Blog Posts in March, 2019

With Springtime Come Motorcycle Accidents

Now that the weather is warming up in St. Joseph, motorcycles are coming back out of garages and onto the roads. Unfortunately, that also means that we are bound to see more motorcycle accidents, as well. Motorcycle Crash Injures One in St. Joseph Last night saw one of the first motorcycle accidents of 2019 in St. Joseph. According to the initial reports of the incident, it happened just after ...

Workers’ Compensation Insurance to Decrease 3.5%

The costs of workers’ compensation insurance premiums continue to drop. The steady decline is just another sign of the difficulties that injured workers face after they get hurt on the job. How Workers’ Compensation Insurance Works When workers get hurt while on the job, they can often file a workers’ compensation claim with their employer. If approved, this claim will lead to payments that cover ...

Truck Accident Shows Danger of Judgment-Proof Drivers

A car accident involving a tractor-trailer north of St. Joseph raises an important practical question: What happens when the person who causes the crash has no insurance? The answer is one of the harsh realities of personal injury law. Car Goes Wrong Way: Collides With Semi The crash happened in the evening of March 12, 2019 near Maryville, about 40 miles north of St. Joseph. The driver of a 1999 ...

Workers’ Compensation May Get Firefighter’s Presumption

A new bill is making its way through the Missouri Legislature that would change workers’ compensation law to better cover firefighters, who have a heightened risk of job-related cancer. House Bill 1641 Would Extend Firefighter Presumption to Workers’ Compensation Law We covered the presumptive disability law for firefighters earlier in our blog. This law, Missouri Statute 87.006 , presumes that ...