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ATV Injuries and Deaths in 2020

By Kendall Law Group LLC / December 11, 2020 / Comments Off on ATV Injuries and Deaths in 2020

The year 2020 has seen a surge of injuries and deaths related to the operation of ATVs, UTVs, and other recreational vehicles in Missouri and the Kansas City area. In early August, one teen girl was killed and her passenger was seriously injured after they lost control of the Polaris UTV they were operating on…

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An Attorney Reflects During Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

By Kendall Law Group LLC / July 30, 2020 / Comments Off on An Attorney Reflects During Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

Riding a motorcycle is obviously more dangerous than traveling in an automobile. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), motorcycles account for less than 5 percent of all registered vehicles yet every year motorcyclists account for approximately 15 percent of all traffic fatalities. On the basis of accident rates per vehicle mile traveled,…

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Insurance Coverage For Trucking Accidents is Too Low

By Kendall Law Group LLC / July 30, 2020 / Comments Off on Insurance Coverage For Trucking Accidents is Too Low

We are regularly contacted by people who have been involved in motor vehicle crashes with semi trucks in the Kansas City area. The commercial trucking industry is one we are very familiar with and we have handled these types of cases many times over the years. This is an area of the law in which…

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Missouri Nursing Homes are Among the Worst in the U.S.

By Kendall Law Group LLC / July 30, 2020 / Comments Off on Missouri Nursing Homes are Among the Worst in the U.S.

Government records show Missouri has some of the worst nursing homes in the country. During the past 3 years, the deaths of at least 28 nursing home residents in Missouri were caused by carelessness or neglect. Those deaths were caused by medication errors, bedsores and staff not being properly trained in CPR, among other causes.…

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What is Distracted Driving and How Can We Prevent it?

By Kendall Law Group LLC / July 30, 2020 / Comments Off on What is Distracted Driving and How Can We Prevent it?

I remember it like it was yesterday. Three years ago I was headed back to my office after meeting with a new client. It was a beautiful fall day and the leaves on the trees were at their most glorious. I was stopped at the intersection of 63rd Street and Ward Parkway Boulevard. Two cars…

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The Great Tort Reform Myth

By Kendall Law Group LLC / June 5, 2018 / Comments Off on The Great Tort Reform Myth

Forbes recently published a very interesting, and surprising, article about tort reform entitled, “On Tort Reform, It’s Time to Declare Victory and Withdraw.” It opens with a bold statement: “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” – Verbal in The Usual Suspects. The second greatest trick may be…

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