Adjusters will generally assert that a police report is the all controlling factor in the determination of liability in a motor vehicle accident. However, if your case goes to trial the police report may have a very little impact. However, if you have not filed a lawsuit yet, an action you can take to…
Business owners have the duty under Missouri law to exercise reasonable care to discover dangerous conditions, in addition to their duty to protect patrons against dangerous conditions that the owner has knowledge of the defect. Traditionally, the business owner or an employee actually had to create the dangerous condition to impute actual knowledge on…
If your health insurance pays for medical bills associated with a personal injury claim, does the insurance have the right of subrogation for the amount paid? The answer to this questions is dependent on the type of insurance you possess. If you are enrolled in a self-funded ERISA plan, then Missouri law is superseded…
In the state of Missouri the minimum insurance policy that an individual must own is $25,000/$50,000 meaning that the maximum one person can recover is $25,000. However, what happens when the injured party’s claim well exceeds the minimum policy? This is when it is crucial to possess your own motorist coverage, thereby you may…
The main purpose of voir dire is to provide a neutral jury for trial. This is accomplished by the preliminary examination of jurors in order to remove those jurors who have biases that would render unfair verdicts or jurors who do not meet the statutory requirements. Once these prejudices are discovered, the attorneys on…
Once you have been injured by the negligence of another, you of the most crucial actions you can take initially is finding out individuals who may have witnesses the occurrence. Generally when you establish a claim with the insurance company one of the questions they will ask you is whether you know of any…
A driver of a Jeep Laredo caused a serious accident and then fled the scene on foot. The accident happened around 9:37 p.m. Friday in Elgin, Illinois at the intersection of Seneca Street and Spring Street. The driver of the Jeep was traveling at an excessive speed on Seneca when he failed to stop…
A claimant must adhere with three requirements before an FTCA suit can be filed in court. The first step that a claimant is required to take is to exhaust all administrative remedies that are demanded by FTCA. This requires the claim to be presented in writing to the appropriate Federal Agency and states the…
Friday afternoon six children were injured after an accident involving a school bus occurred in Belleville, Illinois. It is presumed that the accident happened when the driver of an SUV failed to yield at the intersection of Foley Drive and West Main Street, as they were turning left. The driver of the SUV and…
Thursday night in Indiana started out with a play production at a high school and ended in horror as audience members watched the stage collapse. In addition, students at Westfield High School were in the middle of performing a concert when their stage collapsed with them on top of it. In the accident, about…