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Missouri Court Strikes Blow To Employment Arbitration Agreements
Most employers require newly hired employees to sign a number of forms at orientation. Some even require their employees to waive their right to bring...
Medical Malpractice – Tort Reform
There is much talk in politics addressing “tort reform” and “placing caps of noneconomic damages.” What does all this mean? Some politicians, in an effort...
Workers’ Compensation Law
A. Application of Exclusive Remedy of Workers’ Compensation The Workers’ Compensation Law is intended to enable an injured employee to recover compensation and to do...
Appellate Case Decisions
Some of the more significant changes in the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Law which took place in 2005 included amendments to the statutory sections which define...
Missouri Supreme Court: work stress and workers’ compensation
Here at Hall Ansley, P.C., in Springfield we fight for clients who have suffered work-related physical and mental injury or occupational disease in claims for...
19-year-old driver hits and kills female bicyclist
Many people assume that car accidents only occur between vehicles. However, many of these incidents involve pedestrians (people who are not vehicle occupants). Pedestrians are...
Am I excluded from workers’ comp in Missouri?
Workplace accidents can happen in nearly any field, no matter how apparently safe. Many employees who are injured on the job are able to seek...
Even Heroes Are Denied Workers’ Compensation
Every day, injured workers are denied workers’ compensation. The denial does not mean that the work injury didn’t happen. It also does not mean that...
The right to sue if injured at work
In most cases, if a person is injured due to the negligence of another person, he or she can file a personal injury claim in...
Types of construction accidents that harm workers
It is a well-known fact that construction workers have one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. According to ConstructConnect, 937 construction workers died...