Personal Injury
Using a Special Needs Trust to Ensure Your Settlement Does Not Affect Public Benefits
In Wisconsin, Medicaid (sometimes also called Medical Assistance) covers 1 in 9 adults and 1 in 3 children; in fact, 16% of the Wisconsin population gets its health care coverage through Medicaid. Unlike the similar sounding Medicare, Medicaid is a means...
What Do I Do Now That I Have Been in a Motor Vehicle Accident?
When you head out on the road, a motor vehicle accident is the last thing you want to happen. However, if you fall victim to a motor vehicle accident on account of another driver’s negligence, you do not want to do anything to jeopardize receiving full...
Children Moving Out? Make Sure They are Still Insured
Often families with teenage drivers living at home do not have those teenage drivers listed as named insureds on the auto insurance policy. Frequently, Mom and Dad are the named insureds on the insurance policy and all the vehicles are listed, and the...
Who Pays Medical Bills Before a Settlement?
If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident, you probably have many questions, including questions about how your medical bills will be paid. If you were injured in a motor vehicle accident due to the negligence of another person, you may recover your...
Steps to Preserve Your Claim in a Premises Liability Case
Anderson O’Brien handles many claims involving individuals who injure themselves after falling or tripping due to ice or some other unsafe condition or obstacle. These types of cases are called premises liability cases. They occur frequently, especially...
Governmental Immunity and the Known Danger Exception
The governmental immunity statute grants immunity to governments and their officers from certain lawsuits related to intentional wrongful and discretionary acts. Governmental immunity laws trace their origins back to British common law and the idea that...
Arbitration? What am I Gaining? What am I Losing?
You have probably heard the word “arbitration” before. Maybe you have purchased a consumer product and looked at the fine print to discover a reference to arbitration. Perhaps you have seen a reference to it in some other context. In some situations, such...
Protect Your Rights After a Hit-and-Run
When people envision an auto wreck, their minds usually go to an image of two crashed vehicles on the side of the road, and the police are present talking to the parties and witnesses to document what occurred. As a result, an accident victim can readily...
Liability Concerns for Dog Owners
Dog owners love their dogs. Statistics show that there are approximately 89 million dogs in the United States which are kept by 60 million households. However, while our dogs give us great companionship, they can also create a liability concern, costing...