News from 2018
City, police face multiple civil rights lawsuits from 2017 protesters
City, police face multiple civil rights lawsuits from 2017 protesters
Driver alleged to have made improper left turn and cause accident in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – A driver alleges she was injured when another motorist made an improper left turn in St. Louis.
A bale of hay and a block of cheese: How Mark Lanier won the $4.7 billion talcum powder verdict
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - Partway through a trial over allegedly asbestos-tainted baby powder that ended with a $4.69 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson in St. Louis earlier this year, attorney Mark Lanier whipped a knife from out of his pocket and held it over a large block of yellow cheese.
Woman seeks $25,000 over alleged injuries from ride on City Museum slide
ST. LOUIS – An invitee at the City Museum alleges she injured her foot and ankle after riding the praying mantis slide.
Motorist seeks more than $25,000 from Target tractor-trailer driver over I-64 crash
ST. LOUIS – Damages are being sought from an Indiana tractor-trailer driver and his employer over a rear-end collision on an interstate in St. Louis.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance alleged to have failed to pay reasonable amount to injured driver
ST. LOUIS – A driver injured in a collision Interstate 70 alleges her insurer failed to pay her a reasonable amount under the policy.
Union Pacific Railroad contractor alleges he was not provided safe area to change crews
ST. LOUIS – A conductor alleges he needed surgery after a fall while on the job.
Tenant alleges wobbly step at St. Louis property caused fall
ST. LOUIS – A tenant of a St. Louis property alleges her landlord failed to properly repair steps and that they caused her to fall.
Woman seeks more than $27,000 from driver over alleged property damages, injuries
ST. LOUIS – A driver alleges a Florissant man's negligence caused more than $20,000 worth of damage to her vehicle.
Injured bus driver alleges Safeco Insurance Co. of Illinois failed to pay her reasonable amount
ST. LOUIS – A bus driver injured when an unknown driver rear-ended the bus alleges her insurer has failed to pay her a reasonable amount under the insurance policy.
Guard files suit over slander allegations against Department of Public Safety
ST. LOUIS – A security guard alleges he lost his job because of false allegations of mishandling prisoners.
St. Louis Parking, USH alleged to have failed to warn of cable in parking lot that caused man to fall
ST. LOUIS – A man alleges an exposed cable wire in a St. Louis parking lot caused him to fall.
Former laborer blames CBS, others for allegedly cancer-causing asbestos exposure
ST. LOUIS – A former laborer alleges exposure to asbestos beginning in the 1960s caused him to develop cancer.
Patient alleges infection caused by negligence of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, others
ST. LOUIS – A patient alleges he has lost the use of his legs because of an infection contracted during surgery.
Woman alleges driver failed to stop at stop sign, caused collision in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – Damages are sought from a St. Louis woman who allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign at an intersection in the city and caused an auto accident.
St. Louis County woman alleges daughter, son-in-law diverted money from checking account
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis County woman alleges two of her family members fraudulently transferred money from her checking account for their own use.
Driver blames I-70 collision on improper passing by another motorist
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis man is alleged to have improperly passed a vehicle and cause a collision on a St. Louis interstate.
Two injured in auto accident seek payments from Geico Casualty
ST. LOUIS – Two individuals injured in a collision in St. Louis allege their insurer has refused to pay them according to the terms of their policy.
Family files wrongful death suit against Copes-Vulcan, others over welder's lung cancer death
ST. LOUIS – The widow and children of a welder who died of lung cancer allege his cancer was caused by asbestos exposure.
St. Louis attorney hoping suits filed in wake of Stockley protests will change way police deal with demonstrators
ST. LOUIS – More than a dozen people who were corralled by police and arrested during demonstrations following the 2017 acquittal of St. Louis Police Officer Jason Stockley in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith are now suing the city.