Jackson County General Law Blog

Imagine driving toward your home after work. You're tired, and you just want to get there. All of a sudden, someone flies toward you from a side street and T-bones your vehicle. The next thing you know, you're in the hospital waiting to hear if you need to have surgery.

When a driver's actions cause others to suffer, they should be held accountable. Take, for example, a driver who speeds and forces others to move out of their way. Their reckless actions could make others nervous or force them to make maneuvers they're not comfortable with. In some instances, they may go off the road and crash.

Your children have a major life change to deal with when their parents divorce. Trying to move on after you end the marriage can be a challenge. You have to think carefully about how your decisions impact your kids, but this poses its own difficulty.

One of the best ways that you can move forward after a divorce is to take care of yourself. You have to make sure that you are in good shape to start your new life. This means that you find the support you need and take steps to find happiness. This can include taking care of major decisions, such as where to live and finding suitable child care. You also need to focus on building your circle of friends and finding activities that you enjoy doing.

Getting a divorce can be an emotional time in any Missouri resident's life. However, it is important that you do not let your emotions control the decisions you make during this time. If you let feelings of anger or desires for revenge get the better of you, you could end up making the situation worse for your ex-spouse and yourself.

Certainly, it can be difficult to keep your emotions in check while going through such a life-changing and difficult time. It can take some work, but you may feel that the work is worth it in the end if it prevents you from making hasty decisions that you later regret.

Safety defects are a real concern, especially when those defects are concerning your vehicle. Unfixed safety recalls in vehicles that are being sold to unsuspecting buyers raise concerns.

In October, AutoNation was found offering vehicles that had safety defects. While that might be old news, it's important to touch on this topic because consumers need to be aware that what a business says it does and what it actually does may be two different things. In that case, the company had pledged not to sell vehicles with unresolved recalls, but it still was. That threatens the safety of everyone on the roads.