Personal Injury, Car Accident, & Truck Accident Attorneys in Springfield, Missouri

Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick

1021 E. Walnut Street Springfield, Missouri 65806 USA

 (866) 774-3233
 (417) 866-8687

www.mmmpalaw.com/
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Monsees Miller Mayer Presley & Amick is an experienced, dedicated law firm located in Missouri. As personal injury lawyers our job is to make things right for our clients to the extent the law allows. If you have been injured in an automobile accident or truck accident; if a family member has been killed by defective industrial machinery or dangerous construction equipment; if you have been a permanent disability due to an on the job accident; if you are the victim of medical malpractice or nursing home neglect; or for any other type of serious injury or wrongful death claim--you need legal advice now and may also need the services of an attorney.

The fact of the matter is that insurance companies, and the corporations, businesses and professionals they insure, pay for their mistakes only when compelled, and then only enough money to avoid the risk of losing more at trial. The more risk defendants perceive, the more compensation responsible parties will pay to you and your family.

That is where we come in. Experienced plaintiffs’ attorneys know how to package cases for settlement and how to present cases at trial to achieve the best results for our clients. We have favorably resolved dozens of firearm, nursing home, carbon monoxide, diet drug, airplane crash, automobile and truck cases and claims. And since we only represent plaintiffs for fees that are dependant on the outcome, the better we do for you, the better we do for ourselves. But the contingent fee system also requires that lawyers be selective in the cases they handle. No one benefits from frivolous litigation, not you, not us, and certainly not the legal system.

The breadth of our legal practice is just as extensive, from routine automobile accident claims to complex (detailed, expensive and risky) product liability or medical malpractice litigation. We only represent plaintiffs, we do not work for product manufacturers, medical care providers or their insurance companies, although our past experience doing so is invaluable in dealing with these defendants. In almost 100 years of combined experience our attorneys have handled most types of claims and litigation. And we also welcome the challenge of new cases in developing areas of the law.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist; Common Carrier Accidents; Rental Car Litigation; Employer Liability; Equipment Injuries; Automobile Defects; Defective Firearm/Gun Accident; Dram Shop Liability; Elevator/Escalator/Dumb Waiter Injuries; Farm/Construction Equipment Injuries; Disability Insurance; Unfair Insurance Practices; Vexatious Refusal; Workers Compensation Subrogation; Elder Abuse; Recreational / Sporting Accidents; ATV Accidents; Swimming/Diving/Drowning Accidents

Practice Areas Description

Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick practices in the following areas:

- Automobile Accidents

Nothing is simple about a car or trucking accident claim. Failure to act quickly is often the downfall of people who have been involved in vehicular collisions. The Kansas City auto accident attorneys of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick want to help you make the right choices about your injury and your claim. Chances are good that the insurance company for the defendant will call you within days of an accident. Failure to have the right information available for the insurance company, saying the wrong thing or providing the wrong information may hurt your chances of receiving a fair settlement later.

- Aviation Accidents

Airplane crashes are occurring at an alarming rate as the number of private pilots, airplanes, and flights continue to increase. The Kansas City airplane crash trial lawyers of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick have been representing pilots and passengers injured in aviation accidents for many years. We know how to identify the responsible parties when there is an aviation accident. Pilots, aircraft designers, airplane manufacturers, maintenance companies, fixed base operators (FBOs), retailers, and even ground personnel are all potentially involved whenever a plane crashes. Complex legal and factual issues surround these claims.

- Birth Injury

Families of babies injured during birth have an uncertain future involving complex and ongoing medical care. A birth injury may not fully reveal itself for months or even years, leaving parents to believe it was a simple birth defect, rather than a medical mistake. The Kansas City birth injury attorneys at Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick aggressively pursue full and fair compensation for injuries to a baby, or the mother, made by obstetricians, midwives, birth nurses other medical professionals.

- Burn Injury

One of the most painful personal injuries anyone can suffer in an accident is a burn injury. Intense physical pain and sever emotional fallout can result. Treatment and recovery can last for years. The damage to a victim's self-image can be devastating; the collateral impact on family, friends, careers and other aspects of their lives, overwhelming. The law firm of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick has helped clients throughout Kansas and Missouri and across the nation recover millions in compensation for serious injuries caused by the careless actions of individuals or companies.

- Construction / Industrial Accidents

Even when a person is covered by workers compensation, frequently the circumstances of the accident give rise to a claim against some party other than the employer. Any workplace injury should be investigated for other potential compensation as the damages allowed by workers' comp can be inadequate. These third-party claims can arise against subcontractors at construction sites, manufacturers of equipment and machinery or their operators, property owners, or on rare occasions, against co-workers or supervisors.

