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Medical Malpractice

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:01:37 -0600

The operating room…

Imagine: your loved one is being wheeled away on a gurney toward the operating room. You worry some but the doctor reassures you that everything is going to turn out “ok” and that this is standard procedure. You walk back to sit with your family and wait, hoping and praying. Hours pass by and finally the doctor walks into the waiting room. You eagerly stand up awaiting good news, but the good news doesn’t come. Something has gone wrong and your life and life of your loved one will be forever changed.

Each day, thousands of Americans place their lives in the hands of medical professionals and each day someone is harmed as the result of preventable medical error. Every year, between 40,000 to 90,000 Americans die due to these preventable errors and cost society between $17 and $29 billion. This negligence, known as “medical malpractice” occurs when a physician fails to exercise the due care required of someone in that respective medical field. This could apply to pharmacists who errantly fill prescriptions to open heart surgeons who fail to use a standard accepted method during surgery. The most seemingly simple mistake could cause a lifetime of pain for you and your loved ones.

Arriving Home…

The saga continues, as you or your loved one arrives home after months in the hospital undergoing rehabilitative therapy. You have constant pain and find that you can no longer take place in the activities that you once enjoyed. Simply making a sandwich has turned into a frustrating, and at times excruciating experience. Furthermore, you’ve had to quit work and now have no way of providing for your family. You’ve been in contact with the doctor’s insurance company and realize that the physical and mental pain you felt as a result of the doctor’s mistake pale in comparison to the insult you felt when the company offered you a negligibly low settlement. You feel like giving up and breaking under the weight of physical pain and surmounting medical bills. Then you realize that you can’t give up.

Fight back with Castle Law.

The lawyers at Castle Law realize one thing: medical malpractice claims can be very difficult to deal with. On one side, you have doctors wanting to protect their reputations and jobs and on the other side, you have the greedy insurance industry wanting to do everything in its power to protect its profits, leaving you stuck in the middle simply wanting something, anything, that will make your life normal again. We realize the peculiar position that you are in and that is the very reason we became attorneys. Castle Law aims to provide a specialized service to people that only lawyers can provide.

As members of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, we believe in the fundamental right of fairness for people injured by negligent physicians. Plaintiffs in medical malpractice suits have the odds stacked against them and it takes a caring, compassionate, and skillful attorney to guide them through such a harsh system. Make no mistake about it: insurance companies will employ as many bad faith tactics as they can to protect their staggering profits. The top ten insurance companies made over $25 billion in profits in 2003 and they are not going to let that money slip away quietly. Insurance companies employ skillful attorneys to quickly litigate medical malpractice claims in their favor. Do not be a victim twice! The skilled lawyers at Castle Law have been helping the citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, Memphis, Tennessee, and Illinois deal with medical malpractice claims for over 13 years. We will fight insurance companies tooth and nail to guarantee the results you deserve. While we can’t promise that an insurance payment will completely restore your life, it will help. You deserve justice and you deserve to be treated fairly. Let Castle Law help you fight for your rights and fight to take the first step on the road to a better life.

If you or a loved one have been injured as a result of a negligent physician, call Castle Law today for a free consultation!

Truck Accidents

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:00:27 -0600

Simple Statistic, A Simple Scenario

In 2006, there were over 8,000 accidents involving tractor-trailers in Missouri and over 16,000 in Illinois. With the population of the U.S. increasing every year and the roadways becoming more crowded, the likelihood of having one of these encounters will increase as well. Just imagine, you and your loved ones are taking a leisurely Sunday drive or you’ve just packed up your car and started out on a family vacation. Then suddenly, your life changes forever. Your family sedan was t-boned by a tractor-trailer. The truck driver was just on his way back from a delivery and had decided to not stop and sleep for the length of time required by federal laws. He simply wanted to get home and you simply wanted to enjoy the rest of your life with your loved ones. Now, because of the truck driver’s negligence, you and your loved ones are dealing with massive amounts of medical debt because the injuries sustained in the accident have prevented you from going back to work. You can’t pay your credit card bills or house payment and are risking foreclosure. The phone calls from concerned family members and friends have steadily become outnumbered by phone calls from bill collectors and creditors concerned about their money. The insurance company involved with your claim has offered you a negligible sum of money for compensation and it doesn’t seem like it is willing to negotiate. You feel like you’ve reached the end of your financial and emotional rope and then…someone offers a helping hand: Castle Law.

