In the state of Missouri certain employers must carry Workers’ Compensation Insurance. Whether an employer is required to have insurance is a fact based determination. First every employer that has five or more employees must have workers’ compensation insurance. Secondly every employer that is in the construction industry is required to carry workers’ compensation…
If you have been injured at work and your corresponding treating doctor states that you are unable to work, then you may be entitled to TTD Payments. TTD payments, or known as temporary total disability benefits are benefits an injured worker will receive for their time off of work due to an injury. However,…
A tragicvehicle accident has taken the life of a mom and her daughter and injured two more. In addition, this crash was attributed to a man who was driving while intoxicated after leaving a wine festival just before the accident. 35-year-old, Brian Jones lost control of his vehicle after he was enjoying himself at…
Consumers that drive a Ford Fusion, Fiesta, or Lincoln MKZ need to check with their manufacturer because there is a chance that their vehicles may have beenrecalled. In addition, the prior vehicles have been recalled twice in one week due to a serious safety issue. On Wednesday and Friday of last week, Ford Motor…
In the small, rural town of Hamel, Illinois located just outside St. Louis, Missouri one person is dead following a semicrash that happened Saturday afternoon. In addition, a pickup truck and a semi both collided at the intersection of Route 140, and Route 4 in the little town. The pickup rear-ended the semi, and…
Two demolition workers were severelyinjured Friday after a building collapsed in St. Louis, Missouri. The two men were cleaning and stacking bricks at the 3900 block of West Pine Boulevard when suddenly a large section of façade fell. Both men fell from the third floor of the building all the way to the basement….
Friday morning in St. Louis, Missouri, two demolition workers were injured in a near-fatal workplace accident. The two men were in the process of dismantling a building at the 3900 block of West Pine Boulevard when they fell more than 30 feet to the ground. In addition, as the workers were removing bricks by…
In Glendale, Missouri, a young girl is recovering from a shoulder injury after being struck by a car. In addition, a car at the 700 block of Sappington Road hit the 10-year-old girl Thursday afternoon. The accident happened when the girl was playing with some children in the front yard of a home across…
Sadly a workplace accident has taken the life of a maintenance worker at West County Center in Des Peres, Missouri. Furthermore, the 53-year-old man was killed Thursday while using a hydraulic list at his job at the mall. According to police, the unidentified worker somehow became pinned between the rail of the basket of…
Interstate 270 in St. Louis, MO was closed early Friday morning after a pedestrian was struck and killed. The accident happened when a 31-year-old man was attempting to cross-northbound lanes of the road just near Ladue Road when he was struck. The driver of the vehicle stopped after the accident, and has been very…