Haight Stang LLC

04/03/2025

With the proliferation of slick TV ads from fast-talking law firms, we think it's important to stop and consider a few important points. A recent blog post from our website:

There is a growing concern about the way lawyers are getting injured workers to hire them. Law firms are requiring callers to sign a retainer agreement before they even speak with an actual lawyer about their case. They will email a contract out to be signed online without any type of meaningful com...

08/25/2024

We recently posted this blog on our website because we want to make people aware of a growing and concerning trend. Don't get suckered into signing a contract online unless and until you actually speak with YOUR lawyer and you feel they are worth hiring!

There is a growing concern about the way lawyers are getting injured workers to hire them. Law firms are requiring callers to sign a retainer agreement before they even speak with an actual lawyer about their case. They will email a contract out to be signed online without any type of meaningful com...

08/20/2021

Last week, I was asked to participate in a symposium put on by the largest workers’ compensation defense firm in the area. Along with one of their senior partners and a Kansas Administrative Law Judge, we addressed key issues for hundreds of claims representatives and employer workers’ compensation coordinators. The basic message I had for them was to stop playing games against injured workers. Of course they should investigate reported accidents and claimed injuries, but there is a legitimate way to do so while not causing unnecessary delays and confusion. From their end, this avoids costly and unnecessary litigation. More importantly, it helps to prevent undue hardships for the injured worker in need. We’ll see if any of them get the message. If not, feel free to call us to find out what they SHOULD be doing.

09/22/2020

Well, they FINALLY argued the Johnson v. U.S. Foods case before the Kansas Supreme Court last week to determine whether or not we use the 6th Edition of the AMA Guides. Fingers crossed. . All we can do now, is wait...

11/06/2015

This quote jumped out at me because it would appear that Kansas is definitely winning that race:

“Politics in many states are pretty conservative,” he said. “I think the problem you’ve got right now is the problem the national commission wrestled with, which is, left to their own devices the states are in a race to the bottom.”

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania—Finding the first bit of evidence that Gene Cooper’s job damaged his brain and destroyed his health was the easy part. That only to

09/05/2015

Haight Stang, LLC is excited to announce that Michael Haight has been selected for Best of the Bar - 2015 by the Kansas City Business Journal. Area attorneys are asked who they would recommend based on their skill, experience and ethics. Congratulations Mike!

07/27/2015

A brief explanation of the real-life impact the Kansas legislature is having on its citizens through the changes made to workers' compensation laws.

06/02/2015

A recent experience with a new client brought this to mind. Hopefully, it will help someone else out there.

Kansas and Missouri have different rules that can effect a workers' compensation claim. It is important to know whether you can bring your claim in both states and how to find this out.

01/14/2014

A new blog post about another sad case where we were not able to help. Don't let this happen to your or your friends and loved ones. Call a lawyer. It doesn't cost you anything

http://www.kcworkcomp.com/Workers-Compensation-Blog/2014/January/Protect-Yourself-At-All-Times.aspx

What happens when you do not timely report an accident?

05/15/2013

In my opinion, its: Kansas legislature to injured workers: "Go Screw Yourself!" After having to turn away so many previously compensable claims because of these new laws, I find these new laws to be immoral, not just inconvenient.

A recent report by the AFL-CIO on workplace safety, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, showed a growing problem in Kansas. In 2011, 78 workers were killed on the job in Kansas, a rate of 5.9 deaths per

02/19/2013

This is getting ridiculous! I hear from employers all the time what they think of workers compensation. They say its a drag on business, on the economy. Its amazing how many of those same business owners (and opposing claims representatives) have sent their wives or daughters or sons, or other family members to this firm when they are injured. In our entire careers, we have never gotten a person ANYTHING that the states of Kansas and Missouri haven't already said they have coming to them. Not one dime more. But we have gotten hundreds, if not thousands of people more benefits than their employers and/or insurance carriers were willing to pay voluntarily.

This bill will continue the downward trend of benefits to hard working men and women injured in Kansas and will continue to play "gotcha" with people who are not familiar with the rules. Its shameful.

Today the Kansas Senate will debate Senate Bill 73 on the floor. SB 73 proposes to shift worker’s compensation from the current system to a system that would favor the employer over injured workers all across Kansas. SB 73 seeks