Slip and fall court cases typically don’t make the news, and in most cases, they don’t make it to court either. For many who slip and fall in a restaurant or a department store, it is an embarrassing incident that they just brush off and that is the end of it. However, it shouldn’t be…. Read more »
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4 Crucial Questions to Ask Your Wisconsin Personal Injury Attorney
When an injured party seeks out a personal injury attorney, most of the time, it is the very first time they have ever talked to one. People get hurt every day, but not everyone seeks to pursue a lawsuit over their injuries. When they are hurt bad enough, sometimes they can’t afford to pay for… Read more »
Not Your Average Automobile: How Driving an RV Like a Car is Asking for an Accident
Throughout Wisconsin, it is many a family’s idea of a good summer vacation to hop in the RV and hit the road. With ample state parks to visit and miles of open sunny road, having an RV is a blank slate for adventure. However, many RV owners fall into the same dangerous trap – they… Read more »
Why Wisconsin School Bus Accidents Are More Complicated Than You Think
If your child has been in been in a school bus accident, you are likely livid at those responsible as well as worried about your child. You put your trust in a school bus driver to be the absolute safest person on the road to protect all the children within. Yet, even if they are,… Read more »
Why Boarding a Private Plane is Risky Business
For many who make the decision to fly to a destination, that fear of an aviation crash is always in the back of their mind. With any luck, it stays at the back of their mind, too. While commercial plane accidents are well publicized, considering the thousands of commercial planes that fly every day, crashes… Read more »
Determining Liability in Wisconsin Slip and Fall Cases
Many believe that slip and fall cases often aren’t very serious. Usually it is just a case of a bruised bottom and you are able to walk away embarrassed, but otherwise unscathed. However, some slips are more serious than others, and it is important that we remember that. If you are elderly and fall, it… Read more »
Defective Equipment and Construction Site Injury in Wisconsin
Construction work is one of the few profession in which the workers put themselves in dangerous situations each and every day. Construction workers have access to, or at least should have access to, a variety of safety equipment to keep them safe on the job. However, when you work in dangerous conditions and around a… Read more »
Don’t Let Broken Bone Injuries Be Downplayed By Insurance Companies
It is likely that at some point in your life you will experience a broken or fractured bone. It could have been while doing something innocent like falling off the monkey bars as a kid or it could happen later in life from a fall. However, while broken bones are seen as a pretty common… Read more »
Seeking Compensation for Tractor-Related Farming Accidents
Many see farmers as the salt of the earth that diligently tend their fields to provide the community with food. However, while some will acknowledge that farming is innately hard work, there are many who often overlook how dangerous it is. Farmers can not only deal with large and occasionally unpredictable livestock, but they work… Read more »
Who is Responsible for Injury Caused by a Dangerous Product?
When you buy any product from something as simple as a fidget spinner to companies buying huge pieces of machinery, you do so with a certain expectation that the product will be safe. To enforce this idea, there are a whole series of product liability laws that are designed to keep consumers safe. However, the… Read more »
