Women Join Paragard Lawsuits after IUD Breaks

Women who needed hysterectomy, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy, and laparotomy may be eligible for compensation. For decades, women have been implanted with an interuterine device (IUD) called Paragard T 380A, or simply “Paragard.” These women, and their doctors, trusted that The Cooper Company, who makes the device, was being honest and forthright about its safety. Yet tens… Read More

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL – A 15-year-old girl was killed and four other teenagers sustained severe injuries during a rollover crash in East St. Louis early this morning. According to KMOX, the crash occurred on I-55/I-70 just before 1 a.m., when the 18-year-old driver of an Infiniti Q40, St. Louis resident Kevin Zimmerman, lost control… Read More

WENTZVILLE, MO – An 8-year-old boy was injured after the vehicle he was riding in was rear-ended by another car in Wentzville yesterday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on eastbound I-70, near the Wentzville Parkway exit, at 11:40 a.m. 29-year-old Booneville woman Jessica D. Moore, operating a 2011 Mazda CX7,… Read More

VIENNA, MO (MARIES COUNTY) – Two little girls were injured when a vehicle collided with a tree in Maries County yesterday evening, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The accident occurred at 35812 Highway 63 at 5:08 p.m., when the driver of a 2018 Jeep Cherokee, 18-year-old Vienna resident Madison R. Backues, went off… Read More

NORWOOD COURT, MO (ST. LOUIS COUNTY) – Two people from St. Louis sustained serious injuries when a car collided with two concrete walls on I-70 yesterday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The collision occurred in Norwood Court, northwest of St. Louis, on westbound I-70, near Lucas and Hunt Road, at 11:10 a.m.,… Read More

ST. LOUIS, MO – A woman was killed when her vehicle collided with a Metro Transit bus on N Broadway this morning, according to KSDK. The collision occurred at E Taylor Avenue and N Broadway at around 6 a.m., when the female driver of a grey sedan crashed into a Metro bus that was at… Read More

PERRYVILLE, MO (PERRY COUNTY) – A truck driver from Mississippi was injured when he was rear-ended by another driver on I-55 last night, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The collision occurred in Perryville, near the 127 mile marker of southbound I-55, at 10:35 p.m., when 50-year-old truck driver Dexter C. Marshall, of Tylertown,… Read More

PERRYVILLE, MO (PERRY COUNTY) – Three people, including a 4-year-old child, were injured following a rear-end collision in Perry County early this morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The accident happened in Perryville on I-55 southbound, near the 127 mile marker, at 12:33 a.m., when a 2007 Nissan X-Terra was struck from behind… Read More

TOWN AND COUNTRY, MO – A man from Rolla sustained severe injuries in a rollover accident this afternoon on I-270, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The accident occurred on I-270 S, near MO-100, at 12 p.m., when 52-year-old Allen D. Blackmon, operating a 2000 Buick Lesabre, went off the right side of the… Read More

O’FALLON, MO – A man from St. Charles was injured after another driver crashed into his vehicle head-on in St. Charles County this afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the collision occurred at the intersection of Route M and Highway 79, just after 12 p.m., when the driver of a 2006 Ford Escape… Read More