Increase in Drunk Driving Accident Deaths Boosts Missouri 2012 Fatality Numbers

A significant increase in the number of people killed in alcohol-related accidents is possibly linked to an increase in overall traffic accident fatality numbers in Missouri last year. According to…

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Court Allows Jury to Consider Evidence of Truck Driver’s Cell Phone Use in Accident Case, Excludes Witness Testimony as to Whether Driver Was “Distracted”

A federal judge ruled on a pair of motions in limine seeking to exclude evidence relating to two truck drivers' alleged cell phone use prior to a 2011 accident that…

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Fatigued Driving Accident Lawsuit Moves Between Missouri State and Federal Courts – Phelps v. Schwab

A lawsuit arising from an accident between a pickup truck and a tractor trailer, Phelps v. Schwab, has bounced around between state and federal courts in Missouri for several years.…

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