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Generally, Kansas has a two-year statute of limitations on making a claim for personal injury damages. This period can stretch to five years if the claim arises from an uninsured motorist causing the injury.

A suspended driver’s license can be reinstated after a bankruptcy filing if the suspension arose because of unpaid damages from an accident.

Income taxes are generally dischargeable in a chapter 7 or chapter 13 bankruptcy if they are more than three years old (as determined by the April 15 date they were due).

Most recoveries in a personal injury case (medical expenses and pain/suffering) are not taxable to the injured person who gets a recovery.

Many good people do everything they can to downplay how hurt they are after an auto accident. Adrenaline at the time of an accident does a good part of the initial work, and thereafter many just try to “suck it up” and hope their pain gets better without seeking treatment.

Here are a few scary things that can happen to a person in bankruptcy in Kansas.

The most common items that a debtor gets to keep in a chapter 7 bankruptcy in Kansas are as follows.

In every accidental/personal injury case, there must be not only a determination of the value of the injuries caused, but also who exactly is a fault – and to what degree.

In Kansas, an injured person generally has two years from the date of the accident to file a claim for negligence against someone else.

If you’ve lost a loved one in a Kansas motor vehicle accident, you could have grounds to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the responsible party.