Meyerkord Law Firm recently helped a St. Louis city man receive a $150,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case after having it turned down by more than a dozen St. Louis-area attorneys.

Our client visited his doctor at the Family Care Health Center in St. Louis for arthritis pain in July 2007. He was examined and prescribed 20 mg three times a day of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Piroxicam. The recommended dosage is 20 mg once per day.

Within two months of beginning the dosage prescribed to him, our client experienced severe intestinal pain and fainted at his home. He was taken by ambulance to Saint Louis University hospital. At the hospital it was discovered that he had a perforated gastric ulcer that required emergency surgery.  He spent two weeks in the hospital recovering following the surgery.

Our client had contacted more than 12 St. Louis personal injury lawyers who either rejected or ignored the case.   When he hired Meyerkord Law Firm, we researched the Nursing Drug Handbook, determined the appropriate dosage of Piroxicam, and found an expert who would testify that an overdose would cause stomach ulcers.

Though the Missouri Tort Reform Act of 2005 has greatly reduced the ability of victims of medical malpractice to obtain compensation for their legitimate claim, our firm continues to accept malpractice cases.

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