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Wisconsin Personal Injury Lawyers Blog

Personal injury related issues of interest to Wisconsin consumers & Wisconsin attorney.
By Frank Pasternak, Esq.

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Last Entry: May 09, 2013 at 18:01:00

Phone Calls From Lawyers After a Car Accident

Posted on May 09, 2013
Today, for the first time, I learned from a client that she not only received personal injury lawyers' letters after her Milwaukee car accident, but received about 20 phone calls from lawyers on her mobile phone. This is absolutely, positively disgusting and a direct ethical violation of Wisconsin Supreme Court Rule SCR 20:7...

Yaz and Yasmin Settlements in Wisconsin

Posted on April 17, 2013
Our recent blog post on Wisconsin Yaz and Yasmin cases at our firm web site: Wisconsin Yaz and Yasmin SettlementsWisconsin Personal Injury Lawyer

Gruber Law Offices Reviews on Google+

Posted on April 08, 2013
The other day I was working with our Internet people and had to put time into our Google+ page, Pasternak & Zirgibel S.C. - Wisconsin Personal Injury Lawyers.While there, I perused various Wisconsin personal injury attorneys' Google+ pages and came across a page for Gruber Law Offices, LLC, which, as I referred to in the previous post, currently saturates Milwaukee with personal injury law firm advertising...

Habush v. Cannon: The Final Chapter?

Posted on April 06, 2013
Wisconsin's Court of Appeals has issued an opinion, Habush v. Cannon - Ct of App decision. I'm not sure whether this will be the end of the litigation or whether it will go to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but it seems to me that lawyer advertising in Wisconsin is the wild, wild, west...

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Bad Drivers Shouldn?t Profit Off of Good Drivers? Health Insurance

Posted on February 18, 2013
By Frank PasternakImagine a law that will only benefit those people who do not have any health insurance and wrongdoers. Well on February 13, Sen. Paul Farrow (who represents an area of Waukesha County that includes Pewaukee, Delafield, Hartland and Waukesha) and Sen...

The Best Lawyers in America letter

Posted on September 20, 2012
Honored to share this news, which comes to me for the first time. Very few Wisconsin personal injury lawyers ever attain this honor. Wisconsin Personal Injury Attorney

Wisconsin Law Journal Profile

Posted on September 04, 2012
Recently, the Wisconsin Law Journal profiled me in its Asked and Answered column.Wisconsin Personal Injury Lawyer

Concussion Baseline Testing

Posted on April 17, 2012
Concussions are a very serious personal injury, especially for children involved in contact sports. Wisconsin high schools and colleges are becoming more aware of this problem and many are requiring baseline testing of athletes. However, parents of younger children involved in sports may not be as aware of the problem and the need for baseline testing...

ExamWorks - IME's are Big Business

Posted on April 03, 2012
Previously, I wrote about Wisconsin IME doctors, medical defense doctors, and defense ("independent") medical exams and the latter two posts linked to a company formerly known as Verity Medical. Well, Verity Medical was bought and so you get an idea of how BIG a business it is for insurance companies (and their lawyers) to hire defense medical examination brokers to get them doctors willing to fight legitimate insurance claims - I present ExamWorks...

Buy your teen the same amount of car insurance you buy yourself

Posted on March 21, 2012
The day has arrived when you drive your teen to the DMV to get his or her learner?s permit and then driver?s license. Scary. But the scariest thing for a parent is being asked to sign for your child?s driver?s license as a ?sponsor.? Wisconsin law requires that children under 18, with some exceptions, have an adult sponsor in order to get a learner?s permit and driver?s license...

Wisconsin Super Lawyers 2011

Posted on February 27, 2012
Pasternak & Zirgibel is again honored in Milwaukee Magazine via Super Lawyers (December 2011). Both Jeff Zirgibel and I have now appeared in the Top 50 Wisconsin Super Lawyers, which is an incredible award since there are about 14,000 lawyers in Wisconsin...

(888) 232-1274 Milwaukee Family Chiropractic?

Posted on November 22, 2011
(888) 232-1274 is a phone number for what appears to be an outfit attempting to contact personal injury car accident victims. Callers from 888-232-1274 identify themselves as working on behalf of Milwaukee Family Chiropractic. These Milwaukee Family Chiropractic reps include: Mr...

Wisconsin Drug & Medical Device Immunity Proposal is Misplaced

Posted on October 19, 2011
Below is an article I recently wrote for the Wisconsin Association for Justice:Wisconsin State Senator Rich Zipperer of Pewaukee hasrecently proposed a bill under the pretense of attempting to create Wisconsin jobs. The proposed law would bar claims for injuryor death by Wisconsin citizens injured by dangerous drugs or medical devicessimply because the drug or device had been FDA approved...

Would the Tylenol tampering lawsuits have survived Wisconsin?s new product liability laws?

Posted on September 07, 2011
In 1991, the Chicago law firm I was working at, Corboy & Demetrio, settled a highly publicized product liability case. The law firm represented the families of three individuals who died in 1982 after ingesting cyanide-laced Tylenol. The Tylenol tampering deaths caused a nationwide poisoning scare and eventually led to tamper-resistant packaging on all over-the-counter medicines...

