Blog Posts in September, 2019

Medical Liens Can Help Car Accident Victims With Insurance Worries

In a car accident, insurance coverage will always play a big role in your recovery. Unfortunately, this ends up meaning that you often have to make hugely important decisions in the immediate aftermath of the crash. Poor medical insurance can make you think about denying the medical attention you think you can do without. That seems to be behind a recent truck accident in St. Joseph. Trucker ...

Workers’ Compensation Questions After Mail Truck Hits School Bus

A crash between a school bus and a mail truck in Kansas City raises some important questions about workers’ compensation law in Missouri. School Bus and Mail Truck Collide in Missouri The crash happened around 5pm on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. According to police, the mail truck and a school bus hit each other at the intersection of Delmar Lane and 103 rd Street, just over the border in Kansas. ...

The Power of Traffic Tickets in a Car Accident Case

A car accident in St. Joseph shows how traffic citations from a crash can impact a subsequent personal injury case. St. Joseph Car Accident Leads to Driver Receiving Traffic Ticket According to the early reports, the accident happened at the intersection of Woodbine Road and Frederick Avenue, in St. Joseph. Police say that, around 8:30pm on September 9, 2019, an elderly man was driving southbound ...

Workers’ Compensation Claim Leads to Firing in St. Joseph

A former worker at Mosaic Life Care is suing the St. Joseph hospital for firing her. She claims that her discharge was done in retaliation for reporting a workplace injury. As we have discussed in earlier blog posts, she will have an uphill battle under a workers’ compensation law that has been stilted in favor of her employer. St. Joseph Hospital Worker Claims She Was Fired for Reporting an ...