Castle Law: Caring Professionals

The attorneys at Castle Law entered the legal profession with a common purpose: To provide the type of help to people that only lawyers can provide. Our overriding goal is to fight for our clients’ rights and obtain the type of relief that will enable them to begin piecing their lives back together and have been providing this service to the citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, Memphis, Tennessee, and Illinois for over 15 years. We realize that our clients are victims of someone else’s negligence and that it simply isn’t fair for everyone else to live normal productive lives while you are left to deal with the greed of automobile insurance companies.

There is one very simple fact that must be understood about insurance companies: They are only interested in protecting their shareholders profits. This means that insurance companies will do anything to deny you, or anyone, the just compensation that they deserve as a result of their accident. The companies will use their financial strength to wait your claim out – potentially a matter of years – until you cave in and take a low settlement. The automobile insurance companies know you need the money and will employ bad faith practices to make sure you get as little of it as possible.

At Castle Law, our attorneys courageously battle against the bad-faith tactics of insurance companies. Our attorneys are skilled litigators and are comfortable in the courtroom. We are familiar with the strategies of insurance companies and will fight to the bitter end to ensure that your rights are preserved and that you receive the just compensation that you deserve. As members of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, we are committed to justice and fairness and will see to it that your claim is given the time and attention that it deserves. Many larger firms treat their clients and cases like they are mere numbers, but at Castle Law we strive to ensure that you feel comfortable with your legal representation.

Do you feel like you’ve been through enough pain and suffering? Are you tired of waiting on the insurance company to offer the settlement that you deserve? Do you feel like you have been vulnerable long enough? Are you ready for change? You should be, because it is time for change. Whether you live in St. Louis, St. Charles, Jefferson County, Creve Coeur, Breckenridge Hills, the state of Illinois, or Memphis, Tennessee, you can team up with Castle Law and take the first steps to getting your life back! Call now for a free consultation.

Car Accidents

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:59:21 -0600

Normal Day…

Just imagine: You watch your loved one back out of the driveway, and drive off to work for the day. It’s a seemingly routine act. An hour later, however, you receive a phone call from the State Police. Your loved one has been involved in a serious car accident. Little do you know that your loved one will eventually pull through and little do you know of the pain and financial hardships you will eventually endure fighting for a just payment from big insurance companies. Not to mention the surgeries and doctor bills and loss of income. Your life has been turned upside down in the matter of an hour.

We would all like to think that these horrible things would never happen to us or our loved ones, but this is only one scenario. There are thousands more! There are also drunk drivers, tractor trailer accidents, and simple negligence.

In 2006, the Missouri Department of Transportation estimated that Missouri’s roadways saw over:

87,000 car accidents
20,000 accidents which occurred in traffic
60% of crashes occurring in the states urban or urbanized areas
8,230 accidents involving trucks

It seems that no matter where you go, you can never escape the very real threat of negligent drivers. The threat to your well being and happiness does not stop there. In fact, this is only the beginning.

Big Insurance Companies, Big Greed

An almost worse ordeal than dealing with the physical and mental effects of the auto accident is dealing with the insurance company. Insurance companies have one goal in mind: protecting their shareholder’s profits. It would be nice to think that insurance companies exist because they care about people, but that just simply isn’t the case.

Insurance companies exist because they know they are providing something that people need to have and that is a very profitable business. Unfortunately, the companies want the money to flow one way: into their pockets. This is why insurance companies employ bad-faith practices to attempt to deny claims.

