St. Louis Personal Injury Lawyer Gary Burger Recently Settles Cases for Over One Million Dollars

The majority of all lawsuits filed do not go to trial–they settle. Some settle early in the litigation process, others
settle the day before or the day of trial. Recently, St. Louis personal injury attorney Gary
Burger has settled personal injury cases adding up to over a million dollars. These range from medical malpractice and drug injuries to premises liability and fire injuries. The
following are some of these cases:

Gary obtained a large confidential settlement against a large pharmacy for drug liability. Our client
was a victim of a mislabeled dose of medication. Even though no amount of money can replace the life that was lost, Gary
fought hard against the corporation’s hired guns to get the family of our client the maximum compensation they were
entitled to. Drug companies owe a duty to properly label their products and this death was completely preventable had
they done their job. Thanks to Gary, they will in the future.

Gary negotiated a $150,000.00 premises liability settlement for low back injury days before trial. Our
client slipped and fell on a dangerous property where the owner of the property knew about the dangerous area. A serious
back and spine injury occurred. This was an uphill battle for Gary because the property owner denied liability and did
not want to pay our client for serious back injuries he sustained.

$600,000.00 settlement against the state of Illinois. Contraceptive class action case in the state of
Illinois, Six Hundred Thousand $600,000.00 fund to pay women employees wrongfully denied coverage for contraceptive
prescriptions. Until July 1, 2004 the State of Illinois’s Quality Care Health Plan, and some other State sponsored
health plans, did not provide coverage for prescription contraceptives. This lawsuit is about whether the State’s past
exclusion of prescription contraceptives from its Quality Care Health Plan constituted sex discrimination in violation
of Title VII, and if so, whether the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution bars recovery for monetary
relief.

Large confidential settlement for failure to diagnose dislocated lunate in wrist. Our client broke his
wrist.  The wrist is a complicated structure.  When treating a broken wrist, special care must be taken to determine the
type of break and its effect on the surrounding nerves and tissue.  The doctors in this case did not take that case and
as a result, our client will be in pain for the rest of his life.  His bone impinged on a nerve and there was a small
window of time to correct this.  Obviously, this window was missed.  Our client is a tough man.  And the pain from this
injury was enough to bring even him to tears.  Gary fought opposing counsel aggressively for this tough man, and got him
the settlement he deserved.

$175,000.00 jury verdict in slip and fall with back injuries. Our client was injured outside a
convenience store when she fell and severely injured her back.  She had multiple surgeries and over $100,000.00 in
medical treatment.  There was video of her fall and a strong witness.  Gary tried this case in federal court and a jury
found the convenience store at fault.

Over $100,000.00 recovery to family suffering smoke inhalation in apartment fire. The landlord of an
apartment building stored paint, chemicals, and other highly flammable materials in a basement locker.  The St. Louis
Fire Code has a specific statute against the storage of highly flammable materials in basements and near furnaces.  A
fire resulted from this landlord’s violation of the Fire Code and our clients suffered smoke inhalation.  Our clients
were grandparents watching their grandchild and their lungs are permanently damaged.  Gary went after the landlord and
aggressively fought for these grandparents and their grandchildren, who were victims of the landlord’s negligence.  A
$100,000.00 recovery resulted.

Gary Burger

Founder | Injury Attorney
Gary Burger has dedicated his career to standing up against bullies. The founder and principal attorney of Burger Law | St. Louis Personal Injury Lawyer has helped hundreds of Missouri and Illinois individuals and families recover th …
Years of experience: 30 years
Location: St. Louis, MO

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