As a defective products lawyer in Missouri, I’m quite familiar with the issue of lead paint in older buildings. Before the 1970s, paint often contained lead as one ingredient. However,…
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There are many types of personal injuries, but brain injuries carry some of the most serious and dangerous repercussions. Effects of brain injuries include physical and mental disabilities and, in…
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Survivors of serious brain injuries and their supporters rallied in Jefferson City in favor of state legislation that would restore services for head injury victims, the Columbia Missourian reported March…
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A study was included in a recent issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry titled “A Risk for Addiction-Related Disorders Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in a Large Cohort of…
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Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder consisting of a number of symptoms that can limit physical movement or speech. In most cases, children are born with the disorder from an…
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A middle school girl outside Kansas City died in early December after suffering a head injury. The girl had been sent home from school early after hitting her head against…
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As a St. Louis head injury lawyer, I know head injuries are complex injuries that often seem like they come from unrelated causes, or more than one cause. That was…
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Earlier this month, Disability Rights Florida filed a lawsuit against one of the largest brain injury centers in the country. The suit alleges that the center is interfering in the…
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Legislation repealing Missouri’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law has passed the Legislature and is headed for the desk of Gov. Jay Nixon, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported May 1. The legislation,…
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After more than a month of waiting, Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed the Legislature’s decision to repeal Missouri’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported July 2. The…
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