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Car Accidents - Click here to view all posts
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Cell Phones - Click here to view all posts
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  • Texting While Driving, Part Two
    I read an interesting article in law journal today about company cell phone use motor vehicle accidents and want to share it with you. But first, a little background. Under a legal theory called ...
Charities/Community Service - Click here to view all posts
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  • Donating to Charities
    As a Kansas City personal injury attorney, I recently enacted a firm-wide policy of donating 5% of every fee to charity. Giving is important to me and this commitment is something I feel strongly ...
Compensation/Damages - Click here to view all posts
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  • Attorney Brian Russell Settles Car Accident Case for $77,500
    The legal team at Meyerkord & Russell is proud to announce that Attorney Brian C. Russell was recently successful in obtaining a $75,000.00 settlement on behalf of his client. The victim had been ...
  • Insurance Company Fast-Ones
    When someone does something wrong and causes you harm and injury, you make a claim under that person's insurance policy to recover money as compensation for your losses. The most common example is ...
  • Meyerkord & Russell Recover $1 Million in Their First Year
    Kansas City personal injury firm, Meyerkord & Russell, is pleased to have recovered over $1 million in damages during their first year of operation. Though their firm was recently established, ...
Defective Products - Click here to view all posts
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  • Site Inspections
    One of the most important aspects in premises liability or even product liability cases is a site inspection. This is when the place of injury or a product that injured someone is inspected after the ...
  • Remington Firearms May Have a Defective Trigger
    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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  • Attorney Meyerkord Settles Accident Claim for $25,750
    The legal team at Meyerkord & Russell is pleased to announce that Attorney Matthew D. Meyerkord was recently successful in settling an accident claim for $25,750.00. His client had been injured ...
  • Hiring a 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 ...
  • Gathering Medical Records
    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 ...
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  • Brian Russell Settles Inadequate Security Case for $40,000
    Meyerkord & Russell is proud to announce that Attorney Brian C. Russell was recently successful in settling yet another case. This time, he was hired to represent a client who had been robbed at ...
  • Inadequate Security
    In Missouri, businesses must make their premises safe for their customers. They not only have to protect them from slipping and falling or tripping and falling, but also from crimes committed on their ...
  • Preventable Crimes
    There have been far too many stories in the news in the Kansas City area of violent crimes at convenience stores. The most recent story can be found here. I recently updated my Kansas City personal ...
Insurance Information - Click here to view all posts
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  • The Lawyer on the Other Side
    I've written plenty about representing injured victims in negligence cases and how our fee structure motivates us to maximize their recovery. But what about the lawyer for the wrongdoer? ...
  • Insurance Company Fast-Ones, Part Two
    Health insurance companies have thousands of trial lawyers across the United States working for them for free, all at the expense of the lawyers' injured clients. Its highway robbery at the ...
  • Insurance Company Fast-Ones
    When someone does something wrong and causes you harm and injury, you make a claim under that person's insurance policy to recover money as compensation for your losses. The most common example is ...
Job Injuries - Click here to view all posts
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  • Insurance Company Fast-Ones
    When someone does something wrong and causes you harm and injury, you make a claim under that person's insurance policy to recover money as compensation for your losses. The most common example is ...
  • What a Jury Doesn't Hear
    The end of the road for any personal injury case is a jury trial. Jury trials are risky endeavors and both sides of a lawsuit often make every effort to settle a case without having to have a jury ...
  • Jury Trials - Opening Statements
    Last week, I blogged about jury selection in Missouri personal injury trials and its importance. After jury selection, the next important thing in a jury trial, and the next event in the trial, is ...
Personal Injury - Click here to view all posts
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  • The Lawyer on the Other Side
    I've written plenty about representing injured victims in negligence cases and how our fee structure motivates us to maximize their recovery. But what about the lawyer for the wrongdoer? ...
  • Attorney Meyerkord Settles Accident Claim for $25,750
    The legal team at Meyerkord & Russell is pleased to announce that Attorney Matthew D. Meyerkord was recently successful in settling an accident claim for $25,750.00. His client had been injured ...
