Recent Posts in Workers' Compensation Category
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 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 Apr 26, 2011 By Matt Meyerkord
I've blogged about the differences between workers' compensation cases and personal injury cases. In general, you can recover more money for your injuries in personal injury cases than workers' ...
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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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