One minute you are floating in fun, the next you can suffocate in water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pertains to drowning as a respiratory impairment due to submersion in liquid. Each day, on average, 11 Americans drown to death and 22 others...
Sexual abuse and violence create a lifetime of trauma for its victims. It affects almost all aspects of one’s life, including physical, emotional, mental, and even financial. It can take years of support and healing for victims to feel normal again. And it is common...
Car accidents involving a vehicle and a pedestrian are not uncommon. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over 7,000 pedestrians were killed and another 104,000 injured after a pedestrian accident throughout the country in...
When a worker is injured or becomes ill because of their job, they may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. These benefits provide financial support to the worker while they heal. There is a process they must follow in Missouri to apply for benefits....
Traffic accidents happen so rapidly that a relatively mundane rear-end collision can quickly become an incident involving many cars or trucks. A recent multi-vehicle collision on Highway 152 demonstrates this phenomenon. The accident According to the Kansas City,...