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Selecting the Right Attorney For Your Personal Injury or Wrongful Death Case – Part 1
/0 Comments/in Personal Injury /by Jean J. BrownYour mail box, your TV, and your phone book are full of advertising by law firms to be the best firm to handle your personal injury or wrongful death claim. In the “old days,” such promotion did not exist as law firms were not legally allowed to advertise their services to injury or wrongful death victims or their families. As a result, clients found their way to a good firm simply by word of mouth from other satisfied clients.
Legal Myth Busters: Myth #3 “I Don’t Have to Reimburse My Health Insurer”
/0 Comments/in Personal Injury /by Jean J. BrownAfter Receiving My Personal Injury Settlement, I Don’t Have To Reimburse My Health Insurer/Med-Pay Provider for Amounts Paid for My Accident-Related Medical Bills
Legal Myth Busters: Myth #2: Traffic Tickets and Personal Injury
/0 Comments/in Personal Injury /by Jean J. BrownClients are always surprised and frustrated to learn that the jury is not allowed to hear that the other driver was issued a traffic ticket—often for following too close or inattentive driving in a rear-end collision, or for disregarding a traffic signal in an intersection collision. Almost always, such evidence will be excluded by the judge at a jury trial.
Lacking a Premarital Agreement, Wisconsin Marital Property Law Presumes Acquired Wealth To Be Equal at Time of Divorce
/0 Comments/in Family & Divorce Law /by Karen M. AppelWisconsin has a marital property law which is based on a view of marriage as an equal partnership.
Legal Myth Busters: Myth #1: “I Fell On Someone’s Property”
/0 Comments/in Personal Injury /by Jean J. BrownI fell on someone’s property, therefore, the owner of the property by law is automatically responsible for all of my injuries and damages: Wrong!
Since I Got Hurt At Work, Am I Stuck With Workers’ Compensation?
/0 Comments/in Worker's Compensation /by Raymond H. LabargeThe answer to this question is that it depends, but generally yes. Worker’s compensation is your only option to sue your employer for personal injuries that occur on the job.
Workers’ Compensation: Hurt on the Job? Now What?
/0 Comments/in Worker's Compensation /by Raymond H. LabargeThe short and simple answer is that you should tell your supervisor how you got hurt and then go see your doctor, or if it cannot wait, go to the nearest urgent care or hospital. Tell the doctor what happened when you get there. The employer should be filling out a report of injury, not the worker. If you are hurt, your focus is on getting better and getting back to work, not filling out the employer’s injury report form.