St. Louis Personal Injury Blog
NTSB tackles distracted driving in Missouri
Motor vehicle crashes involving cellphones and other causes of distracted driving have increased by 35% in Missouri since 2014. Last year, 79 people were killed in crashes involving one or more distracted drivers, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation...
Missouri sees slight decline in traffic deaths in 2018
The state of Missouri saw 921 fatalities result from motor vehicle crashes in 2018, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). That was 11 fewer deaths on state roadways compared to 2017 for a 1.2% decrease. Deaths related to alcohol use...
4 apps that encourage hands-free driving
It’s well-known that cell phone use has played a significant role in distracted driving accidents and fatalities. The silver lining is that bright minds, technology, and our smartphones have teamed together in recent years to develop apps that, if used, are designed...
AAA: high-tech braking systems in new cars not very effective
Regular readers of our St. Louis personal injury blog might well recall a post we published about a month ago about a study that showed that high-tech safety features were helping drivers of new cars to avoid crashes, collisions and traffic accidents. We wrote that...
Tips for overcoming a post-accident disability
A car accident leaves you with permanent injuries. The worst part, in some ways, is that you don't even remember the crash. You know that you didn't do anything wrong; you've seen the footage from a nearby security camera as another car runs the red light and slams...
Study helps pinpoint why teens are at higher risks of crashes
With high schools across St. Louis back in session, this is a good time to examine again the leading cause injury and death to teens ages 16 to 19: motor vehicle crashes. A new study of the dangers to teenagers finds that brain development plays a critical role in the...
My Amazing Client
From Faith Earley, Senior Paralegal: This is my amazing client (and now, friend!) Lynn. She, and others like her, are the reason I choose to stay in the challenging, under appreciated, and mentally and emotionally taxing field of injury law. I have had the gift...
How do truck accidents differ from car accidents?
Collisions involving trucks have the capacity to cause significant damages because of the force created by large vehicles. Many car drivers who are involved in collisions with trucks assume that the truck drivers will be deemed to be at fault. However, a report...
High-tech safety features reducing motor vehicle crashes
When people drive around St. Louis, they are constantly making use of their vehicle’s common safety features: brakes, headlights, seat belts, etc. We often use those features reflexively; we’ve used them so many times that not a great deal of thought goes...
Missouri launches high school safe driving campaign
When the St. Louis night air begins to get crisp and the leaves on the trees slowly start to change their colors, it is a sure sign that schools have reopened their doors to students and autumn is on its way. While it’s important that high school students study...