- Dangerous Products

Commonly referred to as “products liability”, this is a very specialized area of law. Particular laws apply to cases involving dangerous products. You need an attorney who has handled such cases. We have engineers and specialists available to inspect the product that injured you. Our Kansas City attorneys have successfully handled quite a number of product liability cases involving a wide range of dangerous products: automobiles, airplanes, drugs/medications, power presses, guns, BB guns, rifles, furnaces, cranes, ATV’s, water skis, snow skis, helmets, sporting goods, loaders, bulldozers, forklifts, conveyors, household appliances, power tools, playground equipment, toys and washing machines, to name just a few.

- Dangerous Premises

There are many forms of dangerous premises. Carbon monoxide poisoning and even death can result from a defective furnace or other gas-powered equipment in a house, apartment, office, store, or other building. Cases can develop from many other situations: slip and falls on a slick surface or ice; defects in roadways such as missing road signs, bad intersections or pavement defects; holes or uneven surfaces in parking lots, sidewalks or floors; unmarked drop-offs, ledges, culverts or holes, dangerous retail layouts or designs, including sharp corners and displays that may cause injury to children. Construction sites, shopping centers, retail stores, private homeowners, cities and counties and other businesses may all victimize people invited to their premises.

- Defective Firearm/Gun Accident

Thousands of people are hurt or killed every year in gun accidents. However, just because a firearm goes off doesn't mean someone pulled the trigger. Poorly designed rifles can fire a round when bumped and other defective handguns can discharge even with the safety on. An experienced personal injury law firm in Kansas City, Missouri, Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick, represents victims and their families nationwide injured by defective products, including firearms.

- Dram Shop Liability

Bars, restaurants, liquor stores-even private parties-that serve alcohol to someone who is obviously intoxicated can be held liable for injuries that result. People injured by drunk drivers or those hurt in a bar fights can sue the business or individual who over-served the person. The Missouri and Kansas lawyers of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick help clients recover fair compensation in personal injury or fatality claims caused by the negligent actions of others, including drunk drivers and those who may have contributed to their intoxication.

- Elevator/Escalator/Dumb Waiter Injuries

Millions of people use elevators and escalators every day in skyscrapers, airports, hotels, sporting facilities, malls, apartment buildings and more. They rarely consider that they could cause harm. Sadly, people do end up seriously injured or killed in elevator accidents and on dangerous escalators due to equipment failures, design flaws, poorly maintained equipment, and lack of routine inspection. The Kansas City personal injury accident attorneys of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick will help you make sound decisions regarding your injury and your claim.

- Farm/Construction Equipment Injuries

Farming and construction are two of the most dangerous occupations. Workers on private or corporate farms and construction sites face a constant risk of injury from heavy machinery, defective equipment, hazardous chemicals and dangerous places like grain silos and rooftops. The Kansas City, Missouri lawyers of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick have been representing people injured in farm accidents and construction workers hurt on the job, for many years.

- Insurance Claims

Most claims involve insurance issues, whether it is a question of the amount of coverage provided or a question of whether the defendant’s insurance offers any protection at all for the injuries you have suffered. Often times a claim must be made against the insurance company itself. Even an automobile accident case may involve a claim against your own insurance company should the person who caused the injury be uninsured or insured for only minimal limits. In some cases an insurance company may engage in what is commonly referred to as “bad faith” or may deny a claim that under state law constitutes a “vexatious refusal” to pay. Our Kansas City insurance lawyers have handled many such cases and commonly speak on the lecture circuit in this very complex area of practice.

- Medical Malpractice

A recent federal government report estimated that upwards of 100,000 people die annually as a result of medical negligence. Whether a doctor, nurse, hospital, dentist, or chiropractor has been negligent is usually a question to be resolved by other expert doctors. It is difficult and expensive to litigate medical malpractice cases. As a result, only the most obvious examples of neglect, with substantial permanent injuries are successful. The medical malpractice attorneys of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick aggressively represent clients injured by incompetent doctors, or mistakes made by medical professionals.

- Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer in the lining of the chest (pleura) or abdomen (peritoneum). Mesothelioma afflicts people who have worked with or near asbestos and breathed in the asbestos fibers and dust. Victims often have a history of asbestos exposure, but signs of this deadly condition may not appear until decades after the exposure. The Kansas City mesothelioma trial lawyers of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick have been representing injured workers for many years. We can help you too. If you or someone in your family has shortness of breath, chest pain or pain or swelling in the abdomen area, these may be symptoms of Mesothelioma. Only a qualified doctor can accurately determine this.

- Nursing Home Negligence

Elder abuse and neglect is an all-too-frequent occurrence in adult care facilities. Children also suffer the consequences of negligence in day care centers and other childcare programs. We need to correct these injustices and protect the helpless members of our society. At the Missouri nursing home abuse law offices of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick, we help people who have seen their parents or loved ones suffer as a result of poor care or neglect provided by nursing home staff.

