Personal injury cases arise from preventable injuries, which adds a layer of indignation or frustration for many. You would not be in this situation today had it not been for another person's carelessness or willfully harmful behavior. To get the closure and compensation you deserve, you need a competent and reputable personal injury lawyer in St. Louis to represent your interests. As St. Louis personal injury lawyers, we are here to lend our knowledge and talents toward getting you a great recovery and making you whole after being injured by someone else.

In our nearly thirty years as a leading personal injury law firm in St. Louis, Burger Law has seen and heard legitimate personal injury claims of all kinds. Through our tenacity and expertise, the St. Louis personal injury lawyers of Burger Law have successfully represented families and individuals in St. Louis and throughout Missouri in personal injury claims and lawsuits including auto accidents, slip and falls, medical malpractice, dog bites, defective products and more. Some of the most common types of personal injury cases we have taken in St. Louis include:

Personal Injury Claims Due to St. Louis Motor Vehicle Accidents

Motor vehicle accidents involving one more more vehicle often lead to injuries. If someone else's behavior, such as another driver. caused your accident and injured you, you may have a Missouri personal injury claim. This category of personal injury cases includes many different types of accidents and can involve cars, trucks, busses, motorcycles, pedestrians, bicycles and other modes of transportation.

Car crashes and other traffic accidents occur due to all kinds of factors and behaviors. Some of the most common causes of car accidents are speeding, distracted driving, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and drowsiness. While many of us have seen figures that tie human error to something like 95% of car crashes, there are sometimes additional external factors at play such as poor weather, low visibility and other road conditions. Nevertheless, if another driver or other individual caused you to be injured in a motor vehicle accident, you may have a right to recover compensation in a personal injury claim. Burger Law's personal injury lawyers in St. Louis have decades of experience in car accident cases and their resulting injuries. We will help you receive a great recovery in your St. Louis car accident personal injury case.

Personal Injury Claims for St. Louis Construction Accidents

Construction accidents are a leading cause of unintentional injuries in St. Louis and the United States. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 74,520 cases of injuries on the job that led to missed work in the construction industry alone. And of all workplace violations recorded by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2021, half of the top ten most common violations were in the construction industry. While an individual can be hurt in any setting and injurious events happen in all kinds of workplaces, there is no denying that construction sites can be dangerous, and accidents in construction often lead to serious injuries.

Some of the most common types of injuries and fatalities on construction sites are falls, falling objects, being crushed or stuck between two objects and equipment failures. If you were injured on the job while working in construction, you will likely be able to file a Missouri workers' compensation claim with your employer's workers' compensation insurance (in the construction industry, an employer with any number of employees — even one — must carry workers' compensation insurance under Missouri law). The Burger Law personal injury lawyers in St. Louis know the ins and outs of Missouri workers' compensation law and will make sure you receive the full compensation available in your workers' comp claim when you have been injured while working in construction.

For many who are injured on Missouri construction sites, the majority of their recovery will come from a personal injury claim. If you were on the job, you may have an additional third-party negligence claim against a negligent person involved in the cause of your accident, and if you were not working at the time, a personal injury claim will be your sole source of recovery. Your Burger Law personal injury lawyer in St. Louis will help you make sense of your options and demand the highest possible compensation from all liable parties. After you are injured on a construction site, you must speak to a personal injury lawyer in St. Louis with experience in construction accidents. Burger Law' s personal injury legal team will lead you in your recovery.

Personal Injury Claims for Slip and Falls in St. Louis

Falls can happen anywhere and cause any number of injuries. Even the most coordinated among us will trip or stumble at some point. As far as personal injury claims go, most fall injuries are a result of a dangerous condition that the property owner or person in charge of the property did not properly address or provide adequate warning about. This could be a slip and fall accident — such as when the gas station worker fails to put up a "wet floor" sign while mopping or the landlord of a retail complex neglects to clear ice and snow from the parking lot and walkway after a storm — or a fall from a height — maybe a hole in the floor has no signage, covering or rope around it to caution visitors or a rotted piece of wood on an old deck or staircase gives way under a normal amount of weight.

Each year, there is an average of 8 million emergency room visits in the United States due to slip and fall accidents. While a slip and fall might sound like a minor, albeit embarrassing incident, that is unfortunately not always so. In fact, slip and fall accidents lead to more than half a million hospitalizations and 20 thousand deaths every year in the United States. While anyone can fall when a property is unsafe, older adults are most vulnerable and likely to be severely injured or killed in slip and fall accidents.

