Blog Posts in 2012
Posted on Apr 23, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Attorney
Settling a workers’ compensation claim is unlike settling a personal injury case like a car accident or slip or trip and fall in many ways. Although both generally consist of an agreement by the ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Meyerkord & Russell
NBC recently reported a story about defective triggers in Remington firearms. The defect causes the weapons to discharge when they are dropped or suffer some type of shock; even when the safety is ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Attorney
Sometimes personal injury cases require the use of experts to help prove a certain part of the case. For example, in a medical malpractice case, you need to hire a doctor to say the one you are suing ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Lawyer
There are many things you should consider when hiring a lawyer for your personal injury case. I'm going to list a few major things here, but this list is by no means exhaustive. This is because ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Lawyer
If you are hurt at work in Missouri and you have a major injury , you may be a candidate for a permanent total disability award in your Missouri workers' compensation claim. Missouri's comp ...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Attorney
Filing a personal injury case in court and trying to a jury is a constitutional right in the State of Missouri. Section 14 of the Bill of Right in the Missouri Constitution says, "That the courts ...
Continue reading "Your Right to Trial by Jury in Personal Injury Cases is Guaranteed by the Missouri Constitution" »
Posted on Feb 5, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Attorney
Oftentimes when we get a call about a new case, the potential client has already given a recorded statement to the potential defendant's insurance company. Cooperating with an insurance company is ...
Continue reading "The Insurer-Insured Privilege - (A Reason to Talk to an Attorney Before You Talk to the Insurance Company)" »
Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Attorney
Personal injury cases can take a long time. I've blogged about it before, and it's always on my client's minds. One of the reasons why a personal injury case can take so long is because of ...
Continue reading "Gathering Medical Records" »
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Attorney
Oftentimes you'll hear politicians rail against unelected judges and that there is a lack of accountability in the judicial system. However, these attacks miss the very purpose of the judiciary, ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Lawyer
Personal injury accidents can exact a heavy financial toll on people and knowing when you can be compensated in your case is an important matter. Motor vehicle accidents, trucking accidents , wrongful ...
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Posted on Jan 6, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Attorney
Oftentimes, we receive new client calls where the potential client went through a traumatic, scary, or embarrassing situation, but did not suffer a physical or economic injury as a result of someone ...
Continue reading "Law Suit "Must Haves"- A Compensable Injury" »