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Medical Malpractice Snippet

By Eric M. Knobloch • Nov 25th, 2008 • Category: Civil Litigation, Newest Post, Personal Injury Law

An article in todays Pantagraphout of Bloomington, IL reports a rather boring medical malpractice jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff.   The jury found the hospital negligent and awarded the plaintiff a little over $700,000.  So boring is the article on its face that I spared you quotes.
However, the case is noteworthy for two reasons.  First, Bloomington, IL [...]



Law Suit over Sick Leave Referendum

By Sean M. Sweeney • Nov 22nd, 2008 • Category: Business Law, Civil Litigation, Newest Post

The latest news I have seen comes from a Wisconsin Law Journal Article on Tuesday stating that the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce’s (MMAC) directors unanimously chose to sue the city of Milwaukee to stop the sick-leave ordinance from taking effect. You can see the article here MMAC to sue Milwaukee over sick leave by [...]



Houston Police Brutality Reaches Green Bay

By Eric M. Knobloch • Nov 20th, 2008 • Category: Civil Litigation, Newest Post, Personal Injury Law

This morning’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Houston Chronicle report that Marvin Driver, father of Green Bay Packers Wide Receiver Donald Driver, was the possible victim of police brutality early Monday morning.  While the officers are presumed innocent of any wrongdoing at this stage, the articles reveal facts that will most certainly lead to what attorneys [...]



Can I Sue and Keep the Earnest Money?

By Sean M. Sweeney • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Civil Litigation, Newest Post, Real Estate Law

A recent decision by the Wisconsin Appellate Court upheld a circuit court decision in which the plaintiff’s were not able to sue for actual damages in a failed residential real estate transaction because they did not return the earnest money to the buyer. The court ruled that they irrevocably elected liquidated damages as their remedy [...]



How Insurance Companies Deny, Delay, Confuse and Refuse

By Jon P. Groth • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Civil Litigation, Newest Post, Personal Injury Law

A new report discusses how insurance companies make their money.  This shouldn’t be a surprise.  They take in as much as they can in premiums and pay out as little as possible in claims.
The problem is with some of the tactics that insurance companies use.  Here is an example:

Farmers, was in the business of
denying claims [...]