Attorney Blake Heath settled a case on behalf of the family of a young woman who passed away. The case arose from a car crash that took the life of the young woman and the at-fault driver. Mr. Heath sent a statutory demand (known as a § 573.058 demand) giving the at-fault driver’s insurance company [...]
The family of a man that passed away in a motorcycle crash received a $325,000.00 settlement. This included $25,000.00 from one insurance company, and $300,000.00 from another insurance that insured multiple vehicles for the family. This was a tragic case where the police report read like the crash was a single operator crash where the [...]
Blake Heath along with Mark Emison of Langdon and Emison obtained a settlement in the amount of $325,000 for the family of a young woman who died due to a fractured femur. This tragic case was brought against the respite care facility where the fracture occurred. The young woman was in her early thirties and [...]
M. Blake Heath along with his friend and co-counsel Matt Bartle recently settled a case for $3,500,000. The parties, venue, and facts of the case are to remain confidential. Generally, the case involved the wrongful death of a young man in an automobile accident and injuries to a passenger.
The deceased driver was driving home from work in rural Missouri. His vehicle was found upside down in a ditch. Based upon a physical inspection of the accident scene and skid marks the plaintiff contended that the driver braked and swerved to avoid another vehicle which was cresting the hill over the center line. The [...]
Along with our good friend A. Scott Waddell, our firm represented the heirs of the deceased in a legal malpractice case against their mother's former attorney. The attorney originally brought a nursing home case, which was dismissed and refiled. However, plaintiff alleged that the attorney did not perfect service of process against the medical malpractice [...]
In working with our good friend Robert Langdon of Langdon & Emison, we recently settled a wrongful death case for $2,750,000 against a hotel owner. A criminal raped a woman who worked the night shift and promised to return to the hotel. Our woman - the mother of three adult children - was stuck on [...]
We represented a widow and her daughters whose husband and father died at a hospital. The plaintiff alleged that the doctor and hospital failed to properly treat, prevent and diagnosis a deep vein thrombosis. Their husband ultimately died from a pulmonary embolism. Their husband had been admitted to the hospital after he rear-ended another vehicle. [...]
This is a complicated case involving two little known insurance coverage principles - setoffs and stacking on underinsurance coverage. Vernie Long died in a car accident. The defendant was Lucas Dray, a young man ultimately convicted of man slaughter. Dray only had $50,000 in insurance coverage. The Long family then turned to their own insurance carrier, Shelter, for underinsured motorist [...]
Paul and Carolyn Lero sued Robert Lyons for the death of their daughter Denise Marie Greene on a theory of negligent entrustment. On October 11, 2008, Ms. Greene was driving on 291 Highway near CRD Home Farm Road in Cass County, Missouri. Adam Mace was driving a gold 2007 Toyota Corolla, on Highway 291 near [...]
