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2023
What are Punitive Damages in Missouri?
In personal injury cases that involve extremely bad misconduct, punitive damages may be available. When compared to other states, though, Missouri law drastically limits when they can be awarded and how much can be received. What are Punitive Damages? Punitive damages, also known as exemplary damages, are a type of financial compensation that can be awarded in a personal injury case. They go above ...
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May
2023
Employers Can Now Retaliate Against Former Employees for Reporting Work Injuries
The foreseeable effects of “strictly construing” Missouri’s workers’ compensation laws continue to unfold. Just last week, the Supreme Court of Missouri ruled that employers could legally discriminate against former employees who filed for workers’ compensation or reported a workplace injury. The pertinent statutes were not crystal clear that such retaliation was unlawful, so the Supreme Court ...
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May
2023
How Does Negligence Per Se Work?
Negligence per se is a way of proving fault in a personal injury claim. If someone was violating a law when they hurt you, like if they were breaking a traffic law and caused a car accident, that violation can be used to prove that they were being negligent. This can establish liability and make them pay for your losses. Unlawful Conduct Amounts to Per Se Negligence Every state has a long list of ...
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May
2023
LIRC Member Ignores Subjectivity of Workplace Injuries
In our last blog post on workers’ compensation law in Missouri, we looked at how it took an appeals court to say that injuries do not have to be instantaneous to be compensable through workers’ comp. An underlying issue in that case is how injuries can be subjective: Activities that hurt one person may not hurt someone else. While this may seem obvious, at least one member of the Labor and ...
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May
2023
Compensation for Property Damage in a Car Crash
If you are driving a car and get hit in a car accident, you will suffer property damage to your vehicle. You can suffer property damage even if you were a pedestrian or bicyclist, though to a much lesser extent. When this happens, you deserve compensation for all of your losses, including for your property damage. Property Damage Can Be Staggeringly High Even if a car crash did not cause any ...
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