St. Louis Personal Injury Lawyer, James M. Hoffmann, discusses important topics about personal injury.
Workers’ compensation is designed to safeguard the interests of employees who suffer a workplace injury or occupational disease. Your employer is legally bound to provide for your medical expenses and loss of wages resulting from a workplace injury. However, you cannot file a direct lawsuit for the recovery of medical costs and other expenses resulting from … Read more
The potential for catastrophic injury or death resulting from an accident involving a semi-truck is great. This is because these large vehicles weigh between thousands of pounds and several thousand tons. The truck itself weighs approximately 20,000 lbs, and this is before a trailer is attached. Most states put a weight limit on the combined … Read more
In Missouri, an animal owner does not have to be found negligent in order to be held responsible for their pet’s actions. If the animal is known to be dangerous, then just the fact that the pet hurt a person is enough to show liability. This is known as strict liability in personal injury litigation. … Read more
What if an accident as happened, on the job, that was completely unavoidable and resulted entirely from gross negligence on the part of your employer or one of his representatives? Workman’s compensation is in place to accomplish two goals. One is to make sure that a worker is able to be treated medically as well … Read more
In August of 2009, Missouri legislatures signed into law a bill that protected those injured by dangerous dogs and other household pets that are known to cause injury to humans. Before this, the laws surrounding a dog bite accident favored the animal and its owner by forcing an injured party to prove how a violation … Read more
The chance of a fatal collision increases significantly when a driver removes their eyes from the road. With over 400,000 trucks involved in motor vehicle accidents each year, the federal government has taken on the responsibility of monitoring the industry themselves and looking for ways to help keep the number of accidents down. The Federal … Read more