Springfield Injury Law Blog


"Legal information for seriously injured victims and their families in Springfield, Branson and Southwest Missouri covering car and truck accidents, product liability and premises liability claims, including slip-and-falls."

Author: Jason M. Krebs is a solo practitioner in Springfield, Mo.

Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Product Liability Law • States • Missouri • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Springfield Injury Law Blog


  • Stupid drivers have a new home, Youtube

               Unfortunately this is not the only example I found.  There are many examples of dangerous driving to be found.

  • Semi Truck Insurance minimums have been too low for too long

    29 years. That is how long it has been since the minimum federal motor carrier insurance requirements have been raised. I knew these levels were old but not that old. Steve Gursten makes a great…

  • Health Care reform and the fear of change

     The New Yorker has the best article I have seen about the psychology of the fear of change as it relates to the current health care debate. A couple points that really stuck out to me. Most of…

  • Truckers who text while driving are 23 times more likely to crash or get into a near-wreck than an undistracted driver

    CNN has an interesting article about a recent study confirming the dangers of over the road truck drivers using cell phones.          Truckers who text while driving are 23 times more likely…

  • More proof that tort reform does not reduce health care costs

    Another study, this one by the The Center for Justice and Democracy, that provides actual empirical evidence (as opposed to partisan rhetoric) what many have argued for some time: that limiting injured patients’ access to…

  • Springfield Missouri Food Safety

     One of my favorite blogs is the Kansas State Barfblog.  They picked up a story done by the local NBC affiliate KY3 about food safety in Greene County, Missouri and various restaurant inspections that I…

  • The Medical Malpractice Myth

    As part of the ongoing debate about the quality and availability of health care to all Americans, medical malpractice lawsuits are often blamed as the leading culprit of the crisis or as the Public Citizen…

  • Missouri Grocery stores and potential JBS Swift hamburger recall

    RETAIL CONSIGNEES FOR FSIS RECALL 034-2009 (EXPANDED) FSIS has reason to believe that the following retail location(s) received assorted beef products that have been recalled by JBS Swift Beef Company. This list may not include…

  • Mavic followup

     Mavic is known for making great bicycle wheels.  As I wrote in January of this year there was a problem with their new R-Sys model with the carbon spokes failing. Here is a scary followup that…

  • Motorcycle helmet law repeal vetoed

    The Springfield News-Leader is reporting Gov. Jay Nixon today vetoed Senate Bill 202, legislation that would have repealed Missouri’s helmet law for motorcycle riders. In vetoing the bill, Gov. Nixon cited two primary concerns: the…