A client of Carolyn Caruthers at the Sauter Sullivan law firm, a 22 year old medical student, was injured in a car accident in downtown St. Louis. She was driving through a green light when another vehicle ran a red light and struck her. The other driver was using her cell phone at the time, and was obviously distracted. Caruthers’ …
A 43-year-old Express Scripts employee and father of four was injured in a rear-end collision heading westbound in backed up traffic on Interstate 70 just outside of downtown St. Louis. The man went to the ER and followed up with a chiropractor for treatment of the injuries he sustained. Ten months after finishing treatment with the chiropractor, he was still suffering with …
A 50-year-old waitress slipped on the wet tile floor in a kitchen while on the job in St. Louis County Missouri. The fall caused injuries to her arm, shoulder, and neck which ultimately resulted in surgery. The woman’s injuries required a lot of medical attention, including two surgeries, and she was unable to work for a long time. The waitress …
A 6-year-old girl was in the back seat of her mother’s vehicle when they were involved in a rear-end collision on Skinker Blvd in St. Louis City. The little girl’s seat belt pulled loose upon impact and the girl was thrown forward into the console of the front seat where she was struck in the face by the front seat …
Christopher Geldmacher represented an elderly woman who injured herself on the stairs at a Saint Louis City apartment complex as the result of a poorly secured handrail.The client was walking down the stairs in her apartment building while leaning on the handrail for support. The handrail, which had not been adequately secured to the wall, pulled out of the wall …
A 23- year old man was driving in downtown St. Louis when a vehicle coming at him from the opposite direction crossed into his lane. The man swerved and avoided the head-on collision but ended up driving onto a sidewalk, hitting a sign and ultimately running into a brick building in a one vehicle collision. The impact caused him to …
A 50 year old career woman was rear-ended in her vehicle off Berry Road in Webster Groves, Missouri. The insurance company was skeptical of her medical claims due to the minor impact of the collision and minimal visible damage to the woman’s car. The crash was severe enough to cause her body to jerk forward and backward upon impact, causing …
A mother in her mid 30’s suffered whiplash when she was in a rear-end collision on Riverview Blvd in the City of St. Louis. She was rushed to the hospital after the accident because she had just been released from hospitalization days earlier after suffering a pulmonary embolism. The woman incurred a large amount of medical expenses from the ER and …
A banker in her early 30’s was driving in Downtown St. Louis in March of 2016 when another driver ran a red light, causing a head-on collision. The impact caused the airbag to deploy and the woman was thrown back and forth and side to side in her vehicle. She suffered from neck and back pain immediately but refused medical …
A disabled gentleman in his mid 50s suffered neck, back, and shoulder sprains after being involved in a Metro/Bi-State bus accident in the city of St Louis. While he was riding as the sole passenger on the bus, the driver attempted to make a turn too fast on icy and slick road conditions. The bus driver lost control and, over …