Section 7 Injuries Not Necessary to Support Recovery for Initial Examination

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Medical and hospital expenses can be reasonably incurred and recovered even though it is determined that the claimant did not in fact suffer physical injury. In Hartley v. Matejka, 585 S.W.2d 240, 242 (Mo. App. S.D. 1979), the court determined that a jury could find that a claimant was not physically injured as a result of a collision and still award the claimant’s approximate cost of the initial medical examination after the collision. Likewise, in Wise v. Towse...