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The Perils of Buying Your Auto Insurance On-Line

June 28, 2016 Ann Jacobs

Advertisements for auto insurance tell you to “just go on-line” and to “pick your own price.” There is no question that buying insurance can be accomplished quickly and easily on-line…. CONTINUE

FAQ’s for the LGBT Client

May 19, 2016 Ann Jacobs

With the recent election of a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice who had made extremely incendiary and bigoted comments as a college student about the LGBT community, clients have posed various… CONTINUE

Blaming the Blameless

April 5, 2016 Ann Jacobs

The New York Police Department was sued by a man who was run over while crossing with the light in the crosswalk. The striking squad car was driven by a… CONTINUE

When Looking Both Ways Isn’t Enough

March 24, 2016 Ann Jacobs

A recent study from 2015 found that pedestrian death rose 10%. Nearly 5,000 Americans are killed every year while walking. In Wisconsin, pedestrian deaths are 8.4% of all deaths, a… CONTINUE

Football & Car Crashes: Understanding Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries

January 20, 2016 Ann Jacobs

There is a lesson to be learned for all of us from football. After years of claiming dramatic head blows were just part of the game, the devastation of repeated… CONTINUE

Attorney Ann S. Jacobs Testifies Before the Assembly Judiciary Committee

December 17, 2015 Ann Jacobs

Testimony of Ann S. Jacobs Wisconsin Association for Justice Before the Assembly Judiciary Committee December 17, 2015 Regarding 2015 Assembly Bill 174 Good morning, my name is Ann Jacobs. I… CONTINUE

It’s Not a “Retained Object” – It’s Forgotten Equipment

November 30, 2015 Ann Jacobs

Sometimes when we adopt certain uses in language, we can turn something important into something that sounds rather ordinary and banal. Consider the “retained object.” That’s what hospitals and physicians… CONTINUE

Bad Food = Bad News

November 2, 2015 Ann Jacobs

We heard this week about another outbreak of food-borne illness. In this case, Chipotle, a company known for its freshly-sourced and made burritos was forced to close 43 locations due… CONTINUE

Mean Aunts & What Juries Don’t Know

October 19, 2015 Ann Jacobs

By now, we’ve all heard the story of the aunt who sued her 8 year old nephew for an over-zealous greeting that broke her wrist. The original articles were outraged,… CONTINUE

Capping Justice: What Caps on Damages Mean To You

October 5, 2015 Ann Jacobs

Loss of a limb, brain injury, permanent institutionalization – the harms from a medical malpractice case can be catastrophic. They are the kind of harms that nobody would trade money… CONTINUE