On Saturday, I settled Mary’s car crash case against Allstate. We were scheduled to go to trial yesterday. Mary was injured in a 2017 car crash. The offer was $21,000 until about 4:30 on Friday afternoon when Allstate capitulated and paid the $100,000 policy limits. And yes, I work on Saturdays. This often happens in […]

We represent Paul’s family. He tragically died last year. He was traveling with his wife near Potosi Missouri on highway 185 when they encountered a car crash. Being the kind of guy Paul was, he stopped his car and got out to help. He was walking to the top of a ridge to flag oncoming […]

Super proud to settle part of a medical malpractice case for the Irving Family. We settled part of the case as some defendants accepted responsibility. We will continue to pursue the ones who have not. See the video below for Shaneka and I talking about wrongful death settlement law. But, I will not talk about […]

The Missouri Legislature issued new rules last year with more requirements for a written demand to be put into evidence in a bad faith case. A bad faith case is when an insurance company should settle a case, but does not and leaves its insured subject to personal liability. It happens often. An insurance company […]

Here’s a scary story with Halloween coming up. Our client Roy goes to Wal-Mart on May 20, 2016, for new eyeglasses, He sees Dr. Kenton McWilliams and complains his left eye is painful and tearing, McWilliams treats Plaintiff with steroid eye drops without doing a diagnostic culture. Roy’s condition gets worse – blurry vision, watering, […]

Recently, Genavieve Fikes and I obtained a great $200,000 settlement for our client in a contested liability truck accident case. Despite strong evidence in our favor, the trucking company failed to make any settlement offer whatsoever until the day of mediation, when the case ultimately settled. Here’s our firm truck accident page if you want […]

Tonya was commuting to work on a Friday and a truck changed lanes, causing her vehicle to roll into the medium. The negligent driver fled the scene of the accident. When apprehended, the driver did admit fault in the police report but later changed his story during the deposition. The case entered mediation in the […]

Our client, Jason, was a front seat passenger in his friend’s vehicle while traveling eastbound on Highway 70 in Lafayette County, Missouri. They were towing a vehicle behind them when another vehicle, also traveling eastbound on Highway 70, struck the towed vehicle. This violent collision caused the towed vehicle to separate from the vehicle in […]

We recently settled two cases during very different stages in litigation which teach good lessons on how to keep a case moving forward while also still negotiating settlement. We settled Hannah’s case last week in a Mediation. Hannah was in a car accident in 2011. We got the case in 2016 and (since the statute […]

Personal Injury LawyerSt. Louis, MO Burger Law Fights for the Rights and Recoveries of those Injured by Reckless Acts Client testimonial of Daniel Scudder who discusses his work comp and civil claims and settlements. Daniel had prior injuries to the same parts of his body and we still recovered in both claims. He got $29k […]