I recently was testifying on a bill before the state legislature and was asked why the patrons of an establishment couldn’t simply use Yelp or the internet to figure out whether that establishment was in fact safe for them to patronize.  I was asked why government needed to step into the fray – wouldn’t the […]

If you’ve had surgery in the past 20 years, you’ve probably undergone a ritual where the nursing staff ask your name and date of birth every 3 minutes, the physician comes in and signs whatever part of your body, and you are repeatedly asked what procedure you are undergoing. Why? It was finally recognized – […]

You know the drill. You click “agree,” sign your name a couple of times and walk away with a new cell phone, cable tv service or a new credit card. Congratulations, you may have a new whatever but you’ve also likely signed away your rights to go to court if there’s ever a problem. Lurking […]

It’s astonishing, sometimes, how adjusters twist every fact to find an excuse to deny our client’s cases. It has nothing to do with reality – just any reason to deny a claim.  This week has had a remarkable number of examples of how injured people can’t win the insurance game if they just rely on the […]

Wisconsin history is on our side with this one. In 1911, our legislators passed the nation’s first Worker’s Compensation program. It was pretty heady stuff back then. For the first time, workers who were injured or got sick on the job had insurance coverage which could bridge the econmic gap until they went back to […]