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 call “things they left behind.”  Clamps, sponges, retractors, caps to instruments – all sorts of things can be left behind in the surgical field. Medicare […]

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 to an outbreak of e-coli. The internet is full of memes that read, “we didn’t have food poisoning when we were kids,” claiming that as […]

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, “how could a loving aunt do such a thing!”  She was called all sorts of names. Since then, more facts came out.  She wanted her […]

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 for, no matter how much money was offered. Yet Wisconsin law currently caps medical malpractice payments for pain and suffering for injuries like these to […]

As a trial lawyer, my job is to fight for my clients both in court and outside. “Outside,” these days often means online as well. Hire me, or one of my colleagues, for our legal acumen and you’ll likely end up with a new Facebook friend. My husband and I have had endless conversations with […]