If you are injured on the job or at your workplace, the first thing you need to do as part of the Missouri Workers Compensation process, is notify your supervisor, manager, or someone in human resources. You should do this … Read More
This is Missouri Work Comp attorney Jason Krebs, and in today’s video we thought we’d answer the question, “How long do I have to be employed to be eligible for Worker’s Compensation benefits?” In Missouri, if you’re injured on the … Read More
What Is My Missouri Workers Compensation Case Worth? Under Missouri workers compensation law, there are several types of benefits that you may be entitled to receive as a result of your covered injury. Generally speaking, and as discussed on Work … Read More
Why representing yourself in a Missouri Work Comp case costs you thousands of dollars. I was in Branson West at a Missouri worker’s compensation pre hearing (which is basically a case status report to the judge) recently and an unrepresented … Read More
Can I receive pain and suffering compensation through Missouri Workers’ Compensation? In a word, no. However, the Missouri workers’ compensation benefits that are provided include (but are not limited to) temporary total disability meaning if you are not able to … Read More
Workers’ compensation is essentially a statutorily regulated bargain between employers and employees in which injured workers give up their right to sue an employer in civil court in exchange for the employer’s assurance to provide timely medical care and compensation … Read More
The Biggest Mistake You Can Make In a Missouri Work Comp Case Hello this is Springfield, Missouri Workers Compensation Attorney Jason Krebs, and in today’s video I wanted to address something that unfortunately we’ve seen here a couple times recently, … Read More
Missouri Worker’s Compensation and Loss of Limbs and Amputations. Springfield Workers Comp Lawyer Amputations Loss of Limbs and Amputations The loss of an arm or leg or the amputations of fingers are among the most serious and debilitating injuries that … Read More
Is Missouri Workers Compensation next? Springfield Workers Compensation Injury Lawyer Here are a couple disturbing articles about corporate interests trying to further restrict or eliminate injured workers rights. https://www.propublica.org/article/tyson-foods-secret-recipe-for-carving-up-workers-comp https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/21/450426377/lawmakers-seek-federal-oversight-of-workers-comp-as-states-limit-benefits Any Missouri worker who has a serious injury who is … Read More
Missouri workers compensation can be very difficult for injured Missouri workers. Here is an interesting NPR article article on the current state of how workers compensation is being handled by many states other than Missouri. Unfortunately this may only give … Read More