Blog Posts in November, 2017

Huge Developments in Self-Driving Car Lawsuit

In another indication that self-driving cars are about to change how we live, the trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Waymo – Google’s self-driving car unit – took a strange turn. On November 28, the presiding judge decided to delay the trial after receiving a game-changing letter, despite the fact that jury selection had been set to begin the very next day. Significant Developments in ...

Poultry Plants Want to Increase Line Speed

The area around St. Joseph, Missouri, relies on meat processing and packing. The industry provides the local region thousands of jobs, giving people and their families the money they need to live and thrive. However, the work in these plants is risky, with workplace injuries commonplace, and the need for workers’ compensation constantly occurring. Now, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are considering ...

The Winter Weather Survival Kit for Your Car

November is an excellent time to prepare for the upcoming winter season. To help in this cause, the Missouri Department of Public Safety, together with the National Weather Service and the Missouri Highway Patrol, declared today as was Winter Weather Awareness Day. A huge part of this initiative was to keep drivers safe on the roads of Missouri, once the weather takes a turn for the worst. Some of ...

New Workplace Injury Numbers Likely Underreported

According to the newest press release by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of nonfatal workplace accidents is down, yet again. However, as we mentioned in a blog post from earlier this year, this trend of fewer workplace injuries raises doubts. The data that the BLS uses to compute the number of workplace accidents is self-reported, and has long been thought to be too ...

Who Pays for Accident Victims After a Police Chase?

A police chase ran through four states before ending in St. Joseph, Missouri with a car accident that left five people hurt. The incident raises an important question: Who pays the victims? Police Chase Ends in Car Crash in St. Joseph A group of people stole cars from a dealership in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and led police on a long car chase down Interstate 29. The chase caused multiple crashes ...