Personal injury lawyer in Lee's Summit

Missouri’s statute covering this area of law describes it as “injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract,” under section 516.120 of Missouri’s Revised Statutes. That phrase covers a lot more ground than most people expect walking in.

It doesn’t have to involve a vehicle

A car wreck is the most common way people end up here, but it’s far from the only one. A fall on someone else’s property, a dog bite, a wreck involving a delivery truck, all fit under the same legal umbrella, even though each one plays out differently once a claim starts.

Where a claim usually starts

Vehicle wrecks make up the largest share: everyday collisions on the car wreck lawyer page, rear-end crashes, T-bone crashes, head-on crashes, and rollovers all live here, along with 18-wheeler wrecks that bring extra companies into the picture. So do wrecks involving drunk drivers, distracted drivers, a hit-and-run, or a driver whose coverage falls short, which is what an uninsured motorist claim addresses.

Riders and people without a car around them face their own version of the same problem: motorcycle wrecks, bicycle wrecks, pedestrian crashes, and rideshare wrecks all fall under this umbrella too, along with soft-tissue injuries like whiplash that don’t always show up right away.

Off the road entirely, slip and fall claims and dog bite claims run on their own set of property and animal-liability rules, and a fatal wreck opens a separate kind of claim covered on the wrongful death page.

What it costs, and how long you have

Contingency is the norm in this field: the case funds the fee, and an empty result generally leaves nothing owed. And Missouri hands these claims a five-year window to get into court, longer than what most states give, though it still runs out eventually.

Not sure which category fits?

That’s fine, most people aren’t. The guides section digests the process pieces, from getting your report to understanding how a claim gets valued, without requiring you to already know which practice area your situation falls under.

The path in is the same no matter which of these describes your wreck.