Brian R. Plegge
Brian R. Plegge is a member of the General Trial Litigation Group at Moser & Marsalek, P.C. His primary focus is the defense of lawsuits involving death or serious injury with long term care requirements. The vast majority of these cases allege Premises Liability, Toxic Chemical Exposure, Medical Malpractice and Product Liability. Brian has significant trial experience in Illinois as well as Missouri and has tried numerous cases to verdict in both Madison and St. Clair County, Illinois and seven other Southern Illinois counties. Brian has been employed at Moser & Marsalek, P.C. since 1980 and has also tried cases to verdict involving allegations of construction accidents and tortious assault. Brian has appeared and argued appellate decisions before the Missouri Supreme Court and Missouri Court of Appeals as well as the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Brian also has significant experience representing insurance companies and corporations based outside of the United States, and in particular Japanese corporations and Japanese insurance companies and is familiar with representing Asian corporations.
Brian has been a principal at Moser and Marsalek for 22 years and has served as Managing Principal for the firm. He represents numerous Fortune 500 companies and smaller self-insured organizations as well as various insurance companies.
Trials
Trials to verdict:
Missouri State Courts
St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles County, Jefferson County, Montomery county, Boone County
Illinois State Courts
St. Clair County, Madison County, Clinton County, Sangamon County, Macon County
United States District Court
Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis and Hannibal)
Southern District of Illinois (East St. Louis)
AWARDS AND HONORS
Named among "The Best Lawyers in America" for 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) in Medical Malpractice Law
Missouri Super Lawyer
AV Rating
Areas of Practice
- General Trial Litigation
- Premise Liability
- Toxic Chemical Exposure
- Insurance Coverage
- Product Liability
- Medical & Health Care Litigation
- Construction
- Tortuous Assault
- Sovereign Immunity Defense
- Welding Injury Claims
- Fire Loss
- Environmental Violations Defense
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 1982
- Illinois, 1983
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1982
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1984
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1983
Education
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
- J.D. - 1982
- Denison University, Granville, Ohio
- B.A. - 1979
Representative Cases
- Lindemann v. Lawder, 122 S.W.3d 693 (Mo.App. E.D. 2003)
- Ratliff v. Schiber Truck Co., Inc., 150 F.3d 949 (8th Cir. (MO) 1998)
- Tatum v. Van Liner Ins. Co. of Fenton, Mo., 104 F.3d 233 (8th Cir. (Mo.) 1997)
- Southern General Ins. Co. v. WEB Associates/Electronics Inc., 879 S.W.2d 780 (Mo.App. 1994)
- M.L. v. Civil Air Patrol, 806 F.Supp. 845 (E.D. Mo. 1992)
- Matter of Kinghorn, 764 S.W.2d 939 (Mo. 1989)
- Lick Creek Sewer Systems, Inc. v. Bank of Bourbon, 747 S.W.2d 317 (Mo. App. S.D. 1988)
- Risse v. APV Anderson Bros., 714 S.W.2d 922 (Mo. App. E.D. 1986)
- Chura v. Bank of Bourbon, 674 S.W.2d 675 (Mo. App. S.D. 1984)
- Blank v. Ripley, 724 F.2d 88, 724 F.2d 88 (8th Cir. (Mo.) 1983)
Representative Clients
- XL Insurance
- Western World Insurance Group
- Mitsui Sumitomo
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Esse Health
- Tudor Insurance Company
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Member
- Missouri State Bar Association, Member
- Illinois State Bar Association, Member
- Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, Member
- American Bar Association, Litigation and Torts and Insurance Practice Section, Member
- Trucking Industry Defense Association
- Transportation Lawyers Association
