A woman who received a $1.5 million verdict in 2018 for a T-bone crash near a Taco Bell restaurant in St. Louis must take her case to trial for a second time as a result of a ruling by the ...

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Jurors in St. Louis County found two physicians were not liable when a patient lost an eye after developing a rare infection. Philip Willman of Brown & James defended Pepose Vision Institute and its retina specialist Nancy Holekamp in the ...

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A St. Louis County jury rejected a medical-malpractice claim by the family of a man who died following his admission to Mercy Hospital for atrial fibrillation. The jury deliberated for about two hours following a seven-day trial in July. The ...

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Philip L. Willman, principal and shareholder at Brown & James in St. Louis, became president of DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar at the group’s annual meeting Oct. 24 in New Orleans. Willman has been a member of ...

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Location: St. Louis Practice Area(s): Civil defense, insurance law, premises liability, products liability Law School: University of Missouri Some of John D. Cooney’s earliest memories involve visiting the downtown St. Louis law office of his father, John F. Cooney, and ...

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An Illinois jury decided for the defense in a wrongful-death case stemming from a woman’s death just days after a twisted ankle sent her to the doctor. Tamara Kay Greco, 36, went to an emergency room and was diagnosed with ...

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Looking back at the nearly 20 years since she left law school, Teresa Young sees a fair amount of progress in the number of women and minorities rising through the ranks at law firms. She’s a big reason why Brown ...

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A St. Louis jury decided in favor of the Bi-State Development Agency on claims that it was responsible for a man’s injury at a downtown MetroLink station. On July 6, 2012, plaintiff Rusty Redman of Illinois was boarding an eastbound ...

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Sixteen new attorneys have joined the Missouri and Illinois offices of Brown & James, P.C., as part of its fall class of associates. At the St. Louis office, the new hires include the following five lawyers: Harry Benson practices employment ...

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Philip L. Willman, shareholder and principal at Brown & James, has been named president-elect of DRI, The Voice of the Defense Bar. Willman, who has been a member of DRI since 1985, will be president of the group in 2019. ...

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Philip L. Willman, shareholder and principal at Brown & James, has been named president-elect of DRI, The Voice of the Defense Bar. Willman, who has been a member of DRI since 1985, will be president of the group in 2019. ...

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