Recent Posts in Job Injuries Category
Posted on Mar 10, 2011 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
If you are injured on the job in Missouri, the law says that your employer has the right to choose your doctor. Furthermore, the work restrictions the comp doctor gives you must be followed. So, if ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2011 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
A common question I hear in my Missouri workers' compensation cases is whether my client's employer can force him or her to take vacation or sick time when out of work because of a comp injury. All ...
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Posted on Aug 9, 2010 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
Unlike personal injury cases, in Missouri workers' compensation cases, you don't need to prove wrongdoing. Worker's compensation is a fault-free system. You only need to prove generally that something ...
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