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Commercial truck accidents on Kansas City’s freight corridors involve a level of legal and factual complexity that standard car accident claims do not. The difference is not just the severity of the injuries – it is the nature of the evidence, the number of parties involved, and the speed at which that evidence disappears. The Evidence Problem in Trucking Cases When a commercial...

Missouri is one of a minority of states that applies a pure comparative fault standard to personal injury cases. Understanding how this rule works – and how insurers use it – is essential for anyone pursuing an injury claim in Lee’s Summit or anywhere else in Jackson County. What Pure Comparative Fault Means in Missouri Under Missouri’s pure comparative fault standard,...

When a person slips and falls on someone else’s property in Lee’s Summit, the injury alone is not enough to win a claim. Missouri premises liability law requires the injured person to prove that the property owner knew or should have known about the dangerous condition before the accident occurred. This knowledge requirement is called notice, and it is almost always the element...

When a Kansas marriage ends, spousal maintenance is one of the most contested financial issues courts must resolve. Unlike child support, which follows a formula, maintenance in Kansas is a discretionary determination that depends on a range of factors specific to each marriage. How Kansas Law Approaches Maintenance Kansas courts do not follow a fixed formula for calculating spousal...

Divorce in Kansas often comes down to one question: what counts as marital property, and what stays with one spouse? A recent Kansas Supreme Court decision answered that question for personal injury awards, and the result surprises a lot of people. The Ruling in Plain Terms The case, In re Marriage of Karanja-Meek, started in Johnson County. A husband was catastrophically injured in an...

Some divorces make headlines. When Kansas Governor Laura Kelly confirmed the end of her marriage of more than 40 years, it drew attention to a quieter trend that family law attorneys see often. Couples are choosing to part ways later in life, and those cases carry their own set of concerns. What the Governor Shared In July 2025, Kelly confirmed that she and her former husband, Ted Daughety,...

You did everything right. You were driving carefully, following traffic laws, minding your own lane. Then someone else ran a light or crossed the centerline and hit you. And when you try to make a claim, you find out the driver has no insurance. Or nowhere near enough to cover what your injuries actually cost. It’s a frustrating and unfortunately common situation on Missouri roads, and...

Losing someone because of another person’s negligence is one of the most devastating experiences a family can go through. In the weeks that follow, legal deadlines are often the last thing on anyone’s mind. But Kansas law imposes a hard cutoff on when wrongful death claims can be filed, and missing it eliminates the family’s right to pursue compensation entirely, regardless...

A pharmaceutical company releases a medication that causes cancer. A manufacturer sells a medical device that fails inside thousands of patients. A chemical company contaminates groundwater affecting an entire community. In situations like these, many people are harmed by the same source. Two legal mechanisms exist to address this kind of widespread harm: mass torts and class actions....

When a loved one is killed because of someone else’s negligence, the family’s focus is on accountability and on understanding what happened. What isn’t always immediately clear is that more than one party may bear responsibility for the death. A truck driver who caused the fatal crash. The company that put him on the road after ignoring failed drug tests. The manufacturer...