Blog Posts in September, 2022

Missouri’s Process for Workers’ Compensation Claims

Hopefully, employees never have to go through the workers’ compensation system, because doing so means that you suffered a significant injury. However, for those that do have to rely on workers’ compensation for their recovery, the process can be confusing. Here, the workers’ compensation and personal injury lawyers at the Smith Law Office provide an overview of the process. Contact them online or ...

Parking Lot Accidents Can Be Severe

In our last couple of blog posts about car accidents, we have looked at who has the right of way in a parking lot and how common parking lot accidents can be. The general conception of these accidents is that they are trivial. However, that is not always the case. Some of them can be quite significant, especially when the victim is elderly or a child. Unfortunately, these victims are likely the ...

8 Reasons a Workers’ Compensation Claim Can Get Denied

In Missouri, if you are an employee and you get hurt on the job, you can be entitled to workers’ compensation. However, workers’ compensation is a type of insurance: Your employer pays regular premiums to an insurance company so the company pays for certain costs of workplace injuries that fall within the policy’s coverage. Importantly, some workplace accidents and injuries are going to fall ...

How Common are Car Accidents in Parking Lots?

In a recent blog post, we looked at who has the right of way in a parking lot. This might seem like a trivial topic for personal injury law. However, parking lot car accidents are more common than you might expect, and can be far more devastating than you would think, given the low speeds of the crash. In this post, we will look at how common these accidents are. In our next post about car ...