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As the victim of a careless accident, you have several options for pursuing the compensation you deserve for your financial losses and medical expenses. Understanding which option presents the best opportunity for you to achieve a favorable result can be confusing.
Missouri car accidents cause untold financial and physical damage. Statistics from the Department of Public Safety and the Missouri State Highway Patrol show that 52,109 people suffered injuries in collisions on state roadways in one recent year. After a car accident, you should seek medical attention.
Missouri law requires registered vehicles to be covered by insurance that will pay for any harm the driver might cause during an accident. Typically, when you’re injured in a car accident caused by someone else, you get the other driver’s information, file a claim through their insurance company, and the insurer pays for your injuries and other losses.
Many drivers speed to save time and arrive at their destination faster. However, speeding is one of the most dangerous road behaviors and rarely has the positive outcomes people want. Part of curbing dangerous driving behavior is dispelling common myths about speeding and emphasizing the importance of sticking to the speed limit.
Yes, Missouri is a pure comparative negligence state. In Missouri, plaintiffs can still recover compensation for a personal injury even if they also were partly to blame for the accident. Under Missouri’s pure comparative fault laws, the plaintiff could be 99 percent responsible for their accident yet still be eligible to recover financial compensation for one percent of their losses.
The case is closed and finished if you have already accepted an insurance claim settlement. But what if you made a mistake on your claim or want to recover more compensation? Can you reopen a closed insurance claim?
Unfortunately, you generally cannot reopen a closed insurance claim in Missouri.