Personal Injury Law

Missouri Car Accident Law Firm: Three Missouri Women Fatally Wounded in Car Accident, Unidentified Car Caused Crash; Missouri Uninsured Motorist Claims Likely

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Three Missouri women passed away Sunday afternoon after an unidentified vehicle caused a one car accident. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the driver lost control of the vehicle in order to avoid an imminent car wreck on highway 71, when a vehicle crossed the center lane and forced them off the roadway, where the car struck a tree. This Missouri car accident happened near Wilcox, in Nodaway County.

The fatally wounded include Alma Morris of Claremont, Missouri, Inez Honan of Elmo, Missouri and Julia Singh of Rome City, Indiana. In addition, the husband of Inez Honan sustained personal injuries.

In this most unfortunate car accident, all of the injured as well as the families of the fatally wounded will have personal injury claims and wrongful death claims against numerous insurance companies. In Missouri, the law requires all automobile policies to include uninsured motorist coverage- even liability only policies. Here, since the vehicle that caused this car accident did not stop, it is deemed an uninsured motor vehicle, allowing a recovery under the UM coverage of the insurance policy.

Insurance law is very complicated. In this accident, there are likely numerous insurance policies at play, requiring an in-depth investigation as to all applicable policies. In Missouri, uninsured motorist policies may be "stacked", so the amount due to the victims and their families could be quite large, depending upon the policy limits of each insurance policy.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on February 25, 2008 (boomark / email).