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Jul
2020
Car Accidents are Changing as Lockdown Ends
The coronavirus has changed how we travel, with lockdowns shuttering businesses, schools, and social destinations. Now that the lockdowns are being lifted, though, some people are hitting the roads, once again. The swing in travelling tendencies, though, are drastically altering the frequency of car accidents. It is even changing the types of accidents that do occur. Car Accidents Plummeted During ...
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22
Jul
2020
The Demise of Missouri’s Comfort Doctrine
Missouri courts have long been chipping away at workers’ compensation protections. Perhaps nowhere has this been more blatant than in how the Supreme Court of Missouri effectively ended the “comfort doctrine.” What is the Comfort Doctrine? The comfort doctrine is a piece of the law that lets injured employees tap into their workers’ compensation coverage for accidents that happened while they were ...
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15
Jul
2020
Missouri’s Rules for Car Crashes With Stolen Vehicles
A recent incident in St. Joseph raises an important question in personal injury law : How does proximate cause work when a car was stolen? Car Theft Leads to High Speed Chase and Gunfire Last week, a St. Joseph man reported to police that his car had been stolen from the Speedy’s Convenience Store on St. Joseph Avenue. An hour and a half later, though, he saw his car being driven by someone else. ...
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8
Jul
2020
Employers Use Liability Waivers for Returning Workers
As Missouri struggles to reopen from the coronavirus, employers are looking for ways to insulate themselves from liability if one of their workers contracts COVID-19. The method of choice in St. Joseph has been to force employees to sign a liability waiver. But are these waivers enforceable? And how will they alter an employee’s rights to workers’ compensation if they get sick? St. Joseph ...
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1
Jul
2020
Motorcycle Accidents on the Rise in Missouri
As the weather in St. Joseph heats up, motorcyclists are taking their bikes out for a ride. Unfortunately, this has led to the annual increase in motorcycle accidents. Practicing some simple driving techniques can drastically reduce the number of car accidents that involve motorcyclists in Missouri. Missouri Police Note Rise in Motorcycle Accidents In the span of a single week in mid-June, police ...
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