If you own your own home, you probably already know a little bit about premises liability. After all, your mortgage company would have insisted that you purchase a homeowner's insurance policy, likely funded through an escrow account, in order to protect you from...
Personal Injury
Do you have protection from drivers without their own insurance?
If you cause a serious motor vehicle collision, you have liability under Wisconsin law for any injuries you may cause to other people, as well as property damage that they suffer as a result of the crash. That financial liability is why you carry an insurance policy....
Parking lot risks rise during the holidays
According to insurers, the number of personal injury insurance claims involving ts peak on the Black Friday shopping day and continue at an above-average rate through the December holiday season. Distracted driving is a major culprit of...
Protecting consumers making online purchases
Online sellers have radically changed the way consumers buy goods. Every passing year, the need to travel to brick and mortar businesses decreases. But, this technological and commercial revolution has created complications for defective product lawsuits.Under...
Pedestrian deaths close to 30-year record
Drivers have airbags and seatbelts and many other advanced technologies keeping them safe. The same goes for truck drivers. Even bicyclists and skaters often have helmets and knee pads, but pedestrians on the road have little safety precautions aside from rights of...
Making a personal injury claim
An accident victim may file a legal action for injuries in Wisconsin if someone else is more responsible for their injury than they are. However, these lawsuits must follow the appropriate procedures, meaning they must target the appropriate party. A business owner...
Wisconsin man’s vaping injuries highlight product liability issue
Although vaping has often been touted as a safer alternative to cigarettes, federal officials recently claimed that there were 193 potential lung ailment cases associated with e-cigarettes reported in 22 states. One recent case hit close to home, with a 20-year-old...
Injury victims have choices
Drivers, business owners, doctors, manufacturers and others must act with reasonable care to others or face legal action. Victims of negligence or malpractice may be able to file a personal injury lawsuit seeking compensation or damages.Motorists who are impaired,...
Malpractice in emergency rooms
Emergency medical departments are designed to provide immediate life-saving care and treat trauma. A recent report, however, revealed that treatments in emergency departments are the fourth most-common cause of personal injury claims related to medical care because of...
Fix could have stopped elevator injuries
Products often pose unintentional risks to their users. But an elevator installation defect known for almost 70 years to companies and regulators has caused personal injury to children that could have been prevented.Small children were caught between elevator doors...