Insurance companies have a lot of power in the court system. They realize that most of the claimants that bring them to court don’t have much in the way of money or time, so the companies offer blatantly negligible payments in the hopes that you will accept the money. If you turn the money down, the companies will simply drag their feet and wait on you to give up. Standing alone, an injured person has essentially no chance of getting the recovery they deserve from an insurance company. When that person has skilled legal advice, however, the scenario quickly changes. Welcome to Castle Law Office.

Battling the Insurance Industry, One Case at a Time

At Castle Law, our goal is to help accident victims regain control of their lives and get back the financial and physical quality of life they once enjoyed before they fell victim to the negligence of others. Castle Law realizes the importance of obtaining adequate compensation for automobile accidents and that it’s simply not fair for everyone else to keep living normal lives while you wonder how you’re going to deal with your medical debt and anxiety. That’s why Castle Law will fight with insurance companies to the bitter end to secure the compensation that you and your loved ones deserve.

Our attorneys are well-versed in litigation and are not afraid of the courtroom. We know how to force insurance companies to resolve claims and we will force them to act on your case. We are members of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, an organization committed to justice and fairness, which are values we are driven by in the courtroom.

Our attorneys have handled numerous car accident claims and in one instance won a claim of over $400,000 for a client. We realize that the effects of a negligent injury extend far beyond the person injured and far beyond physical injuries. That’s why the attorneys at Castle Law will pursue the case all the way to the end and recover damages not only for physical injury, but mental and emotional distress, lost wages, medical bills, and hardship.

You may be thinking to yourself: “this law firm will probably treat me like a number.” Rest assured, this could not be any further from the truth. The attorneys at Castle Law share one very important principle: We became lawyers to provide a specialized service to people in need. Taking on the insurance industry takes skill, legal know-how, careful attention, and courage, and this is how we will deal with your case. Our goal is to provide big firm results, but still maintain a small firm feel for you. We want to build a level of trust with our clients so that they know they have placed their lives in the right hands.

If you or a loved one has experienced injury in an automobile or truck accident due to the negligence of others, call Castle Law today and take the first step to recovery.

Bankruptcy

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:57:52 -0600

Are you struggling from paycheck to paycheck? Do you feel like you’re drowning in a sea of debt? Are you afraid that the bank is going to foreclose on your dream home because you can’t pay the mortgage bill? Afraid the business you have struggled to establish is just going to crumble away? This story is all too common in America. During the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 over 1.9 million bankruptcy claims were filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Over 47,000 of those claims were filed in Missouri and over 93,000 were filed in Illinois during this time frame. That means that over 140,000 of your friends and neighbors sought bankruptcy relief from the federal government and this number will most likely increase in 2008 considering the dire nature of the economy and mortgage and housing markets!

Is it really that simple?

You may be thinking to yourself, “Is it really that simple?” Unfortunately, the federal bankruptcy system is not set up so that an every day citizen can go file a few papers and watch the government wash all of their debt away. Bankruptcy relief is something that great bureaucracy led by Uncle Sam takes very seriously. While bankruptcy relief is available, the government has attempted to increase the difficulty of earning relief. In 2005, President Bush signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) into law. This law increased the requirements for filing and also decreased the scope of relief available. The bill authorized random audits of documents, requires credit counseling and “financial education”, and allows the Department of Justice to more closely scrutinize business reorganization.

What’s even worse is that the U.S. government didn’t come to this result on their own. The credit industry, mortgage companies, and the like have lobbied very hard to ensure that the debt owed to them by the average indebted American isn’t easily forgiven. They are pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into Washington D.C. in an effort to create a Bankruptcy system so complex that the average person will be scared away from seeking relief.

Don’t worry! What the credit industry has failed to realize is that by attempting to create such a complex system, it has enabled skillful lawyers to help their clients work through the system with relative ease, and Castle Law is here to help you do just that.

