Jackson County General Law Blog

In many places in Missouri, you have to be able to drive in order to do anything. Taking business trips, getting to work or even running a simple errand all require some time on the road. Public transportation is often inadequate, and chartered services, such as taxis or online ridesharing services, are non-existent, inconvenient or prohibitively expensive as a solution to your daily transportation necessities.

If you need to drive, then it is likely you have some option to reclaim your driver's license— even if it is on a contingent basis. The Missouri Department of Revenue controls the license reinstatement process, and the DOR website lists three steps you might take if you want to attempt to reclaim your driving privileges:

1. Review your driver's record or the revocation letter
2. Determine the reasons you lost your license
3. Take any actions necessary in order to apply for your reinstated license

Many families go out of their way to take care of aging relatives. They remodel guest rooms, add access ramps to their homes and welcome their new guests. Some Missouri families may not have the resources for so many adjustments, though, even with an abundance of desire to care for elderly parents well.

What that means is they need the services of a facility where their mother or father can have the 24-hour care she or he needs. Making the decision to enlist those services is difficult enough, so when families do decide, they want to know the nurses and assistants at the facility will make their family member's care a top priority. 

Missouri grocery shoppers know to a certain extent that their food stores are places where injuries might occur. However, it is the responsibility of the supermarket owners to create an atmosphere in which the largest and most predictable risks are controlled. Slips, falls and contact with merchandise-- a box falling onto a customer's body, for example-- are among the leading causes of grocery store injuries, and they are largely preventable.

Besides these obvious injuries, there are subtler forces at work that make a supermarket a dangerous place to be. This is especially true for those who spend the most time in grocery stores: the workers. According to an article in Safety+Health magazine, a publication of the National Safety Council, grocery stores have a higher incidence of occupational injury than many other industries. Even construction workers are safer on the job, statistically speaking. 

Previously, we discussed two Missouri bar fights, both with dire consequences for those involved. At Kelly, Symonds & Reed, LLC., we believe that a quick drink or an evening of relaxation should never degenerate into shooting, stabbing or other forms of violence. 

Unfortunately, our clients often encounter bar owners and event organizers with a different attitude towards tranquility. One of the more common forms of evidence we see of this violent disposition is when bar owners hire extremely aggressive bouncers. If you have been out drinking in the state recently, especially on busy weekend nights, then you have probably seen one of these burly individuals guarding the gates of every pub and club.