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When to Contact an Attorney After Developing Soft Tissue Injuries

If you’ve been in a car crash do not dismiss aches and pains that develop after the incident. Such injuries often mean that soft tissue like muscles, or connective tissue, like tendons and ligaments have been damaged, possibly resulting in long-lasting physical limitations and pain. In some cases, these injuries could also lead to significant medical costs. Upon suffering soft tissue injuries visit a medical professional to receive proper diagnosis [...]

Understanding the Types of Insurance

If you’ve been in a car accident, one of the things you might be most concerned about is how to pay your medical bills and cover other losses. Understanding what types of insurance might be available to you after a car crash is important.  Collision: This is a type of coverage available to reimburse you for damage done to your vehicle during an accident. If the “at fault” party is [...]

What is a Phantom Vehicle?

Single-car accidents are not always the fault of the driver of a crashed vehicle. Often, these accidents occur due to “miss and runs.” A miss and run occurs when another driver comes into your lane or otherwise runs you off the road without making physical contact with your vehicle. Often, these “miss and run” offenders continue driving because their vehicle was not involved in the crash. Because the “miss and run” vehicle [...]

How Do You Calculate Pain and Suffering?

If you’ve been injured in a car accident, you understand how much your life can be turned upside down by serious injuries. The amount of an injured person’s medical bills can be somewhat straightforward to calculate. What is more difficult to determine is how to put a value and calculate pain and suffering experienced by someone who was injured.  Calculating Pain and Suffering In Wisconsin, we look to instructions drafted [...]

What to Do After a Slip and Fall Accident

If you’re hurt in a slip and fall accident, you may feel overwhelmed by your injuries and medical bills. If you cannot work it’s common to feel anxious about losing income. If you feel this way, you are not alone. According to the National Floor Safety Institute, over one million people get treated in ERs each year because of slip and fall accidents. If you’ve been injured after a slip [...]

Five Safe Driving Tips for Winter Roads

If you have lived in Wisconsin for any period of time, you know that driving in the winter can be a white-knuckle experience. Although none of us can control the weather, there are several things you can think about behind the wheel during the winter that will help keep you safe on the roads. Check the weather before getting behind the wheel. Just because there isn’t snow falling from the [...]

Umbrella Insurance and Why You Need It

An umbrella policy generally provides insurance coverage above and beyond your primary, underlying policies. Umbrella policies may provide coverage in the event you injure someone else but they can also be available to you in the event someone very seriously injures you.  One of the things we see most in our practice is people who are seriously injured but simply can never be made whole because there is simply not [...]

Wisconsin DOT Resources and REAL ID

When you handle personal injury cases like our attorneys do, you spend a lot of time thinking about the rules of the road. But it’s also important to know where to look when you’re trying to figure out how to navigate safety on the roadways, from everything to renewing your driver’s license to understanding Wisconsin DOT mandatory insurance requirements.  What documents do I need? One resource we highly recommend is [...]

Oh Dear! October Sees a Peak In Deer-Related Crashes

According to the State Patrol, in 2020, there were more than 16,000 deer-related crashes involving deer fatalities, and 13 of those crashes included fatalities to the motor vehicle operators involved.  Although crashes involving deer can happen at any time of the day, deer are most active near roadways in the morning and evening hours.  Avoiding Deer Collisions According to Patrolman David Ecklor, these are helpful tips for safe driving when [...]

How Long Is the Wisconsin Statute of Limitations for My Personal Injury Claim and How Does it Affect My Case?

In Wisconsin, section 893.54 of the Wisconsin Statute of Limitations sets out various time limits that will limit a person’s ability to pursue certain claims.  Generally, if you’ve been injured in an accident involving a motor vehicle, you have three years to bring your claim. This same three-year period applies to actions to recover damages for death caused by the wrongful act of another. However, if the death was caused [...]

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