Castle Law Bankruptcy Relief

Castle Law has helped over 20,000 people in Missouri and Illinois in the past 14 years with their financial problems. At Castle Law we realize the very serious nature of debt and the hardships that it can bring and we believe that people should not have to suffer losing their homes or livelihood because of situations that are, in most cases, beyond their control such as job loss, divorce, medical emergency and aggressive credit tactics. Once bankruptcy claims enter court they are instantly scrutinized by the judge and skillfully litigated against by the credit industry’s finest bankruptcy lawyers. From the start of the filing, the entire bankruptcy system is slanted against the individual citizen! The bankruptcy attorneys at Castle Law feel that this fundamentally goes against everything this great nation stands for. Federal law mandates that U.S. residents are eligible for bankruptcy relief and Castle Law will fight to see that you get the financial relief you deserve, no matter how much lobbying money the credit and mortgage industries pump into Congress to protect their corporate profits!

Our goal at Castle Law is to provide big firm results with a small firm feel. We realize that our clients are facing financial hardship and have very few resources to devote to litigating a bankruptcy claim. That’s why we pay careful attention to efficiently guide you through the bankruptcy process so that you can get debt relief as soon as possible. Our skilled litigation and bankruptcy attorneys are members of The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys as well as The National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees. The attorneys at Castle Law take great pride in the services they offer and are not afraid to stand by our clients and stand up to the credit industry and the government to ensure justice.

Are you or a loved one dealing with debt, either personal or business in nature, and feel like you have no where else to turn? Call Castle Law today for a free consultation and take the first step to financial freedom.

Bankruptcy and Accident Attorneys for Missouri and Illinois

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:52:40 -0600

Have you or a loved one been injured in a car accident? Are you struggling to deal with injuries that have resulted from an on the job accident or slip and fall? Have you spent more than you can afford and are now panicking about how to pay the next months bills because your paycheck just won’t cover it? Do you feel trapped under your medical and credit card bills? Don’t worry any more. Castle Law Firm is here to help.

Big Firm Results with a Small Firm Feel

Do you feel that lawyers and attorneys are about the almighty dollar? Have you sought legal assistance in the past and felt like you were simply “just another case?” Are you nervous that if you seek out legal assistance that you’re going to get the run around? With Castle Law you shouldn’t be nervous. Our goal is actually helping our clients and providing the type of assistance to people that only lawyers can provide. At Castle Law, we strive to get you the financial results that you deserve, but strive equally as much to make our clients as comfortable as they can be. In other words, we provide big firm results with a small firm feel.

Castle Law…The results you deserve!

Life is far from perfect. Perhaps you spent far more money than you could afford to pay back and are now beyond the point of struggling from paycheck to paycheck. Maybe, through some negligent act of another, you or a loved one are now suffering excruciating physical pain and are battling with the insurance company for just compensation. Whatever the case may be, there is a system of laws in place to provide you with some sort of monetary relief. While the money will not make things completely normal, it will help ease your suffering. These monetary results are the type of results that Castle Law seeks for every one of our clients. Call the law offices of Castle Law today and take the first step toward getting the results that you deserve!

Bankruptcy

Castle Law assists clients in dealing with Bankruptcy claims in Missouri and Illinois. We have helped over 20,000 clients deal with debt and financial difficulties by seeking federal bankruptcy relief in the past 14 years. At Castle Law Office, we fight for your right to relief.

Car Accidents

The attorneys of Castle Law litigate car accident and truck personal injury claims. We are familiar with bad-faith insurance practices and work tirelessly to guarantee the results that our clients deserve.

Truck Accidents

The attorneys of Castle Law litigate tractor-trailer injury claims. We are familiar with bad-faith insurance practices and work tirelessly to guarantee the results our clients deserve. If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident involving a tractor trailer, then contact Castle Law today for a free consultation and take the first steps to recovery!

Medical Malpractice

Castle Law firm skillfully litigates medical malpractice claims in favor of our clients. We believe in the fundamental right of fairness to our clients and will fight insurance companies to guarantee the results you deserve. If you or a loved one has been injured as a result of the negligence of a physician, then call our offices today for a free consultation.