Missouri Injury Lawyers Blog

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced 66 models of cars to their Top Safety Picks for 2011. The IIHS has a new roof test that must be passed with a "good" rating in order to be chosen as a Safety Pick. The IIHS uses four ratings when testing vehicles; they are "good," "acceptable," "marginal," and "poor." The roof test is now mandatory on all vehicles due to the increasing frequency of rollover accidents in recent years. If a vehicle has a strong roof, the liklihood of severe injuries occuring in a rollover accident is much lower. To see if your vehicle made the list, visit this website.

The Moberly law firm of Tatlow, Gump, Faiella & Wheenlan, LLC, would like to congratulate Cassie Carpenter, an associate with the firm, for being selected to participate in the Missouri Bar Leadership Academy for the 2011-2012 year. The Leadership Academy is made up of 12 young (under age 40) or recently admitted (less than 10 years of practice) members of the Missouri Bar. The academy seeks young lawyers who already exhibit outstanding leadership in their communities and a commitment to the legal community and profession. Academy participants are nominated by attorneys, firms, coworkers or local attorney organizations. Out of nominees from all over the state, no more than 12 participants are chosen to for the program.

Members of each year's Leadership Academy class participate in the Missouri Bar Annual Meeting, Board of Governors meetings, committee meetings, and workshops specifically designed for the Leadership Academy. For one year, the members work closely with bar leaders to learn more about the Missouri Bar, cultivate leadership skills, and develop a public service project. At the end of the year each member commits to two additional years of active service in the Missouri Bar.

Ms. Carpenter has been with Tatlow, Gump, Faiella & Wheelan, LLC, since January of 2010. Her primary areas of practice include personal injury, insurance coverage disputes, wrongful death, insurance bad faith, product liability and workers' compensation, as well as other general plaintiff litigation.

Chris Faiella of Tatlow, Gump, Faiella & Wheelan LLC
selected by Aspatore Books
as author in new authoritative book,
Inside the Minds: Representing Plaintiffs in Personal Injury Cases

Chris Faiella, managing member at Tatlow, Gump, Faiella & Wheelan LLC has been recognized as a leading plaintiff's attorney in personal injury cases by being selected as an author in the recently released book, Inside the Minds: Representing Plaintiffs in Personal Injury Cases, published by Aspatore Books, a Thomson Reuters business.

Inside the Minds: Representing Plaintiffs in Personal Injury Cases (ISBN: 978-0-314-27801-2) provides an authoritative, insider's perspective on key strategies for representing and advising plaintiffs in personal injury disputes. Featuring experienced partners from law firms across the country, these authors guide the reader through the process of bringing a successful complaint, including utilizing experts, considering venue options, and presenting compelling evidence to the jury. These top lawyers offer advice on handling the discovery process, preparing witnesses for trial, and most importantly, proving negligence. From researching the complaint to managing expenses, these leaders stress the importance of creating open lines of communication with clients. This book also discusses the role of alternative dispute resolution in personal injury cases. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this ever-evolving field.

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Mr. Faiella is a Managing Member with the law firm of Tatlow, Gump, Faiella & Wheelan, LLC which represents clients in a broad range of litigation focused on personal injury and their tragic consequences throughout Missouri and all surrounding states. Mr. Faiella focuses his law practice on cases involving injuries and insurance coverage, including automobile and truck accidents, insurance coverage litigation, agent negligence, bad faith cases and other complex injury cases. Mr. Faiella is licensed to practice in all Missouri courts as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.

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Vehicles are an everyday part of life for most Americans, that are used every day to get people where they need to go. Its easy to see why vehicles are the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration estimates 262 fatalities and 115,000 injuries to children 14 and younger in non- traffic crashes each year.

The most common non-traffic, vehicular-related deaths occur from people driving or backing over pedestrians and vehicular heat stroke deaths. Non-traffic refers to events that occur off public roads or highways. Nearly 80% of non-traffic accidents involve children 15 years and younger.

People driving or backing over pedestrians account for about 64% of the non-traffic accidents including children 15 and under. Toddlers 12-23 months old account for 70% of the victims in those types of accidents. Janette Fennell, president and founder of KidsAndCars.org, associates this with what she calls the "bye-bye syndrome." Those young children don't want to be left behind by a parent or relative and often place themselves in dangerous positions around a vehicle where they cannot be seen. The exact same thing occurs when a parent returns home and the children rush out around the vehicle to greet them. Children so young do not relate the car as being a danger to them and often get too close. Younger children's height exacerbates the danger, especially when dealing with bigger vehicles, it is impossible to see what is around the car with all of its blind spots.

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