Nordyke Law Offices

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Nordyke Law Offices is seeking to hire a Full-Time Legal Assistant. Candidates must be conscientious, detail-oriented and have good organizational skills. Must also be friendly, personable and have customer service-oriented skills and have knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. Legal experience is preferred but not necessary. Please send resumes to [email protected] for consideration.

Unfortunately, far too many nursing home residents become the victims of abuse and neglect. If you believe a loved one has been a victim of abuse or neglect, then give us a call today. We have handled numerous nursing home abuse and neglect cases and are here to help you and your loved ones.

Our new website is up and running. Click below to check it out and be sure to take a look at our Verdicts and Settlements page to see a listing of a few of our highlighted cases demonstrating our strong track record of helping injury victims recover their losses. www.nordyke.net

Looking for a nursing home facility for yourself or a loved one? Click the link below to find one near you and to get important information about the facility's overall rating, staff-to-resident ratio, health inspections, and quality of care provided.

Do you have Medical Payments Coverage, otherwise known as MedPay on your automobile insurance policy? Under Missouri law, this is not required but you may want to consider adding this to your policy as it is generally a good idea for most drivers since it provides payment for medical treatment you or a loved one may need if you become involved in an accident. The cost of adding this to an existing policy is generally very inexpensive and can be a good addition to health insurance since many health insurance policies have high deductibles and co-pays. Click the link below to learn more.

"In-dash navigation systems will be getting smarter, not just learning your preferences and using data connections for timely updates, but crowdsourcing sensor information from connected vehicles to assess traffic problems and road conditions even guiding you around a newly formed pothole."

Distracted drivers continue to take lives and injure people every day. Click the link below to learn more about some facts about distracted driving and remember to drive safe!

November is just around the corner and the deer sightings are becoming more and more frequent. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the most deer striking vehicle crashes occur in the month of November. Read the link below to learn more and remember to keep a careful lookout when you're on the road!

Every year, more than 2 million people are injured and more than 30,000 killed in 6 million automobile crashes on U.S. roads. Robot Cars could drastically change these numbers. The question is: Are we there yet? See more at: http://buff.ly/2lpqrRv

Fake phone apps are being created to steal your personal information. Click the link below to learn more about this scam and how to avoid downloading a fake app.

Volkswagen has agreed to pay $10 billion after claiming their vehicles had low levels of harmful emissions when in fact they did not. This affected approximately 500,000 vehicles and is the largest false advertising case in FTC history. Click below to learn more.

Click the link below to see the most recent national statistics regarding how many lives are lost or injured due to distracted drivers.

Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $190 million to settle a consumer fraud case after it was alleged that they "pushed customers into costly financial products that they did not need or even request." So far, Wells Fargo has fired 5,300 employees for "inappropriate sales conduct." Click the link below to learn more.

A Hollywood screenwriter went to have surgery to "relieve numbness and pain in his hands. The operation appeared to be a success. But he later began having trouble speaking. His left eye drooped. He developed severe nerve pain and weakness in his neck, arms, and hands." Click the link below to learn more.

"Generic drugs make up more than 80% of all prescriptions filled in the United States. But generic drug manufacturers are not allowed to independently update their labels to warn of newly discovered side-effects. And five years ago last month, the Supreme Court ruled that generic drugmakers can’t be held accountable for failing to warn consumers of the risks of their drugs." Click the link below to learn more.

After being paralyzed because of medical errors,August de los Reyes, with the help of his attorney and the civil justice system, took the chance to make a difference.

Have a small child in a car seat or booster seat? Click here to register the car or booster seat in order to receive recall notices.

Click the link below to find out if a safety recall has been issued for your specific vehicle and if so, whether your recalled vehicle has been safely repaired.

Want to buy a safer vehicle or find out how safe your vehicle is? Click the link below to search and compare a vehicle's overall safety, crash-worthiness and rollover safety.

Have a 10 year or older DWI conviction that you want off your record? Missouri law allows persons with DWI convictions 10 years and older to be expunged if it was your FIRST AND ONLY alcohol-related driving offense. Call us today to learn more.

