Wrongful Death

On behalf of Johnson, Vorhees & Martucci posted in Wrongful Death on Monday, March 16, 2015. It was 1,554 years ago that the patron saint of Ireland died on March 17. Though he wasn’t even Irish, St. Patrick lived on in the hearts and minds of Irish immigrants who came to the U.S. generations ago, […]

We read recently of a young man who was just 22 years old when his life came to an end without warning and without reason. He was at work as an apprentice ironworker — a new job he had only held for a few weeks — when he fell from a steel girder just nine […]

Like a giant, aquatic dragon, the Lake of the Ozarks sprawls across central Missouri. The 90-mile lake is more than a tourist attraction; its Bagnell Dam northeast of Joplin generates electricity powering tens of thousands of homes and businesses in our state. Oral arguments before the Missouri Supreme Court are scheduled to soon begin in […]

The story in the Joplin Globe of a Pittsburg girl, her mother and her dad is enough to break your heart and at the same time reaffirm a belief in the goodness of most people. The girl was just 13 years old when she was killed with her mom in 2009 by a drunk driver […]

This past weekend, police officers could be spotted in Joplin and across Missouri trying to slow drivers down as people sped home from Labor Day getaways and celebrations. In much of the state, law enforcement efforts were successful in keeping drivers safe. Unfortunately, at least one Missouri family has to grapple with the aftermath of […]

Every year at this time, Missouri law enforcement officials warn motorists to slow down and obey traffic signs in construction zones. Drivers are also cautioned to pay attention to other vehicles on the roads, and to keep watch for motorcycles before turning or changing lanes. Those warnings appear to have gone unnoticed before a recent […]

Four dead in three vehicles involved in two crashes not far from Joplin on one recent Saturday afternoon. The numbers can’t possibly convey the depth or breadth of the tragedies involved in those fatalities in those nearly simultaneous motor vehicle accidents. The crashes took place on Highway 43, just two miles north of Seneca. The […]