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Lost Wages

How are lost wages handled in a tort action? In a personal injury action against an insurance company or defendant, one of the chief responsibilities of an attorney is to adequately gauge with the client what the amount of a settlement or judgment should be (assuming that liability is not in issue). An incredible amount…

Medical Bills

In a personal injury case, one of the most common issues that confuses a client is how the medical bills are handled. I have written previously about this in another post: Health Provider Liens and Subrogation. For our purposes here, the two big takeaways are that there is a statutory limit in Missouri on how…

Premises Liability

The old “slip and fall” case. X is on  Y’s property and slips on a patch of ice, falls backward and hurts his back, shoulder and arm. The is a common lawsuit and has spawned a seemingly innumerable supply of lawyer jokes across the U.S. So common, in fact, that the City of St. Louis…

Car Accident

I get asked a lot of question about what someone should do immediately after they are in a car accident. Here are some steps I outlined to keep in mind if you are in such a situation. As a general rule of thumb, keep your auto insurance information in the glove compartment (You’re also required…

Vexatious Refusal and Prejudgment Interest

In Missouri, there is a specific statutory section which penalizes insurance companies that handle claims in bad faith. Section 375.420, RSMo, provides the following: “In any action against any insurance company to recover the amount of any loss under a policy of automobile, fire, cyclone, lightning, life, health, accident, employers’ liability, burglary, theft, embezzlement, fidelity,…

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