  • Brian Russell Settles Inadequate Security Case for $40,000
    Meyerkord & Russell is proud to announce that Attorney Brian C. Russell was recently successful in settling yet another case. This time, he was hired to represent a client who had been robbed at ...
Premises Liability - Click here to view all posts
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  • Attorney Meyerkord Settles Accident Claim for $25,750
    The legal team at Meyerkord & Russell is pleased to announce that Attorney Matthew D. Meyerkord was recently successful in settling an accident claim for $25,750.00. His client had been injured ...
  • Brian Russell Settles Inadequate Security Case for $40,000
    Meyerkord & Russell is proud to announce that Attorney Brian C. Russell was recently successful in settling yet another case. This time, he was hired to represent a client who had been robbed at ...
  • Site Inspections
    One of the most important aspects in premises liability or even product liability cases is a site inspection. This is when the place of injury or a product that injured someone is inspected after the ...
School Accidents & Injuries - Click here to view all posts
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  • School Immunity
    As a subdivision of the state, public schools in Missouri have sovereign immunity. This means they can't be sued in personal injury cases. However, as with many rules in the law, there are exceptions. ...
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Slip & Fall Accidents - Click here to view all posts
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  • Snow and Ice Problems at the 2013 Western Farm Show in Kansas City
    This year's Western Farm Show in Kansas City took place on February 22 to 24. Unfortunately, Kansas City saw record snow fall and freezing temperatures on the 21 st, rendering many of the parking ...
  • Inadequate Security
    In Missouri, businesses must make their premises safe for their customers. They not only have to protect them from slipping and falling or tripping and falling, but also from crimes committed on their ...
  • Comparative Fault
    As a Kansas City personal injury attorney, I come across comparative fault many times. Comparative fault is when you are partly to blame for an accident. It reduces your compensation by however much ...
Texting While Driving - Click here to view all posts
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  • Proposed Texting While Driving Law in Missouri
    Legislation is advancing in the Missouri Senate that would ban texting while driving. The bill would make texting while driving an infraction similar to a speeding ticket in which you would get points ...
  • Texting While Driving
    It should come as no surprise that texting while driving is dangerous. In a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, a Virginia Tech study is discussed by a doctor in the hopes of ...
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  • Why Unelected Judges Are a Good Thing
    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, ...
  • Negligent Entrustment
    Sometimes personal injury accidents are caused by someone who shouldn't be using a certain product or driving a car in the first place. For example, a car accident might be caused by someone who ...
  • Police Reports and Car Crashes
    One of the most important pieces of evidence in car accident cases is the police report. It provides a number of key facts about how an accident happened and who was involved. It is also the ...
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  • Why Does it Take So Long to Get to Trial?
    We make an effort in every personal injury case to settle before trial. But sometimes a case just can’t settle, most often because the negligent party or their insurance company is being ...
  • Jury Trials - The Basics
    If your personal injury case is one of the few that can't settle, then you will have to have a trial to determine if the defendant is liable for your injuries and how much compensation you are ...
Trip & Fall Accidents - Click here to view all posts
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  • Snow and Ice Problems at the 2013 Western Farm Show in Kansas City
    This year's Western Farm Show in Kansas City took place on February 22 to 24. Unfortunately, Kansas City saw record snow fall and freezing temperatures on the 21 st, rendering many of the parking ...
  • Inadequate Security
    In Missouri, businesses must make their premises safe for their customers. They not only have to protect them from slipping and falling or tripping and falling, but also from crimes committed on their ...
  • Comparative Fault
    As a Kansas City personal injury attorney, I come across comparative fault many times. Comparative fault is when you are partly to blame for an accident. It reduces your compensation by however much ...
vexatious refusal - Click here to view all posts
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  • Vexatious Refusal
    What happens when your own insurance company denies your claim when your house is robbed, burned or otherwise damaged? What rights do you have to recover for your loss from your own insurance company? ...
Workers' Compensation - Click here to view all posts
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Wrongful Death - Click here to view all posts
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  • Missouri Wrongful Death Cases – Who Can Sue?
    In Missouri wrongful death cases, the people who can sue and share in any proceeds of such cases depend on the familial relationship with the decedent. Missouri statutes spell out the types of ...
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