St. Louis Personal Injury Attorneys

A drunk driver slams into the back of an SUV at almost 100 miles per hour. The drunk was under age but had been given free alcohol at a company party that evening. Geoff took over after the original lawyer settled the “dramshop” part of the case. A dramshop case is made against a bar that wrongfully serves alcohol to a customer. Geoff then aimed the case against the company which threw the party and settled the case right before trial for $2,000,000.00.

2 deaths and multiple fractures caused in car accident. Earning a $2 million settlement.

Our firm stood up for two boat passengers after an intoxicated driver wrecked a boat and tried to blame the passengers. Both of the passengers were thrown from their seats when the boat hit a floating concrete wave barrier called a “wave break” at night. The insurance company for the boat driver offered zero dollars until Geoff and his team prepared the case for trial. Just a few weeks before the trial the insurance company changed its mind and paid a total settlement of $1,800,000.00.

Geoff Meyerkord recovered compensation for a woman who fell down steps while visiting her daughter. Our client fell after stepping through a doorway exiting a church gym which was missing a handrail. When our client stepped out of the gymnasium door, her foot hit the door stopper and she lost her balance. This case required a lawsuit when the church tried to cover-up it’s knowledge of the missing handrail and was settled for $1,300,000.00.

Geoff was hired to represent a 15-year-old girl who was riding in the back seat of a car driven by a 16-year-old friend. The boy who was driving borrowed his grandparent’s car and took his friends for a joy-ride on a country road near his grandparent’s farm. The driver went too fast over a hill, causing a terrible crash. Geoff was able to recover every penny of the $1,000,000.00 insurance policy at a mediation session for his client.

Geoff was honored to represent a father and two sons who suffered terrible leg injuries when a pick-up truck swerved into their lane and hit their Jeep. We discovered three separate insurance policies covering the claim and convinced each insurance company to pay every penny of each policy. Geoff’s team produced a compelling video to tell the story of the case, with interviews and animation and clips from the 911 calls.

After spending the afternoon in the wine country, a motorcycle driver offers to take a female friend for a ride on his bike. The driver says he is sober and our client got on the back of the motorcycle and put on his extra helmet. Soon after, our client was thrown from the bike when the driver misses a curve. The rider develops post-concussion syndrome, a terrible condition that effects 15-20% of brain injury victims. We were able to recover every penny of all insurance policies.

Three St. Louis County women were awarded a settlement totaling 450,000 after sustaining injuries in a hit and run. The key piece of evidence: a dash cam video submitted by a Good Samaritan and witness of the crash.

As the customer was exiting the movie theater. another customer exited using the door to the right which caught the door post and flung it forward into his head. Our client suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and developed a terrible condition called post-concussive syndrome (PCS). The movie theatre denied they knew of the loose door post and said their customer was lying about his brain injury. The jury who heard five days of testimony returned a verdict $312,000.

A waitress had slipped on a puddle of liquid near the table and dropped a tray on the customer’s head. The customer never saw the tray coming but had told the restaurant about the liquid when they were seated. Rather than sue the waitress, Geoff sued the restaurant company because it had been warned that water was on the floor but did not remove it and the customer had suffered a brain injury from the incident. Months later $300,000 was paid as justice for our client’s concussion.

A grandpa takes his grandson, who is age five, to their hotel’s indoor pool. The hotel pool was built with pool tiles which are small and slick instead of tiles which are large and textured.The grandpa slips on the water and fractures his hip requiring surgery. Geoff argued that when the hotel company combined slick tiles with bad drainage the hotel guests are put at risk. After trying to settle the case out of court, Geoff had no choice but to sue the hotel company and settled the case for $300,000.00.

A dog owner decides to take her distressed dog for a walk into the community on Halloween night after kids had been trick-or-treating at her house. The dog bites a three-year-old boy. The bite is to his cheek and face and leaves a noticeable scar. The dog owner blames the boy and his mom. We take the case to trial after a top settlement offer was made by State Farm for $150,000. After four days of trial, the jury allows a verdict of $250,000.00, finding the dog owner’s actions to be dangerous.

Our law firm represented a client injured as a passenger in a St. Louis car crash, which rendered him in need of hip fracture surgery.