal is one of the so-called “Fix the Six,” a collection of […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Defective Medications on Monday, January 30, 2012 A problem at a pharmaceutical plant that produces over-the-counter medicine for Novartis led to a recall of hundreds of lots of four of the drug maker’s products earlier this month. The problem in the production line may have led […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Defective Products on Friday, January 28, 2011 Ford Motor Company recently announced a recall of Windstar minivans in Missouri and other cold-weather states. The recall is due to a corrosion problem with the vehicles’ subframes. It comes just months after Windstars manufactured around the same time […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 As people in the U.S. live longer, the old rule of thumb of retiring at age 65 no longer applies in many professions, including medicine. Doctors are routinely practicing into their 70s and even 80s. Their long experience can […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Friday, January 21, 2011 Authorities have arrested and charged a Clubb, Missouri man in the death of his wife following a single-vehicle car accident last fall. The man also faces felony drug charges after police found crack cocaine and a glass crack […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Many people are interested in having cosmetic surgery, but are concerned about using general anesthetic or put off by the cost. One alternative to traditional plastic surgery, called “Awake,” is supposed to be the perfect solution. Awake procedures use […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Defective Medications on Friday, January 14, 2011 Members of Congress have accused McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, of conducting a so-called “phantom recall” in early 2009 when it hired outside contractors to buy back supplies of defective Motrin pills. The state of […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Defective Products on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 A huge amount of products Americans buy and use every day comes from China. For example, more than 90 percent of toys in the U.S. are exports from China or Hong Kong. While Chinese products are inexpensive, they have […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Friday, January 7, 2011 Police in Springfield, Missouri recently executed two search warrants on a Missouri State University student as part of their investigation into a December car accident that killed another MSU student. One of the warrants was to collect the […]

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Motor Vehicle Accident on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 The Kansas City Missouri Police recently released its figures for 2010 traffic fatalities in the city. According to a recent story by WDAF-TV, a total of 68 people died in car accidents last year. That is a small […]