The federal government has issued various orders that hold that Medicare won’t pay for services provided due to never events.”  So what is a never event?  Things like forgotten equipment (clamps, sponges) or wrong-site surgery. If is seems incredible that these events keep occurring, it is.  There are best practices to prevent them.  We know, […]

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.  However, if substantial care and attention isn’t given to what you are buying (as opposed to how), you can wind up not being protected the […]

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 questions about navigating the legal system.  Here are a few of the most common (answered in broad terms – of course, you should ask your […]

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 police officer talking on the phone. Incredibly, when answering the complaint, the NYPD claimed that the man “caused or contributed” to his own death. What? […]

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 significant rise from 2005 when they comprised only 5.2%. Why the increase?  There have been various reasons posed.  Perhaps because of smart phones, in-dash displays, […]