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4 Most Common Causes of Electrocution In The Workplace
Electrocution is a serious injury that can result in unconsciousness, burns, difficulty breathing, and even cardiac arrest. When electricity is...
7 Common Causes of Burn Injuries
Burn injuries are very common across all age groups and can even occur when taking the necessary precautions. A burn...
What Everyone Should Know About Truck Accident Liability
Trucking accidents are incredibly complex matters – they involve injuries that tend to be more severe than regular car-on-car accidents...
What Does TBI Stand For?
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Traumatic brain injuries, also known as TBIs, are the result of serious head trauma and can...
Bodily Injury vs Personal Injury: What’s the Difference?
When initiating a personal injury case, it is common to see many terms thrown around that sound similar but have...
Comparative Fault vs Contributory Negligence
When investigating new cases at our firm, we look to many different documents, such as insurance agreements, medical records, and...
Mary Simon, recipient of the 2022 John C Shepherd Professionalism Award
Congratulations to Mary Simon, the 2022 recipient of the John C Shepherd Professionalism Award! The John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award,...
LG Chem Loses Battery Burn Personal Jurisdiction Defense in Missouri
According to a release by Bloomberg Law, thousands of consumers have been injured by exploding 18650 Lithium-ion Batteries, including 18650...
Hip & Knee Replacement Device Company Issues Class II Recall
Exactech Inc., a medical device company headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, has recently recalled several models of hip and knee total...
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.