FAQs

Yes, there are multiple hospitals and medical facilities in KCMO that can help people with brain injuries and their families. We want to highlight these particular resources for locals who’ve been affected by brain injuries.

• Brain Injury Association of Missouri (BIA-MO): The Brain Injury Association of Missouri has helped brain injury survivors, their families, and brain injury caregivers since 1982.
• The Whole Person: Based in Kansas City, The Whole Person is committed to advocacy and support for people with disabilities. The organization has a Brain Injury Peer Support Group for adults with brain injuries who want to connect with others who are going through the same experiences.
• NEURO RehabCare: NEURO RehabCare’s Kansas City location helps patients with brain injuries and other neurological conditions recover and regain their independence.
• Brain Injury Association of Kansas & Greater Kansas City (BIAKS-GKC): Serving the state of Kansas and the Greater Kansas City area, BIAKS-GKC is a non-profit focused on helping people affected by brain injuries, including family members and caregivers.

Potentially, yes. In Missouri, a spouse can bring a separate loss of consortium claim. In these situations, a brain injury has affected their spouse’s behavior, resulting in a loss of intimacy, loss of companionship or affection, the inability to participate in the marriage or as a parent, and changes in the overall relationship. 

When you meet with our attorneys, we can discuss all potential options for compensation based on the way a brain injury has affected your household.

That depends on a variety of factors, including the severity of a TBI, the cost of past and future medical care needs, how the brain injury has affected your career goals and earning capacity, and the impact of a brain injury on your relationships.

At CPY Law, our Kansas City TBI attorneys can carefully review what happened to you, how it’s affected your life and livelihood, and help you understand the full value of your brain injury claim.

Since brain injuries are not “visible” like other kinds of injuries, attorneys need to find evidence to make the full extent of an injury apparent. This will usually involve comparing life before and after a TBI.

When proving the severity of a brain injury, our TBI lawyers will consider:

• Your full medical history
• Professional evaluation of symptoms
• What life was like before and after a TBI
• Neuropsychological test results
• Testimony from expert witnesses
• Changes in work duties and productivity
• Personal statements from friends, family, and colleagues

Here are just a few tactics that insurance companies use to reduce the value of a car crash claim:

• Offering a Quick Settlement: If you’re injured, your car’s totaled, and you’re unable to work, insurance companies will try to prey on your desperation and need for a quick payout.
• Asking You for a Recorded Statement: Insurance companies may try to get you to record a statement about the collision, hoping that you misspeak or misremember what happened, or that you suggest you’re not badly hurt.
• Downplaying the Severity of Your Injuries: Insurance companies may claim you’re not as badly injured as you seem, or that your injuries are part of a pre-existing health condition rather than the collision itself.
• Stalling and Delaying the Claims Process: Insurance companies may stretch out the claims process by requesting documentation, changing your claims adjuster, saying the matter is under investigation, or stalling on a final payout.
• Hiring Private Investigators for Surveillance: Sometimes insurance companies will scour your social media or hire an investigator to watch you for any evidence that your injuries are not as serious as you reported.

Your legal options in self-driving or autopilot crashes depend on how and why the collision occurred. Our injury lawyers can review the circumstances of the collision and determine who can be held accountable for the crash.

In some cases, the owner or operator of the self-driving vehicle is responsible for the collision. However, an automaker can be held liable if there are design flaws in a car’s self-driving or autopilot system that contributed to a crash.

Yes, injured passengers can file claims if they’re hurt in a car wreck in Missouri. This applies to both commuter vehicle collisions and rideshare crashes with companies like Uber and Lyft.

Passengers may be able to hold the driver of the other vehicle or the driver of the vehicle they were riding in liable for injuries.

Yes, but only a limited amount. If you were not wearing a seat belt and were hurt in a crash, your recovery will only be reduced by 1% max under Missouri law. Per RSMo § 307.178, failure to wear a seat belt is not considered a form of comparative negligence.

If you get into a car wreck in KCMO, here are steps you can take to ensure your safety and help improve the value of your claim.

• Check for Injuries and Move to Safety: Check yourself and any passengers for injuries. If you can, move your vehicle out of the flow of traffic to prevent other possible collisions.
• Call 911: Notify authorities about the crash and cooperate with first responders and law enforcement when they arrive at the scene.
• Exchange Information with All Parties Involved: Get the contact and insurance information from any other motorists involved in the incident. You should also get contact information from any witnesses at the scene of the crash.
• Document the Collision Site: If you can, take photos and videos of the collision site, vehicle damage, your injuries, skid marks, debris, and any other objects or details that may be relevant to the cause of the incident.
• Seek Medical Attention: Even if you feel okay after the crash, go see a doctor to get checked out. Some injuries may not be immediately apparent. By getting an exam, you can get treated before symptoms get worse and establish a medical record of injuries sustained in the collision.
• Contact a Local Car Crash Lawyer: Reach out to our attorneys to discuss what happened and how you can maximize compensation. Don’t go it alone with the insurance company.

If your motor vehicle wreck was in Kansas City, KS rather than Kansas City, MO, you may be subject to a shorter statute of limitations, a no-fault/PIP system, and different rules for partial liability.

Because Kansas and Missouri have different laws, it’s important to speak with our auto accident lawyers as soon as possible so you know the best path forward following the crash.