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Medical Device Failures: What They Are And What To Do
Medical device is a catch-all term that can include a wide array of devices, including insulin pumps, CPAP machines, defibrillators,...
Philips CPAP
Continuous positive airway pressure machines (CPAP) and bilevel positive airway pressure machines (BiPAP) are very common medical devices used in...
How Long Does a Pharmaceutical Lawsuit Take? What to Expect.
When a drug harms a patient, rather than help, it is key to investigate whether it was a one-time reaction...
T-Bone Accident Liability: Who’s at Fault?
T-Bone accidents, or car accidents in which the front of one car collides with the side of another car, usually...
Class Actions vs. Mass Torts
In common course, lawsuits with hundreds, or even thousands, of plaintiffs are labeled ‘class actions’, while many are actually mass...
Types of Torts
Tort law is the foundation for many civil actions, including legal assistance for car accidents in St. Louis, product liability...
St. Louis City Possibly Reconsidering its Legal Position with Police Misconduct Lawsuits
The tragic deaths of Nicholas Gilbert and Donald Ray Clark at the hand of law enforcement were precursors to the...
About Your Need to Sleep
We all know that being a proficient trial attorney is a notoriously demanding job. To serve our clients well, we...
A Little-known Fact About the Top of the St. Louis Civil Court’s Building
Have you ever wondered about the top of the St. Louis Civil Courts Building? It was built in 1930, part...
Simon Law in the News
$3M judgment in e-scooter accident
A Clayton man was severely injured while riding an e-scooter in a bike line after crashing on gravel that was placed there without a permit and with no safety signage or barriers by a pool contractor. With the help of Simon Law attorney Kevin Carnie Jr., he was awarded over $3 million.
Plaintiff obtains multimillion dollar award in e-scooter crash
A St. Louis jury awarded over $3 million to Jason Wheeler after he was seriously injured in an e-scooter crash caused by gravel negligently left in a bike lane by MDB Construction Services. The company did not have a permit to place the gravel there and did not have safety warnings in place to alert cyclists of the danger.
Larger tanks super-sizing nitrous oxide abuse, lawsuit says
ABC News’ Ashan Singh speaks with one man who says he was addicted to nitrous oxide, and families who say the legal and easy-to-access gas is to blame for their loved one’s deaths.
Should rideshare apps be immune from lawsuits?
Johnny Simon, Simon Law, joins Chris and Amy to explain why their lawsuit challenging that the Lyft app is a service, not a product, has progressed through the courts.
Attorney calls for rideshare safety, transparency in STL carjackings
Four teens in north St. Louis County were arrested for carjacking rideshare drivers on back-to-back days, sparking renewed concerns over juvenile crime and rideshare safety. Attorney Johnny Simon pursues a landmark wrongful death lawsuit against Lyft that could hold rideshare companies accountable under product liability laws for failing to protect drivers.