News from 2018
Suspended Gladstone attorney reciprocally disciplined in Missouri following disbarment in Kansas
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Suspended Gladstone attorney Kenneth J. Geniuk has again been indefinitely suspended following an Aug. 21 Missouri Supreme Court order and his disbarment earlier this year in Kansas.
Kansas City attorney reinstated after more than decade of disbarment
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Disbarred Kansas City attorney Roderick E. Smith has been reinstated and placed on probation following an Aug. 21 Missouri Supreme Court order.
Jefferson City, O'Fallon attorneys reinstated in separate Missouri Supreme Court orders
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Jefferson City attorney Georgia Ann Mathers has been reinstated following her 2013 suspension and O'Fallon attorney Gary Randall Long has been reinstated after resolving a tax issue in separate and recent Missouri Supreme Court orders.
Naturally Aged Flooring seeks compensation for property destroyed in warehouse fire
ST. LOUIS – A California corporation is seeking compensation from the owners of a St. Louis warehouse after a fire destroyed its property.
Participant seeks damages from Segway tour operator over alleged injuries sustained in a fall
ST. LOUIS – The operator of Segway tours in St. Louis is facing a suit from a tour participant who alleges she fell from the personal transporter and sustained fractures.
Attorney sees lawyers' role in judge selection process as helping fuel rise in lawsuits in 'Sue Me State'
ST. LOUIS – An attorney for the Competitive Enterprise Institute said the significant rise in statewide lawsuits is because of the close connection between lawyers and judges.
Hawley criticizes conditions at Clinton-Peabody Housing Complex in petition
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley filed a petition on Aug. 16 in circuit court over alleged deteriorating conditions in a low-income St. Louis housing complex.
Driver seeks damages over I-44 collision in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis resident is seeking damages from a driver who allegedly rear-ended her vehicle on Interstate 44.
Pedestrian alleges negligence of St. Louis, St. Louis Blues Hockey Club caused fall on sidewalk
ST. LOUIS – A pedestrian alleges an uneven sidewalk outside the Enterprise Center caused her to fall and injure her head.
Patient of St. Louis medical facility alleges fall was not prevented
ST. LOUIS – A patient of a St. Louis nursing facility and his wife allege the facility's operators failed to prevent him from falling.
Former BNSF, Union Pacific worker alleges that asbestos exposure caused cancer
ST. LOUIS – A former railroad worker alleges exposure to asbestos during his career caused him to develop cancer.
Woman injured in collision at St. Louis intersection alleges driver failed to yield
ST. LOUIS – A passenger in a vehicle involved in a collision in St. Louis alleges that the collision was caused by a driver that failed to yield.
Injured driver alleges State Farm failed to pay reasonable amount for uninsured motorist benefits
ST. LOUIS – A woman is seeking uninsured motorist benefits from an insurance company for alleged injuries sustained in a 2016 collision.
Man blames lung cancer on asbestos exposure in Texas
ST. LOUIS – A man alleges he was exposed to asbestos while working in construction in Texas several decades ago and now has developed lung cancer.
Missouri business association concerned Monsanto getting a 'bad rap' over Roundup verdict
JEFFERSON CITY – The president and CEO of Associated Industries of Missouri recently said the nonprofit business association was very surprised by the recent decision in a injury suit in California regarding the herbicide Roundup manufactured by Mansanto.
Missouri Farm Bureau calls verdict in Roundup case 'a mistake'
ST. LOUIS – A spokesman for the Missouri Farm Bureau said a recent multimillion court judgment in California against Monsanto that links its Roundup herbicide to cancer in humans is a mistake that will cost farmers in the end.
Patient alleges paralysis caused by Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University's failure to provide timely care
ST. LOUIS – A patient of a St. Louis medical facility alleges emergency surgery wasn't ordered in time and caused paralysis.
Schermerhorn Bros. alleges St. Louis warehouse owners failed to prevent fire from igniting
ST. LOUIS – An Illinois corporation alleges more than $60,000 worth of inventory was destroyed in a fire at a St. Louis warehouse and that the warehouse's owners have failed to reimburse it.
Children file suit wrongful death against St. Louis University Hospital over woman's cancer treatment
ST. LOUIS – The children of a woman who died from complications of cancer in 2017 allege she was not informed of two scans prior to her death that found nodules in her lung.
Mark Twain Hotel tenant alleges he was injured in ceiling collapse
ST. LOUIS – A tenant of a St. Louis property alleges he was injured when the ceiling collapsed on him in his apartment.