Personal Injury

What Is A Medical Malpractice Screening Panel? A screening panel is a group of health care providers who review the facts of a malpractice claim and issue a nonbinding opinion on whether the standard of care was met and whether that failure caused the alleged harm. It is a step that exists alongside, not instead of, a regular lawsuit filed in court. Many patients have never heard of this...

A Fault Rule Considerably More Forgiving Than Most States Missouri applies one of the most generous fault systems in the entire country, allowing an injured person to actually recover compensation even when they bear the overwhelming majority of responsibility for their own accident. Understanding this framework matters considerably for anyone in Kansas City pursuing a personal injury claim....

What Is Missouri’s General Filing Deadline? For most personal injury claims, Missouri law provides a five-year window to file a lawsuit, measured from the date of the injury. Under RSMo Section 516.120, this five-year period covers car accidents, slip-and-fall injuries, and most other negligence-based claims where someone was hurt due to another party’s carelessness. This is a...

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,...

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...

A lot of people talk themselves out of pursuing a dog bite claim before they ever speak to anyone. The bite didn’t require surgery. The wound healed. They feel bad going after a neighbor’s dog. These are understandable reactions. They’re also reasons people walk away from compensation they’re genuinely entitled to under Kansas law. The question of whether your injuries...

Not all brain injuries are the same. That’s not just a medical statement. It’s a legal one too. How a traumatic brain injury is classified shapes everything from the treatment you receive to the compensation you’re able to pursue in a Kansas personal injury case. Understanding the difference matters, especially when the other side is trying to minimize what happened to you....