When you are injured in a car, truck, or motorcycle accident caused by someone else’s negligence you will likely be asked by the at-fault driver’s insurance company to make a statement about the wreck and your injuries. If you have hired an attorney to represent you, you should make your attorney aware that you have …
After a car accident, should I give a statement to the other driver’s insurer? Read More »
In negligence cases, one of the first issues a personal injury lawyer considers is who was at fault. In non-legal terms, negligence cases are those in which the injured person (the plaintiff) claims that someone else (the defendant) was not careful enough and this lack of care resulted in an injury to the plaintiff. In most …
Law for Non-Lawyers: Can I Recover Damages If I Was Partly At Fault? Read More »
If you’re like many people, there are probably three things you think about when it comes to auto insurance: 1) Do I have the state required minimum coverage? 2) Will I be able to recover the cost of my car? 3) How much is it going to cost me per month? Unfortunately, if you carry …
I don’t know about you, but I’m itching for all this Kansas City rain to stop so I can start riding regularly again. The wind in my face. The open road. The sense of freedom and release. For those of us who ride motorcycles, there is little else that compares to the experience. Unfortunately, there are also many risks associated …
We created this blog to provide timely and useful information about important legal issues. As a rule, we stay away from politics. This is one of those rare times when we will discuss something that you may consider political. We do so because this issue is one that effects everyone who relies on the courts for justice. In fact, we …
Victims of traumatic brain injuries are sometimes frustrated or alarmed because they are sent to so many different medical specialists. While it can be annoying for the patient to see so many doctors, it is necessary because the brain is the most complex and important organ in the body – it is our “control center”. Because …
It seems like simple common sense that trucking companies should not put drivers on the road who are known to have drinking problems. A google search for the words “drunk truck driver verdict,” reveals million dollar and multi-million dollar verdicts against drunk truck drivers and the companies that employed them. Most motor carriers refuse to …
According to the U.S. Courts website, individuals in Kansas and other states are being targeted once again by a juror phishing scam. Scammers seek to obtain personal identifiers and credit card and/or debit card information by phone or email, and by use of a fraudulent online jury questionnaire. Some scammers are going as far as …
