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That tiny LLC on the paperwork may be the whole game

When an assisted living medication error sends your parent to the hospital, the low offer and endless delays often have a lot to do with how the facility is set up on paper.

ARTICLE by Kyle Unruh

assistive device

People often confuse an assistive device with durable medical equipment, but they are not the same. Durable medical equipment is usually prescribed for a medical condition and...

Your partner is laid up, the stairwell was dark, and three insurers are playing dumb

A Wichita fast food worker got hurt in an apartment stair fall, and now the landlord, property manager, and insurance carriers are all passing the blame around.

ARTICLE by Marcus Lane

vocational rehabilitation

Think of it like getting rerouted after a bridge washes out: the goal is not to pretend the old road still works, but to find a realistic way to keep moving. In injury and...

transferable skills analysis

Insurance companies and defense lawyers lean on this as a neat way to say, "You can still work somewhere." They use it to take a person with real limits - chronic pain, a brain...

personal representative

A personal representative is the person authorized to handle a deceased person's legal and financial affairs. "Authorized" matters because this person usually gets authority...

impairment rating

A medical estimate of permanent loss of bodily function. "Medical estimate" means a doctor or other qualified evaluator uses exams, records, symptoms, and testing to assign a...

A friend got paid after her mom's nursing home fall. Why has your Overland Park claim gone nowhere?

When a nursing home fall claim sits for months, the usual play is simple: stall, shift blame to the resident, and hope the family gets tired.

ARTICLE by Patricia Okafor

disability rating

What trips people up most is that a disability rating is not the same as being unable to work. It is a medical or legal measure of how much a physical or mental condition has...

my sister was driving, my kid is terrified to ride now, and $25,000 won't touch this

A Wichita passenger with serious crash trauma can end up chasing multiple policies fast when the at-fault driver only carried Kansas minimum limits.

ARTICLE by Janet Friesen

My manager says the payout is solid, my aunt says it's a trap, and somebody's lying

A crushed-foot claim in Kansas can be worth a lot more than a neat-looking payout plan, especially when the insurer starts blaming your mental health instead of the injury.

ARTICLE by Dale Engelbrecht

pain management program

Insurers and defense lawyers often treat this phrase like a warning label: if someone is sent to one, they may argue the person is exaggerating pain, should be "fixed" by now,...

Two years disappears fast when depression takes over after a KCK crash

A Kansas City, Kansas caretaker is running out of time after a crash, dealing with depression after a spinal injury, lost income, and a dashcam video the other side won't hand over.

ARTICLE by Hector Ramirez

minor beneficiary

You may see this in a settlement letter, probate paper, insurance notice, or court filing: a child is listed as a "minor beneficiary," sometimes next to a parent, guardian, or...

estate representative

Control over settlement money, access to records, and the legal power to file or defend claims can all turn on who is authorized to act for a deceased person's estate. Without...

Second bus fire injury in Kansas City and the hospital lien is taking almost everything

A Kansas City, Kansas bus driver with burn injuries after a rear-end crash and vehicle fire can wreck the claim fast by talking loosely, settling early, or ignoring a hospital lien that keeps growing.

ARTICLE by Darrell Schoenfeld

statute of limitations for wrongful death

Like a mile marker counting down on a long stretch of highway, the law gives families only so much time to act after a death caused by someone else's carelessness or...

survival action

Not the same as a wrongful death claim, and that mix-up can cost families money they should not lose. A survival action is the claim the injured person had before death,...

loss of consortium

It can raise or reduce the dollar value of a case because it pays for harm to a close family relationship, not just the injured person's medical bills or lost wages....

The city deadline can wreck your elbow case before you even know it

The big mistakes after a repetitive-use elbow injury on a Wichita public job are usually notice mistakes, paperwork mistakes, and saying the wrong thing too early.

ARTICLE by Marcus Lane