Missouri Injury Attorney Blog

The scales of justice are tipping out of balance in Missouri. Insurance companies are constantly trying to change laws in order to fatten up their bottom line. Missouri attorneys and others interested in protecting common citizens must fight the battle at every turn.

Recent proposals by Gov. Matt Blunt and other lawmakers will bias the court system heavily in favor of large corporations and the well-to-do and against the interests of
average Missourians and their families.

While disabled Missourians have been stunned by the proposed budget’s Medicaid cuts, legislative leaders want to reduce Missouri’s current cap in medical malpractice cases to $250,000.

Missouri data shows it mainly will affect malpractice victims who have been left dead, quadriplegic or severely brain damaged with terminal diagnoses or the need for lifetime care.
The victims and their families who have huge economic losses do not consider such damage frivolous.

Reducing the non-economic damages cap also will limit acess to the courts if they are the victims of negligent or incompetent health-care providers.

Because the elderly and children have little or no economic “value” in the courts, the smaller
cap will force some good attorneys to turn down virtually all these cases.