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  • What's Taking So Long?
    What's Taking So Long?

    As a Kansas City personal injury attorney, I handle all of my cases on a contingency fee basis. Under this arrangement, my fee is collected at the end of the case, at the same time my clients get ...

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  • Premises Liability and Waivers in Apartment Leases
    Premises Liability and Waivers in Apartment Leases

    Apartments leases sometimes have clauses in them that try to limit or prohibit your rights to recover from your landlord in premises liability incidents in the common areas of your apartment complex. ...

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  • Jury Selection
    Jury Selection

    Jury selection, called voir dire, is probably the most important part of any Missouri personal injury jury trial. Jury selection is the part of the trial where you pick your jury from a panel of ...

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  • Jury Trials - The Basics
    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 ...

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  • Vexatious Refusal
    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? ...

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  • Mediation vs. Arbitration
    Mediation vs. Arbitration

    The vast majority of personal injury cases settle before trial. Nearly as many settle even before a lawsuit is ever filed. Two of the most common ways cases are settled is mediation and arbitration. ...

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  • Submit Your Medical Bills to Your Health Insurance Carrier as They are Incurred
    Submit Your Medical Bills to Your Health Insurance Carrier as They are Incurred

    In most Missouri personal injury cases, you should submit your medical bills to your own health insurance carrier as they are incurred. This is because the responsible party does not have an ...

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  • Sick/Vacation Time and Workers' Compensation
    Sick/Vacation Time and Workers' Compensation

    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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  • Proposed Texting While Driving Law in Missouri
    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 ...

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  • Inadequate Security
    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 ...

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  • Structured Settlements
    Structured Settlements

    If your personal injury case settles or you get money from a judgment, instead of getting the settlement funds in one lump sum, you can put the money into an annuity called a structured settlement. A ...

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  • Preventable Crimes
    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 ...

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