Blog Posts in August, 2018

Western Missouri a Hotspot for Drunk Driving

Drunk driving is one of the main causes of car accidents in Missouri and the rest of the U.S. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), drunk driving causes more than a quarter of fatal crashes. But alcohol impairment is not the same everywhere you go. Some states and cities are worse than others. A new study looked at the data. For people in St. Joseph and Kansas City, there ...

Carpenter Gets Workers’ Compensation Coverage from General Contractor

A recent workers’ compensation case in Missouri highlights how the law can apply to less conventional employment schemes, like contractors and subcontractors. Carpenter Hurt on the Job Back in October, 2015, a homeowner in the Kansas City, Missouri area hired a Sunshine Home Improvements to do some work. Sunshine turned around and hired a subcontractor, Done-Rite Home Improvement, to do some of ...

Motorcycle Accident in St. Joseph Causes Serious Injuries

A car accident in St. Joseph involving a motorcycle ended with the biker suffering serious injuries. Both the circumstances and the result of the crash were typical of crashes that involve a car and a motorcycle. Car Accident Leaves Motorcyclist Seriously Hurt The incident happened in the evening of Friday, August 10, on the Belt Highway near Sherman Avenue. According to initial reports, the ...

Proposition A Soundly Defeated in the Polls

When Missourians took to the polls yesterday, one of the races on the ballot was Proposition A. Now that the results are in, it became clear that Proposition A was defeated, giving a huge win to unions in the state. Here is what that means for workers’ compensation in the state. The Path of Proposition A to the Polls Proposition A would have turned Missouri into the 28 th “Right to Work” state. If ...

How an Improperly Installed Car Seat Can Hurt a Lawsuit

Two of our recent blog posts on car accidents have dealt with issues surrounding car seats. In one, we took a close look at how often car seats are incorrectly installed. While the results were far below the “nine in ten” figure that a Kansas City police officer alluded to, we found that more than half of car seats were so poorly installed that it put children in more risk. In the other blog post, ...