Personal Injury Lawyer in St. Louis, Missouri

Zevan and Davidson Law Firm

1 North Taylor Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
USA

(314) 588-7200

www.zevandavidson.com

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The Zevan and Davidson Law Firm, based in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of St. Louis most awarded law firms with over 20 years of experience. David Zevan and Kevin Davidson have a proven track record of getting results in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice trials. Zevan and Davidson are Personal Injury Lawyers in St. Louis Missouri and Illinois that have been awarded the Thomas Strong Award, a top honor for Trial Lawyers. They have recovered millions for their clients including a recent $6 Million verdict Medical Malpractice.

Although monetary compensation can never return a person’s health or erase the lasting effects of a catastrophic injury, it can alleviate many of the day-to-day problems confronted by personal injury victims and their families, including: Covering past and future medical bills and healthcare expenses; Providing long-term nursing care; Providing restitution for wages lost as a result of another's negligence; Providing compensation for the pain and suffering caused by the intentional or negligent act of a careless person.

Through the efforts of our dedicated team of professionals, we have earned a reputation for taking on the most complicated cases and achieving success for our clients. At Zevan and Davidson, our team includes lawyers, a registered nurse and paralegals who work together to obtain results. The time allowed by law in which you may file a lawsuit is limited. If you wait to contact an attorney, you may end up being barred by the statute of limitations from proceeding.

Year this Office was Established: 1991

Languages: English.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Gas Explosion.

Practice Areas Description

Our practice includes:

- Personal Injury

Personal injury law is a broad area. The term is generally associated with cases in which a person has been hurt as a result of the carelessness, recklessness, negligence or intentional act of another. Personal injury lawsuits encompass a wide variety of conduct by individuals, manufacturers and property owners. Personal injury cases also address a variety of injuries, ranging from soft tissue damage to traumatic brain injury. The St. Louis Personal Injury Attorneys at Zevan and Davidson Law Firm represent personal injury victims in St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois.

* Gas Explosion

Injuries sustained in flammable gas explosions may be extremely serious. Burns to the face and body may be terribly painful, often take a long time to heal and may be permanently disfiguring. Flying debris may inflict additional wounds. The victim of a flammable gas explosion or family members who have lost a loved one in an explosion may wonder how they will cover medical bills, future treatment costs and lost wages. If you or someone you love has been hurt or died as a result of a gas explosion, talk to the Zevan and Davidson Law Firm’s expert Gas Explosion Attorneys to discuss your rights.

* Car Accidents

In Missouri and Illinois, a lawsuit may be filed when one driver’s negligence has caused or contributed to a car accident. Drivers may be careless or negligent in many different ways, including: Talking on a cell phone; Texting; Eating; Excessive speed; Driving too fast for weather conditions; Aggressive driving; Road rage; Fatigue; Alcohol; Drugs; Street racing. The victim of a car accident who is thinking of filing suit against another driver, the owner of the vehicle or an employer must remember that time limits apply and that they vary by state.

* Truck Accidents

Travel anywhere on a Missouri or Illinois highway and you will encounter commercial trucks. Tractor-trailers crisscross the nation with their cargo, in the process often rumbling through Missouri and Illinois. And when truckers are careless or negligent, innocent Missouri and Illinois motorists sometimes end up getting hurt. An 80,000-pound truck does more than just move cargo: It can also be a deadly weapon. This is why the commercial trucking industry is so highly regulated. Violation of a law or regulation can be used to establish negligence on the part of a trucking company or truck driver after an accident.

* Motorcycle Accidents

Although the owners of Harley-Davidson, Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda, BMW and Victory motorcycles may disagree when it comes to choosing the best bike, they can agree on at least one thing: Inattentive or aggressive motorists pose a safety hazard to motorcyclists. And for the motorcycle rider, the stakes are high. In a crash between a car and motorcycle, it is the motorcycle rider who typically suffers the worst injuries. The attorneys of the Zevan and Davidson Law Firm represent motorcycle accident victims in St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois.

