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Do I have to Give the Insurance Company a Recorded Statement?
We previously provided some helpful hints for after you have been involved in an auto accident or truck accident. In that post, we stated that you should: “Contact an attorney immediately, especially with accidents involving injuries. The insurance companies will be contacting you for recorded statements, medical information from your doctors, etc. An experienced attorney…
Read MoreHow Do I Get a Copy of My Medical Records?
Under Missouri law, patients have a right to obtain their medical records from Missouri medical providers. Section 191.227 RSMo., provides that you are entitled to a copy of your medical records in response to a written request. The medical provider must provide the copies to you within a reasonable time, unless the provider determines that…
Read MoreApril 29-May 3, 2013 is Juror Appreciation Week in Missouri
The right to a trial by jury is the most important part of the American legal system. Without men and women, who are willing to sacrifice their time away from work, family and friends to render a verdict in a case, our justice system would not be the model that it is today. Jurors perform…
Read MoreYarbro settles wrongful discharge from employment case
Chris Yarbro settled an employment wrongful discharge case. The client was fired after allegedly failing a drug screen. However, the employer failed to follow its own testing policy and protocol, rendering the test results unreliable. Suit was brought alleging the employer breached of the employment contract, wrongfully discharged the employee in violation of public policy,…
Read MoreYarbro obtains settlement for serious personal injury sustained in grocery store
Chris Yarbro settled a personal injury case for a client injured by a collapsing grocery store display. The grocery store display lacked stability as a result of poor construction techniques. Additionally, store personnel failed to follow store policies which would have corrected the display’s instability. The client sustained serious injuries when the display collapsed, resulting…
Read MorePWSD #1 of Washington County begins sewer project
Scott Robbins helped Public Water Supply District No. 1 of Washington County, Missouri, begin construction on its new sewer system today when the District officially borrowed $538,000.00 from USDA-RD. The total cost of the sewer project is $2,354,450, with the additional funds coming from grants made possible by USDA-RD and the State of Missouri Community…
Read MoreYarbro settles Arkansas auto accident claim
Chris Yarbro settled a personal injury and wrongful death suit arising out of an Arkansas auto accident. The case against the driver was settled for payment of the two policy limits after discovery.
Read More$4,000,000 judgment obtained
Chris Yarbro obtained a $4,000,000 judgment in an industrial accident case for an injured worker crushed inside a cotton gin.
Read MoreFirm participates in historic Bayer rice settlement
Proceeds from a historic $750 million dollar Bayer rice settlement were recently distributed to local farmers. Chris Yarbro and Scott Robbins worked with multiple farmers in Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas to secure compensation for their market losses in 2006-2010 crop years.
Read MoreYarbro responds to Tort Reformers
Chris Yarbro responded to proponents of additional tort reform in a Letter to the Editor of the Daily American Republic, which was published February 17, 2011. A copy of the letter responding to the tort reformers can be read here.
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