July 2017 - Korte Law

Your Korte Law Legal Tip for July is Here!

30 Jul 2017 Comments off

Thanks once more to KorteLaw Krimestopper Eileen Lunsford for this useful advice: If you're going to steal a police car, make sure that no police are in it when you steal it. From USA Today: FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A 20-year-old man was arrested after police say he tried to steal a car. It wasn't just any old car: It was a Fort Pierce, Fla., [...]

Korte Keynote Speaker at State Work Comp Conference

11 Jul 2017 Comments off

B. Michael Korte, of The Korte Law Firm, LLC, recently was a co-presenter, with Chris Archer, of Archer, Lassa and McHugh, at the Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation's 23rd Annual Missouri Workers' Compensation Conference, held at the Tan-Tar-A resort at the scenic Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, MO on June 5-6, 2017. For the first time, Korte [...]

Korte Again Interviewed by National Work Comp Website

06 Jul 2017 Comments off

B. Michael Korte, of The Korte Law Firm, LLC, was interviewed for a story that is currently (as of July 6, 2017) on the front page of workcompcentral, a leading website devoted to nationwide workers' compensation news, regarding the recent decision of the Southern District of the Missouri court of appeals, in Hedrick v. Big O Tires, SD 34566, issued June [...]

Governor Signs MO Workers’ Compensation Legislation

06 Jul 2017 Comments off

As reported by MissouriNet, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens signed Senate Bill 66 (HCS SS SCS SB 66) into effect on July 5, amending The Workers' Compensation Law of Missouri in various ways designed to attract more businesses to Missouri. The legislation worked its way through the Missouri legislature rather quietly and under the radar last spring, as [...]

Why Is My MO Work Comp Case Taking So Long?

05 Jul 2017 Comments off

For injured workers who have never had a Missouri workers' compensation claim before, or gone through one with a family member, friend or loved one, the delays that plague the MO work comp system are maybe it's most frustrating problem on a long list of problems. Even though I am in my fortieth year of helping injured workers, wrote a book on the [...]