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Personal Injury

Lawsuit claims doctor mistakenly wrote prescription for toxic amount of Prednisone, resulting in patient’s overdose

A wrongful death lawsuit alleges that a patient died from an overdose after his physician mistakenly wrote him a prescription for a toxic amount of Prednisone. Plaintiff Theresa L. Smith, acting as special administrator of the estate of John R. Brumley, Jr., filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against the Walgreen Co., Physician Groups,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 5, 2023
Personal Injury

Former Nu Way Concrete Forms employee alleges retaliation for seeking worker’s compensation benefits

A former employee of Nu Way Concrete Forms in Troy claims that he was fired for seeking worker's compensation benefits after being injured in the job. Plaintiff Shaun Sunfield filed the lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against Nu Way Concrete Forms Troy, LLC, citing retaliatory discharge. According to the lawsuit, Sunfield was formerly employed by Nu Way Concrete…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 5, 2023
Personal Injury

Crane operator sues supervisor: ‘Negligence of defendant Elam directly and proximately caused Plaintiff to suffer severe and permanently disabling and disfiguring injuries’

Crane operator Brent McKinnon has filed a lawsuit against his supervisor, Phillips 66 Crane Supervisor Andy J. Elam, alleging that Elam failed to maintain proper equipment standards. "Aforesaid negligence of defendant Elam directly and proximately caused Plaintiff to suffer severe and permanently disabling and disfiguring injuries," the lawsuit alleges. On December 6, McKinnon was operating a crane that collapsed at…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 27, 2023
Personal Injury

Suit alleges Metro bus stop collapsed on top of passenger

A MetroBus passenger has filed a negligence lawsuit after a bus stop shelter allegedly collapsed on top of him. Plaintiff Johnny Fulton filed the lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Bi-State Development Agency, doing business as Metro, and The Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District, doing business as Metro, citing negligence. According to the lawsuit,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 27, 2023
Workers' Compensation

Illinois Pizza Manufacturer Fined $2.8M After Sanitation Worker’s Death

The operator of a specialty frozen pizza manufacturing plant in Illinois could have prevented the death of a 29-year-old sanitation worker by following proper machine safety procedures, a federal investigation has found. Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration learned the sanitation worker suffered fatal injuries while working on the overnight shift under the supervision…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 26, 2023
Workers' Compensation

Hostess Faces $298K in Fines After Worker’s Fingertip Amputation at Illinois Facility

A 29-year-old worker suffered the amputation of a fingertip while reassembling a pump at a Hostess Brands LLC facility in Chicago, an injury the employer could have prevented by ensuring to shut down and lockout the equipment to prevent it from unexpectedly starting during maintenance, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found. Inspectors with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 26, 2023
Personal Injury

Anderson Hospital denies liability in suit alleging patient’s stroke symptoms were unnoticed

Anderson Hospital denies liability in a suit alleging medical staff failed to recognize that an emergency patient was suffering from a stroke. St. Louis attorney Katherine Melzer of Sandberg Phoenix answered the complaint on behalf of the hospital, denying liability. In its affirmative defenses, Anderson Hospital argues that the plaintiffs' alleged injuries were the result "of some conduct other than…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 22, 2023
Personal Injury

Bartender denies liability in suit alleging Pit Bull attacked patron

A Granite City bartender denies that her dog attacked a man without provocation as he was leaving the Kopp's Korner bar after he sued for negligence. Plaintiff Victor M. Brooks filed the lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against defendants Kopp's Korner, Inc, doing business as Kopp's Korner Too, and Marilyn S. Duckett, citing negligence in violation of the…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 21, 2023
Workers' Compensation

Long COVID continues to plague, puzzle comp industry

As information about long COVID evolves, workers compensation experts are watching how clinical changes and statistics may impact compensability for workers who continue to struggle with the disease’s effects. Last week, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released data showing that in 2020 and 2021, comp claims involving treatment for long COVID symptoms were four times more likely…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 20, 2023

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