* Product Liability

Product liability, sometimes referred to as products liability, is an area of law that holds manufacturers, designers and sellers of dangerous or defective products responsible for the injuries linked to their goods. Product liability law encompasses negligence, strict liability and breach of warranty. In a negligence case, the maker of a product owes a duty of care to the user to prevent a reasonably foreseeable injury. When a product that is carelessly designed or made causes a reasonably foreseeable injury, the manufacturer must be held liable for the injuries.

* Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injuries are extremely serious. Although some people will completely recover from a spinal cord injury, many others will suffer partial or complete paralysis. According to the National Institutes of Health, about one-third of people suffering neck injuries involving the spinal cord will need assistance to breathe. In addition, spinal cord injury patients often must fight chronic medical complications such as pain and bladder and bowel dysfunction. They also face a greater likelihood of heart and respiratory problems.

* Traumatic Brain Injury

A traumatic brain injury may be mild, moderate, severe or fatal. Traumatic brain injury survivors may suffer temporary or permanent changes that affect thought, sensation, language or emotion. TBI victims may also be at greater risk for epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders. For TBI victims and their families, the cost of immediate long-term care medical care and support services can be extremely expensive. However, if a TBI was caused by the carelessness, negligence or intentional act of another, you may be entitled to compensation from the party who caused the injury.

* Slip and Fall

Generally business owners must keep their premises reasonably safe for customers, who are known as invitees under the law. Business owners have a duty to inspect their premises for slip and fall hazards and fix any hazards they find or provide proper warning. A business owner is also liable for slips, trips and falls caused by property defects that he or she did not know about if, in the exercise of reasonable care, the problem could have been discovered. In general, homeowners and others who possess property are liable for the slips and falls of their guests if the owner or possessor knew of a danger that involved an unreasonable risk that the guest was not likely to discover yet failed to make the property reasonably safe or warn guests of the risk.

- Medical Malpractice

Because of their background and training, we trust doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to act in our best interest or in the best interest of our loved ones. As study after study indicates, however, medical negligence and surgical errors do occur. Our firm has a well-earned reputation for taking on and winning complicated medical malpractice cases. Many clients have hired and continue to hire Zevan and Davidson after being referred by outside attorneys who trust our approach. If you or someone you love has been the victim of medical negligence, talk to the St. Louis medical malpractice lawyers at Zevan and Davidson.

* Birth Injury

The arrival of a new baby is an exciting and much-anticipated event for parents and families. Though most infants are delivered without incident, sometimes mistakes are made by obstetricians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. When that happens, a perfectly healthy infant may suffer a devastating birth injury that alters the course of his or her life. The Zevan and Davidson Law Firm have a well-earned reputation for taking on and winning complicated birth injury medical malpractice cases in St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois.

* Medical Negligence

Advances in the field of prescription drugs over the past several decades have helped cure disease and extend lives. However, medications can also be toxic and even deadly when given to the wrong person or in the wrong dosage. This is why only healthcare professionals such as doctors, nurses and pharmacists are allowed to prescribe, administer or sell prescription drugs. The St. Louis medical negligence lawyers at Zevan and Davidson have seen firsthand the devastating effects preventable medication errors can have on a patient and the patient’s family.

* Failure to Diagnose

A physician’s failure to diagnose an illness or condition may, under certain conditions, constitute medical negligence. That’s because physicians have a duty to recognize the signs and symptoms of certain diseases. Some of the most common mistakes leading to failure to diagnose include: Misinterpretation of x-rays; Not listening to patients as they describe symptoms; Failing to order important and necessary tests; Misinterpreting symptoms; Misinterpreting lab results. Some of the diseases most commonly involved in failure to diagnose are breast cancer, colon cancer, cervical cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, heart attack and appendicitis

* Surgical Error

Some of the most common avoidable surgical errors are: Performing surgery on the wrong site or wrong area of the body — for example, amputating the wrong foot or hand; Performing the wrong surgical procedure; Leaving a surgical instrument, such as a sponge, retractor or towel, inside the body; Performing a surgery that is not related to the patient’s diagnosis; Performing surgery on the wrong patient; Making an avoidable mistake during surgery or failing to catch or correct an avoidable error. The St. Louis medical malpractice lawyers at Zevan and Davidson have seen firsthand the devastating effects of surgical errors on patients and their families.