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A Little Note on Accident-Free Workplaces

21 Jan 2019 Comments off

We all know a “Joe.” Although this accident-free sign made even me laugh, so-called “safety” competitions based on accident-free streaks do not. Not only do they intimidate workers from reporting legitimate injuries and other conditions whose effect might be minimized by prompt medical treatment, they encourage co-workers to harass and [...]

KorteLaw Legal Tip Of The Day

14 Jan 2019 Comments off

If you don’t want to get banned for life from your local Wal-Mart, don’t drive around its parking lot on a motorized cart reserved for its customers at 6:30 in the morning while drinking wine from a Pringles can, even if it apparently isn’t a crime in Wichita Falls, TX to do so. Beyond that, we aren’t sure what the problematic part was: [...]

MO Dept. of Insurance recommends 3.5% decrease in workers’ comp

04 Jan 2019 Comments off

As Missouri’s annual legislative session begins, there is, so far, apparently little discussion, if any, of further making changes to The Workers’ Compensation Law. Although this is always subject to change, continuing trends like the ones discussed in this article may be one reason why... Declining claims frequency and cost is to blame for the 3.5% [...]

KorteLaw Legal Tip Of The Day (Lawyers Edition)

26 Nov 2018 Comments off

KorteLaw Legal Tip Of The Day (Lawyers Edition): If you're going to lead your witness, try not to be obvious about it: (Thanks to Speed Bump, courtesy of GoComics) Today's KorteLaw Legal Tip Of The Day is brought to you by The Korte Law Firm, LLC. In Your Community. On Your Side, Don't Go To Court Without The Korte Law [...]

Wallet Thief Gives Victim His ID Ahead of Theft | KorteLaw Tip of the Day

05 Nov 2018 Comments off

Today's KorteLaw Legal Tip Of The Day: If you’re going to steal somebody’s wallet, don’t let them copy your photo ID before you do so. From STLToday.com: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-gave-victim-his-id-before-stealing-wallet-in-franklin/article_2687ba8a-5be9-5ff4-b38a-d40d986e264a.html?mode=nowapp Today's [...]

Wondering How to Vote on Judges?

02 Nov 2018 Comments off

Here is a letter to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch from a member of the official state commission who evaluates and rates judges. To find out the commission's ratings of all judges across the state of Missouri, look here . To find out why some of us vote to retain judges who are appointed, rather than elect them, look here. Here is what the St. Louis [...]

MO Supreme Court To Decide Future of Second Injury Fund

25 Oct 2018 Comments off

The Missouri Supreme Court recently heard arguments that may well determine the future of a little-known Missouri governmental program known as the Second Injury Fund. The Fund was created after World War Two as a program to encourage the employment of partially-disabled workers. Instead of an employer being held fully liable to its injured [...]

Korte lectures at MOBAR Work Comp Institute

08 Jun 2018 Comments off

B. MICHAEL KORTE, of The Korte Law Firm, LLC, was a co-presenter at the Missouri Bar's Annual Workers' Compensation Institute on May 31, 2018. Along with Maria Daugherty of Evans and Dixon LLC and Rachel Houser, an assistant attorney of the Missouri Attorney General's office, Korte lectured an estimated audience of 100 lawyers, judges and workers' comp [...]

Korte Speaks to Law Students

16 Feb 2018 Comments off

B. MICHAEL KORTE of THE KORTE LAW FIRM participated in a panel discussion recently at the St. Louis University School of Law, as part of a panel discussion on February 14, 2018. Participating with Chris Archer of Archer & Lassa, and Commissioner John Larsen, Jr. the Chair of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission of Missouri, Korte and his [...]

Horsing While Intoxicated – Your Next KorteLaw Legal Tip of the Day!

03 Nov 2017 Comments off

Today's KorteLaw Legal Tip Of The Day: If You Ride, Don't Drink. If you Drink, Don't Ride. At least a horse, or, really, any animal. From STLToday.com and the Associated Press: Florida woman charged with DUI on horse The Associated Press LAKELAND, Fla. • A 53-year-old woman riding a horse down a busy Florida highway has been arrested and [...]

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