- Recreational / Sporting Accidents

Many attorneys, clients, and others best remember us for cases we have handled involving recreational accidents, particularly those involving firearms and water sports. At Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick, our personal injury attorneys have a national reputation in this field. The lawyers in our firm have obtained the largest verdicts in the nation's history against firearm manufacturers and water ski manufacturers. We have handled over 100 shooting cases involving defective rifles, shotguns, pistols, handguns and ammunition, and negligent hunters, sellers, owners, gunsmiths and shooters. In addition to water skiing cases, we can or have handled snow tubing, skiing, and boarding cases in Missouri, Kansas, and elsewhere.

- Swimming/Diving/Drowning Accidents

Every year thousands of children, and adults suffer serious injury or die in swimming pool accidents, diving accidents and spa-related accidents. Most swimming pool accidents are the result of badly designed or constructed pools, improper pool maintenance, and failure by property owners to install proper fences around a pool or cover them. The experienced Kansas City, Missouri premises liability accident attorneys of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick have effectively represented clients injured in many types of dangerous product and premises cases, with no two being the same.

- Truck Accidents

If you have been suffered a semi truck accident injury in Missouri, or other Midwestern states, you need a truck accident lawyer with knowledge of the law, and how to make sure that all liable parties are named as defendants in your lawsuit. Too often, less experienced trucking accident lawyers negotiate and settle with only one insurance company, and don't do the legwork necessary to help you recover full damages for your semi truck accident injury. At the Kansas City, Missouri truck accident lawyers' offices of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick, we take the time, and commit the resources to make sure every liable party is included in your suit.

- Brain Injury

When a person has suffered a severe head injury due to the negligent actions of another, their case requires careful, specialized legal representation. These types of personal injury cases can be particularly complex and a successful outcome hinges on choosing attorneys with the experience to address both the legal and medical issues involved in brain injury litigation. In the Kansas City and Springfield areas, the of law firm of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick aggressively represent clients with catastrophic head or brain injuries resulting from careless drivers, incompetent medical professionals and negligent property owners.

- Motorcycle Accidents

Reckless or drunk driving and lack of driver attention are a danger to everyone using the highways and other roads in Kansas and Missouri. Unfortunately, these negligent behaviors can become particularly hazardous when you ride a motorcycle. Head-on crashes, blind spot collisions and other motorcycle accidents injure or kill hundreds of bikers every year. The Kansas and Missouri motorcycle accident law firm of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick stands ready to help you with sound legal advice when you or a family member have been injured, or killed by the careless actions of another driver.

- Serious/Catastrophic Injury

We have successfully handled numerous catastrophic injury settlement claims, and we at trial. Our personal injury attorneys always prepare each case for and know how to effectively present the impact of a serious injury to juries. We are available to handle a range of serious injury cases, including: Spinal cord injury; Head or brain injury; Crushed bones; Multiple fractures; Broken hip or pelvic injury; Burn injury; Blindness; Paraplegia; Quadriplegia; Amputation; Fall injuries; Memory loss.

- Spinal Cord Injury

In a serious automobile accident one of the most devastating injuries a victim can have is a serious spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation can be a long, painful ordeal, and expensive treatment and health costs can last a lifetime. At the personal injury law firm of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick, we help victims of spinal cord injury recover appropriate financial compensation. We work closely with specialists who diagnose and severe spinal cord injuries. We also consult with economists and life care planners to provide accurate, thorough cost-data analysis of the impact a client's injuries will have on their future.

- Wrongful Death

When reckless indifference to the safety of others and acts of negligence result in a death, the personal injury attorneys at the law office of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick are here to help families seek compensation for the loss of a loved one. Our experienced wrongful death attorneys address the emotional and financial effect of a tragic loss on families. We look at the value of lost income, damage to the family as a group, and the emotional pain and suffering. Our efforts to discover the negligence behind the cause of a fatal accident involve working with investigators, accident reconstruction experts, and other specialists in engineering, manufacturing, forensics and medicine.

- Other Types of Cases

Some of the Other Types of Cases we handle: Appellate Practice, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Civil Appeals, Civil Liability, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Constitutional Law, Consumer Class Actions, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Litigation, Consumer Protection, Consumer Rights, Discrimination, Environmental Liability, Environmental Torts, False Claims Act, Federal Tort Claims, Government Fraud, Government Negligence, Government Tort Liability, Health Care Fraud, Health Care Litigation, Improper Billing, Insurance Company Fraud, Intentional Torts, Mass Torts, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Public Interest Litigation, Qui Tam Litigation, Section 1983, Tort Liability, Victims Rights.

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