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What is Contributory Negligence?
in Personal InjuryEven when a person is making a claim, at times, the person that is making the claim will also be partially at fault for the accident. That in legal terms is contributory negligence.
What To Do After An Accident: Should I Photograph the Scene?
in Personal InjuryIn 2017 the PEW Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that over 77% of American adults have smartphones and the 2015 PEW report showed 92% of Americans own a cell phone.
A Personal Injury Accident Claim Is Not A “Lawsuit”
in Personal InjuryShould you get a lawyer after a car accident? Or any accident? We often receive phone calls from injury victims who delayed contacting an attorney for help because “I am not the kind of person that would ever file a “lawsuit.”
What To Do If You Are Injured in a Car Accident [Checklist]
in Personal Injury10-Point Checklist
Merger of the Law Practices of Schott, Bublitz & Engel s.c. and Jastroch & LaBarge
in NewsAfter operating together for over three years, we are pleased to announce the upcoming full merger of the law practices of Schott, Bublitz & Engel s.c. and Jastroch & LaBarge.
Selecting the Right Attorney For Your Personal Injury or Wrongful Death Case – Part 1
in Personal InjuryYour 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”
in Personal InjuryAfter 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
in Personal InjuryClients 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
in Family & Divorce LawWisconsin 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”
in Personal InjuryI fell on someone’s property, therefore, the owner of the property by law is automatically responsible for all of my injuries and damages: Wrong!