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Wisconsin was one of the earliest adopters of workers’ compensation laws dating back to 1911. Workers’ compensation is like a no-fault system, meaning an injured worker can be compensated if the injury “arises out of” employment. Whether the employer did anything wrong or if the employer was negligent, it does not typically matter. The worker in either case receives benefits according to a series of schedules that depend on the earnings of the worker, the body part injured, and
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Numerous conditions can cause someone to slip and fall and result in injury. Conditions such as uneven pavement, improperly marked steps, folded-up floor mats, potholes, bad tiles or floors, or items left on the floor are a few examples.

Slips can occur due to water on floors or ice on sidewalks or parking lots. Ice can accumulate naturally, by improper drainage from a roof or a snow pile, or when proper snow removal and salting is ignored. Water can
Continue Reading Proving a Slip and Fall Case: Photos, Surveillance Videos, & More

Not everything insurance adjusters say is false, however, the attorneys at Murphy & Prachthauser want you to remember that it’s the insurance adjuster’s job to pay as little as possible—or even no money at all—on your car accident case. Insurance adjusters do not have the same end-goal as you and it’s important to keep this in mind when you are in contact with them. Oftentimes, when it seems as though someone is trying to help you and they make
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Motor vehicle collisions happen all the time and automobile manufacturers are required to provide certain safety features to help protect occupants in foreseeable crashes. When vehicles fail to protect occupants, manufacturers can be held liable in a crashworthiness case.

Crashworthiness is a subset of product liability that relates to the vehicle’s ability to protect occupants in a crash. In a crashworthiness case, there are two collisions. The first collision is with another vehicle or object. The second collision is
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Theoretically, our cars should be designed to protect us during a crash. However, sometimes things can go wrong, and even our airbags – which were designed to keep us safe – can cause serious injury.

When they work properly, airbags undoubtedly save lives. Frontal airbags have been found to reduce driver fatalities by 29%. However, they do not always work. Airbags can fail to deploy or deploy too forcefully.

What do you need to know about defective airbags
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You’ve seen them in grocery and big-box stores – people shopping while riding a motorized shopping cart supplied by the store. While these scooters are great for those with mobility issues, they can endanger other shoppers.

Those driving the cart can strike other customers, knocking them down and potentially causing serious injuries. The driver could lose control, or just not be paying attention, among other reasons.

Depending on how serious the injuries are, and your ability to recover, you
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In the aftermath of a car accident, real-time statements, images of the scene, and witness accounts may be captured in the video footage of police body cameras or body cams. This valuable video documentation can be used by experienced car accident attorneys to help determine fault in a motor vehicle accident and help you get compensated for your injuries.

The Milwaukee car accident lawyers at Murphy & Prachthauser want to help you understand what to do after an accident,
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You tuned up your bike, have all of your gear ready, and are ready to go for a bike ride. One thing you have probably never considered is where biking is permissible. You always ride on roads or trails. I would like to discuss some of the rights and responsibilities or bicyclists on different types of road and trails. As vehicles, bicyclists have every right to ride on the road. In fact, in some areas the road is the only
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If you were in an accident, what if there was a way to see exactly what your vehicle was doing in the seconds before and after the crash? If you had access to data showing how your vehicle speed changed, how hard your vehicle was hit, and braking patterns, it might help prove that you were not at fault for an accident. Most motor vehicle crash investigators do a great job at recreating an accident scene and today, technologies
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After a baby is born, hospitals will not allow a newborn to leave the hospital without a proper car seat. Although the majority of new parents buy car seats long before the arrival of the baby, new parents may not know that both state and federal law requires certain types of car seats depending on the age and weight of the child.
Continue Reading Ultimate Resource Blog: Wisconsin Car Seat Safety Laws, Facts & Tips