Wrongful Death
Gray, Ritter & Graham has been handling complex damage cases
with commitment, passion and effectiveness since 1946. Our firm represents
plaintiffs in cases involving injuries to individuals and their families,
consumers who are victims of fraud or unfair practices, business cases involving
substantial claims, and environmental damage matters. Some specific areas of
concentration include:
Automobile and Truck Accidents
Many personal injuries and deaths result from motor vehicle accidents. Accidents
may involve negligence on the part of another driver or a trucking company or
unsafe roadways. Gray, Ritter & Graham can assist you and your family in
receiving fair and complete compensation for injuries, lost wages, and other
damages.
Medical, Hospital, and other Professional Negligence
The trial lawyers at Gray, Ritter & Graham are experienced in professional
malpractice law. In the medical malpractice field, GRG has medical and legal
professionals on staff that can help clients determine whether their injury or
the death of a loved one is the result of negligence or misconduct by hospitals,
nursing homes or individuals in the health care field. The firm also handles
cases involving professional malpractice in other areas, including accounting
malpractice, and builder, contractor and architect liability.
Product Liability
Gray, Ritter & Graham has years of experience and an excellent track record in
cases involving serious injury and death or economic loss as a result of
defective products such industrial and farm equipment, motor vehicles, machinery
and tools, medical devices, pharmaceutical products, recreational products,
herbicides, and tobacco. For decades we have successfully litigated against some
of the world's largest manufacturers of automobiles, machinery, equipment, and
drugs.
Aviation Accidents
GRG utilizes the experience of our in-house instrument rated pilot along with
expert consultants in handling cases involving injuries and death that result
from aircraft crashes.
Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) - Railroad Workers
Since the founding of Gray, Ritter & Graham, the firm has represented railroad
employees and their families for injuries, disabilities or death which occur in
the course of employment for the railroad. Additionally, the firm has litigated
a number of cases involving railroad crossing accidents and train derailments.
Jones Act - River Workers and Seamen
Gray, Ritter & Graham has experience with the federal statute authorizing the
recovery of damages for seamen and river workers injured in the course of their
employment. The statute also provides remedies for the families of these workers
who are killed in the course of employment.
Complex Business Disputes
Gray, Ritter & Graham has extensive experience representing individuals and
businesses in complex business disputes. The firm's lawyers have represented
shareholders in securities and derivative actions; banks in insurance coverage
litigation and other commercial disputes; individuals in claims against banks
and other financial institutions; farmers in actions against manufacturers and
sellers of defective seeds and herbicides and in actions against the federal
government involving farm program payments; small and large businesses in
complex commercial disputes; cities, school districts and other public entities
in actions against providers of products and services; businesses and consumers
in anti-trust actions; and many other kinds of commercial disputes. Gray, Ritter
& Graham's principals have been named as being among the Best Lawyers in St.
Louis in the area of commercial litigation.
Consumer Litigation
Gray, Ritter & Graham represents consumers, including classes of consumers, when
those persons have been damaged as the result of deceptive or unfair trade
practices, violations of state or federal laws, fraud or other wrongful acts
that cause economic injury.
Specialty Litigation
GRG accepts representation in select matters involving unique complex issues
with substantial damages at stake. For example, GRG was retained by the Missouri
Attorney General as one of a handful of firms to represent the State of Missouri
against major tobacco companies for years of medical cost for tobacco-related
injuries and deaths that resulted from decades of deception by the tobacco
industry regarding the deadly nature of tobacco by-products and the profoundly
addictive compounds in smoking and chewing tobacco. The case ended in a historic
settlement with the tobacco defendants agreeing to pay the state $6.7 billion
dollars.
Other areas of our practice include:
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Pedestrian accidents
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Recreational accidents
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Environmental injuries, including asbestos, mesothelioma
and other toxic substances and damage to property and businesses
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Insurance bad faith and fraud
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