Blog Posts in July, 2018

Distracted Cop Crashes into Bicyclist

A Missouri police officer has been suspended, with pay, for causing a car accident with a biker in Peculiar, Missouri. The incident highlights something that we have blogged about before in a workers’ compensation post: Police officers frequently drive while distracted . Biker’s Helmet Camera Catches Car Accident With Cop The entire episode was captured on the biker’s helmet camera. The biker was ...

Common Ways Car Seats Are Improperly Installed

A car accident can become much more costly if you have passengers in the vehicle. When those passengers are young children or babies, any injuries they suffer can have life-long repercussions. Unfortunately, car seats are often installed improperly , putting these precious passengers at serious risk. Here are some of the most common problems with car seat installation. Rear-Facing or ...

OSHA Press Release Betrays Missouri Workers

Following a string of workplace fatalities in Missouri and surrounding states, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a press release to speak on the issue. The release, however, seems to side with employers rather than workers. Coming from OSHA, which is supposed to fight for workers on issues from workplace safety to workers’ compensation , the tone of the release is ...

How Often are Car Seats Incorrectly Installed?

Police in the Kansas City region have been holding car seat installation sessions to help parents protect their young children in a car accident . These sessions raise the question of just how often car seats are incorrectly installed, putting babies and young children at risk. Kansas City Police Teach Parents How to Install Car Seats One of the recent sessions was held on Thursday, June 19, 2018, ...

Why the Janus Case Was Wrongly Decided

Several of our last workers’ compensation blog posts have dealt with the recent Supreme Court decision Janus v. AFSCME . Here, we will discuss how this case is poorly decided, as the logic that the Court uses just does not match up. The Big Argument in Janus The problem in Janus was pretty straightforward: A public sector, non-union worker did not want to pay an agency fee to his local union. He ...

Blown Tire Causes Car Accident in Missouri

A car accident in Missouri highlights the role that defective car parts can play in a crash. When something breaks and causes a crash, it is possible for neither driver to be at fault. Instead, the victims of the crash can file a personal injury lawsuit against the company responsible for the defective product in a products liability case . Blown Tire Causes Car Crash in Missouri The incident ...

How Will Proposition A Be Impacted by Supreme Court Decision?

In a little under a month, Missouri residents will go to the polls to vote on Proposition A. If enough people vote “yes” and Proposition A passes, the recently-enacted “Right to Work” law would be upheld. This would prohibit the practice of requiring labor union payments as a condition for employment. Right to Work laws like those on the ballot in Proposition A are very close to the result of the ...

Huffing Dust Off Causes Car Accident, Leads to Charges

A fatal car accident in St. Joseph has led to involuntary manslaughter charges for the person who caused it. According to police, the driver was under the influence of the chemical Difluoroethane at the time of the crash. The incident highlights how personal injury law works when a car crash was caused by someone who was driving under the influence. Man Huffs Dust Off and Causes Car Accident The ...

Why Workers’ Compensation Will Be Hurt By Supreme Court Decision

In last week’s workers’ compensation blog post, we detailed a recent Supreme Court case, Janus v. AFSCME . This case has attracted a lot of media attention because it prohibited unions from collecting agency fees. As we discussed in that blog post, these agency fees were one of the only ways unions could prevent free riders from benefitting from their collective bargaining efforts without paying ...