"Free" Security Scans that pop up on your computer may be a scam. Click the link below to learn more.

Found an error on your credit report? Click here to learn how to dispute the error.

To receive your free annual credit report that you are entitled to under law, visit www.annualcreditreport.com. This is a safe and approved website unlike many other "imposter" sites. It's important to be aware that some 'imposter sites purposely misspell annualcreditreport.com in hopes that you will mistype the name of the official site. These imposter sites often try and collect personal information about you or try and sell you something. Click the link below to get your free credit report today.

Check out our firms new website at www.nordyke.net to learn more about our practice, our areas of concentration and to see a representative listing of verdicts and settlements that we have handled in the past.

Today there are may scams that affect thousands of people. To avoid becoming a victim, subscribe to the Federal Trade Commission and receive scam alerts by email. To sign up, see the link below.

Be on the look out for a recent scam where scammers are contacting consumers with credit and debit cards and seeking personal information from them. These scammers claim to be seeking personal information in order to issue you a credit or debit chip card. Click the link below to find out more.

Receiving unsolicited telemarketing calls on your cell phone or land lines? Register at www.donotcall.gov to be placed on the Do Not Call Registry.

We found the top 10 worst food-borne illness outbreaks. When food companies cut corners, the civil justice system holds them accountable. Learn more: https://www.justice.org//food-safety-and-civil-justice-sys

"Imagine receiving a phone call that 25% of your wages are going to be garnished because of a credit card account opened 14 years earlier that was never paid off. Making things worse, you know you didn’t have a credit card from the bank in question at that time, so it can’t possibly be your debt. This should be an easily remedied error, but not if a court has already granted a default judgment against you, making you responsible for paying back money that you didn’t owe and didn’t find out about until it was too late."

The Nordyke Law Offices is excited to announce the addition of Attorney Hope C. Nordyke to the firm. Ms. Nordyke has passed the Missouri Bar Exam and has joined the firm full time. She will be sworn in by the Missouri Supreme Court on October 2, 2015. We are a family owned and operated law firm and look forward to allowing our family to help with you and your family's legal needs.

Forced arbitration is a prevalent problem for many consumers today. Although Tom Brady was able to appeal his forced arbitration decision many Americans are unable to do so and therefore never get their day in court.

"Approximately 48 million Americans are sickened by foodborne illnesses every year; 128,000 are hospitalized; and 3,000 die, costing the nation approximately $77 billion." See the link below and learn about several instances in which food companies put profits over people by knowingly letting "Americans eat food contaminated with deadly pathogens."

"In 1999 the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences published a study, 'To Err is Human,' which concluded that at least 44,000 patients were killed (and many more injured) in hospitals each year because of medical errors. By 2011, a study in the journal HealthAffairs estimated that the number of avoidable deaths was probably 10 times higher. Hundreds of thousands more patients are seriously injured through negligence."

The Missouri Supreme Court recently struck down a St. Louis ordinance governing red lights. However, the Court "did not rule specifically on the legality of the cameras themselves, leaving open the possibility that municipalities can enact red-light camera ordinances that will withstand future legal challenges."

Amtrak crash kills 8 and injuries more than 200. But whether they will be able to fully recover is at issue. A 1997 law "caps the liability in rail accidents at $200 million, an amount that experts say likely will not be enough to cover the damages for the eight people killed and more than 200 injured in the Philadelphia accident."

We didn’t expect to find asbestos in crayons. But it’s there. http://bit.ly/1Rksfqg

Patient undergoing a colonoscopy records his doctor during surgery and is shocked to find out what the anesthesiologist said while he was sedated. Read below to learn more.

"Many Americans mistakenly believe that asbestos was banned decades ago. Tragically, that is not the case. Although asbestos is no longer mined in the U.S. and its use has declined significantly, American industry still legally imports, uses and sells both raw asbestos and products made with it." http://www.asbestosnation.org//why-isnt-asbestos-banned-i/