Missouri Personal Injury Laws

Assist Your Attorney In Litigation

You’ve hired a St. Louis injury attorney to help you with a very important job. Now help him do his job. Injury law news brought to you by the S.E. Farris Law Firm. I’m Spencer Farris, a partner with the S.E. Farris Law Firm in St. Louis. Let’s talk about some things you have to do to help your lawyer do the best he can for you. You need to tell your lawyer everything. Your lawyer needs to know who’s treating you and when your treatment starts and stops. You also need to tell your lawyer about medical bills that you’re receiving. A good St. Louis injury lawyer can stop the bill collectors from bothering you at least until the end of your case. Don’t tell anyone else anything about your case.  Everything you share with your attorney is protected by the attorney client privilege. Don’t talk to strangers meaning your pastor, friends, or family about your case because they do not share the same protections that your lawyer does. Also, don’t talk about your case on the internet. Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace are great ways to stay in touch with folks. They’re also a horrible way to share about your injury and a good place for the insurance company to look for ways to defeat your claim. There are no dumb questions. Make sure and visit with your attorney and his staff frequently to let them know what’s going on with your case and keep in touch. You can contact my law firm at our web address or the phone numbers on the screen. If you want to visit about your case, we’re happy to talk with you without any cost or obligation. The S.E. Farris Law Firm is dedicated to the needs of injury victims and their families.

By: Spencer Farris; Marasco & Nesselbush Personal Injury Lawyers Providence.

What Happens When Your Bitten by a Dog?

Hi, I’m Josh Myers, attorney at Schultz & Myers. We’re a personal injury law firm here in St. Louis, Missouri. Today I want to answer a question we get a lot, which is what happens if you’re bitten by a dog?

The One Bite Rule

A lot of people come in, and they ask us about this “one bite rule” or what they’ve heard of before called a “one bite rule” , and in Missouri, there’s no such thing. It used to be the law in Missouri that we had to show the dog had some kind of dangerous propensities, or meaning a past history of aggression. Several years back, the law was completely rewritten, so now it is a case of what’s called strict liability.

Basically this means if you were bitten on public property, or if you’re on private property and as long as you were there lawfully, the owner of the dog is completely liable for the damages you suffered.

Dog Bite Case Process

So it’s pretty simple these days. If you’re bitten by someone else’s dog, they’re responsible for that. Of course the real key comes in determining how much money it takes to make up for the harms and the damages that you suffered, and that’s where our expertise comes in.

So I hope this helped answer some questions. If you’ve ever been bitten by a dog, and you’re looking for a personal injury lawyer, I certainly hope that you’ll give us a call and at least let us talk to you about your case. Our phone number’s easy to remember. Just remember the fours: (314) 444-4444.

By: Josh Myers

Wrongful Death Act Compensation

If you’ve lost a loved one, and it’s someone else’s fault, the Missouri Wrongful Death Law can help you. Injury law news, brought to you by the S.E. Farris Law Firm. I’m Spencer Farris, a personal injury trial attorney in Saint Louis, Missouri, and partner at the S.E. Farris Law Firm. When you’ve lost a loved one and someone else is responsible, you have a lot of concerns and a lot of things on your mind. While you’re sorting through those and the grief, remember that the Missouri Wrongful Death Act can help hold the other person responsible for the damages they’ve caused to your family.

While you’re sorting through your grief and the personal matters that go with the death of a loved one, the Missouri Wrongful Death Act is ticking away. You have three years after the death of a loved one to file a lawsuit. In Missouri the lawsuit does not belong to the dead person’s estate, it belongs to his survivors. Whether they be spouses, siblings, parents or children, the law gives different rights to different classes of people, and you should find out where you fall and whether or not you have the right to pursue a wrongful death case for the loss of a loved one.

You can never replace a loved one, and we all know that. In fact, the Missouri Wrongful Death Law doesn’t cover your grief or sorrow for the loss and the death that your family has suffered. It tries to replace the loss of income that that person provided, the loss of support, education, comfort. The kinds of services that you would’ve gotten from your loved one, but for their wrongful death. If a member of your family has been killed and it’s someone else’s fault, you owe it to yourself and your family to contact an attorney. Call my office at the number at the bottom of the screen, or contact us at our website. I’m happy to visit with you about your case without any cost or obligation. And if we can’t help you, we’ll try to point you in the right direction. The S.E. Farris Law Firm is dedicated to the needs of injury victims and their families.

By: Spencer Farris