Slip and fall and other falling accidents can happen at home, on the job or at another locale such as a store, park or restaurant. When you are hurt because of a dangerous condition that someone else was responsible for, you have a premises liability personal injury claim in Missouri. The St. Louis personal injury lawyers of Burger Law have decades of experience helping slip and fall and other premises liability victims recover full compensation.

Dog Bite Personal Injury Claims in St. Louis

If you are like all of us at Burger Law's St. Louis personal injury law firm, you love dogs. In fact, some of our staff regularly foster pets who need good homes. However, we also know that dogs sometimes bite, and those bites can cause serious injuries. Data collected by the CDC shows that there are approximately 4.5 million dog bites in the U.S. annually. Many of them are minor and require no medical care; about 800,000 dog bites necessitate some kind of medical attention. If you are bitten by a dog without provoking them, and the bite causes you injuries that require medical care, you can collect a recovery with the help of an experienced personal injury lawyer in St. Louis.

Dog bites can cause all kinds of injuries, which partially depend on where on your body the dog bit you. Wounds from dog bites range from negligible superficial scrapes to severe puncture wounds, broken bones and organ damage as well as scarring and disfigurement. However, whatever initial injuries they inflict, dog bites come with a high risk of complication due to infection. It is very important to care for your wounds properly and take steps to combat infections.

It can be hard to know what an animal like a dog is thinking or feeling, and a dog bite attack can be an extreme shock. Understanding dog behavior can help reduce the risk of dog bite injuries. Dogs bite when they are threatened; they could feel scared, startled, trapped, in pain, or could be protecting or guarding something they care about — including a human family member. An innocent action could be perceived as a threat and prompt the dog to go on the offense. This is especially true in dogs with trauma who come from abusive homes. We must all do our part to treat dogs with respect and avoid creating an environment where a dog could feel threatened, but that does not mean that all dog bites are warranted. If you were bitten and injured by a dog, you may have a Missouri personal injury claim. Burger Law's personal injury lawyers in St. Louis have extensive experience in dog bite injury cases and will get you maximum compensation for your dog bite damages.

Personal Injury Claims after Medical Errors in St. Louis

When you receive medical care from a professional, they must adhere to a certain standard of care. Health complications happen, but you should be able to trust that your physician is qualified to treat you and will treat you to the best of their ability. You should not have to worry about suffering a preventable injury or illness. When your medical care provider fails to give the care that "a reasonably prudent and careful health care provider would have under similar circumstances," and that failure leaves you injured or ill in a way that you would not have otherwise been, you have a Missouri medical malpractice case. Burger Law's St. Louis medical malpractice lawyers have helped those in St. Louis injured by their medical providers recover millions of dollars in compensation and will do the same for you.

Preventable injuries due to medical provider error can be expensive and, sometimes, lethal. In fact, current estimates attribute as many as 400,000 deaths per year, which makes medical errors the number three cause of death in the United States. When a doctor prescribes the wrong dosage or medication, fails to communicate something critical to another treating physician, makes a surgical error or misses a treatment or diagnosis that they should have realized, and you become sick or injured as a result, it is important to speak to a personal injury lawyer in St. Louis with experience in cases of medical errors. Cases against medical professionals and institutions are very complex, and you need a St. Louis lawyer with talent and experience leading the charge in your recovery.

St. Louis Defective Product Personal Injury Claims

Some personal injury cases arise from the use of a product that should not have been on the market because it is dangerous to users. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is the U.S. agency responsible for enacting and enforcing laws and standards regulating consumer products in order to protect the public. When a product is found to violate these standards or causes undue risk of injury when used, the CPSC issues recalls. The legal process should not stop there. If you were injured because a product malfunctioned, you deserve to make a recovery in a personal injury claim in St. Louis. When a manufacturer is negligent by introducing a dangerous product to the public, you have a product liability case in St. Louis.

Any type of product could potentially be involved in a product liability case in Missouri and elsewhere in the U.S. If you used a children's toy, piece of clothing, cosmetic product, sports equipment, household item or any other consumer good and were injured by it, Burger Law's St. Louis product liability personal injury lawyers will help you recover and hold the manufacturer accountable. You could even have a case if a part on an automobile fails and causes an accident or injures you on its own. Medical devices and pharmaceutical products, regulated by the Food and Drug Administration are also common culprits in product liability injuries. If a medication or another item has caused you harm, call Burger Law's personal injury lawyer immediately to discuss your case.