Jefferson City Personal Injury Lawyer

Police car chases can sometimes end in fatal car accidents for innocent bystanders. The Missouri State Legislator is considering two bills that may help reduce the number of fatal accidents. The StarChase Device will allow a police officer to tag a car and track it from a safe distance. Rep. Jeff Roorda, a 17-year veteran of the Kimmswick and Arnold police departments, is sponsoring two...

A Utah woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Utah hospital alleging negligence when an infection morphed into a flesh eating disease and led to the amputation of both legs and one arm.Lisa Speckman was admitted to LDS hospital for the birth of her baby in February 2005. After he child's birth, necrotizing fascitis ate away at her body.The tip of her middle finger on her left...

Jamie Sheller at Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyer brings my attention to the news that Gleevec, a successful treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia, had been linked to congestive heart failure in rare cases.Ten CML patients treated with Gleevec at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston developed congestive heart failure, although they had normal heart function when they began taking...

A Tennessee woman filed a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit last week claiming that her husband's death was a result of his exposure to asbestos while he was on the job. Donald Welch died of esophageal cancer in July 25. His wife is seeking $10 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.``Even though ALCOA was familiar with reports of family member contraction of...

IKEA Home Furnishings and the Consumer Product Safety Commission recently announced the recall of around 100,000 LYCKSELE folding chair beds and sofa beds after the company received a report that a consumer amputated a finger tip when using the folding mechanism. Description and Models: This recall involves LYCKSELE chair beds and sofa beds produced before July 2005 and date stamped (year/week)...

Bus driver Ellen Daak was citied for negligence nearly a week after the bus she was driving veered into a roadside ditch while Daak was reading a map.Daak was transporting 44 passengers - 39 nine-year-old YMCA campers - to a field trip at a state park. She and 16 campers were injured in the accident and taken to the hospital. Daak also drives a school bus in Jefferson City during the school...

Attorney David Austin at Burke Eisner posted an article about a California jury that awarded a Modesto woman over $870,000 after her 49 year old husband died of a heart attack while on the job. An excerpt from the article about the malpractice case explains more:Stockton attorney Stewart Tabak, who represents Bettencourt, said there were two key issues in the case: A Gould cardiologist failed to...

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Current Employment Position(s): Partner, Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Gorny, P.CAreas of Practice: Business & Commercial Law Products Liability Law Litigation Percentage: 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation Bar Admissions: Missouri, 1994 Kansas, 1995 Education: Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, 1994 J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence Honors: Magna Cum Laude Law Review:...

For nearly a quarter of a century, Jim Bartimus and the lawyers of Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Gorny, P.C. have been dedicated to representing Individuals and families who have suffered catastrophic personal Injury and wrongful death. When medical negligence, defective products, or the negligence of those owning and operating aircraft, automobiles or trains have caused terrible injury, the...