Wisconsin Car Insurance Law Proposal

Posted on January 14, 2011
Oshkosh newspaper has a solid editorial: Go slow on rolling back insurance law. It has a great quote:"Ask anyone who has had significant injuries from a car crash and they'll tell you that a $50,000 limit on personal injury, much less $25,000, doesn't come close to covering the cost of hospital treatment, recovery and rehabilitation...

Wisconsin Product Liability Law Proposal

Posted on January 10, 2011
Despite the fact that the Chamber of Commerce ranks Wisconsin in the top half of states to do business in, Governor Scott Walker has recently proposed several changes to Wisconsin tort law, including product liability law changes, claiming these will create jobs...

Wisconsin personal injury Super Lawyers 2010

Posted on December 15, 2010
Wisconsin personal injury attorneys Pasternak & Zirgibel are again honored in Milwaukee Magazine via Law & Politics in its annual Super Lawyers issue (December 2010). I am again honored as one of the Top 50 Wisconsin Super Lawyers and Jeff Zirgibel is again honored as a Wisconsin Super Lawyer...

Habush v. Cannon Part XI

Posted on November 05, 2010
Habush v. Cannon & Dunphy continues to be litigated. The future court activity in Milwaukee County shows motion hearings in January and February and then two separate trials. One trial will begin April 4, 2011 and the other June 6, 2011. Given that I just search Yahoo, Bing and Google and one still gets a "Cannon and Dunphy" paid for result in Google, I'm sure that Mr...

Wisconsin 4th Cheapest State for Car Insurance

Posted on April 14, 2010
With last year's changes in the laws benefiting Wisconsin car drivers, there's been talk on talk radio in Milwaukee about griping car insurance. The changes were great for anyone seriously injured in car accident in Wisconsin, but weren't so great for car insurance companies, which continue to try to lobby politicians for ending the law...

Habush v. Cannon - Part X

Posted on March 29, 2010
Today, this Wisconsin Law Journal article talks about the Habush, Habush & Rottier and Cannon & Dunphy lawsuit.Wisconsin Personal Injury Attorney

Insurance Settlement Scam on Attorneys

Posted on March 24, 2010
Having read various emails directed to me and on lawyers listservs, I thought I'd link to this lawyers settlement scam story. Below are tips from secretservice.gov:How do I report a case of advance fee fraud (also known as "4-1-9 fraud")?The perpetrators of advance fee fraud, known internationally as "4-1-9 fraud" (after the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses these schemes), are often very creative and innovative...

Habush v. Cannon - Part IX

Posted on March 15, 2010
Loaded onto scribd some court documents. If one has time, it makes interesting reading. A document of note is the Habush, Habush, & Rottier Press Release regarding this Cannon & Dunphy lawsuit since in my first post on this epic battle I hypothesized about the media angle...

Habush v. Cannon - Part VIII

Posted on March 15, 2010
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Bruce Vielmetti's story today Legal firms begin clash over Web-search tactic chronicles last week's hearing in the titanic battle between Milwaukee law firms Habush, Habush & Rottier and Cannon & Dunphy.Bill Cannon and Pat Dunphy's defense attorney Ric Gass - who's firm is known for defending corporations like Cargill, CBS, Crown Equipment, Humana, Lennox, Northwestern Mutual Life, Toshiba, Trek, and a handful of insurance companies - made an argument to the Court relating to http://www...

Habush v. Cannon - Part VII

Posted on March 08, 2010
Followed up on the Bob Habush v. Bill Cannon lawsuit pending in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. The Wisconsin court has a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. on Cannon & Dunphy's motion to dismiss the complaint of Habush, Habush & Rottier...

Elmbrook Education Foundation

Posted on February 11, 2010
Elmbrook Education Foundation honored my firm this week with this press release. We have been and are very proud to be a sponsor for the Foundation's events, which help provide education scholarships and educational grants to District of Elmbrook students and schools...

WTMJ MACC Fund Make-A-Wish Story

Posted on December 10, 2009
I heard from several people about TMJ4's recent news story, MACC: Nollenn's Wish, which narrates a young Milwaukee boy's battle against cancer and the Make-A-Wish Foundation celebration of his remission. His sister was seen by Wisconsin viewers wearing her Brookfield Soccer Pasternak & Zirgibel jersey...

Habush v. Cannon - part VI

Posted on December 04, 2009
Wonder if the media is following up on the Habush v. Cannon lawsuit. Checked CCAP, Robert L Habush et al vs. William M Cannon et al, Milwaukee County Case Number 2009CV018149, and there's a phone conference right now with Judge Kahn.For those who have not seen it yet, the Habush, Habush & Rottier vs...

Habush v. Cannon - part V

Posted on November 20, 2009
A quick note too, the recent Journal-Sentinel article is wrong in asserting that the "Sponsored link [is] gone."I again just searched Yahoo! and Google as well as Bing and all three have sponsored links when you search for "Habush" or "Rottier" that lead to the website of Cannon & Dunphy...

Habush v. Cannon - part IV

Posted on November 20, 2009
JS Online now as an article about the war of words and a quote from Cannon saying of the lawsuit and Habush, "It's ridiculous. He looks like a buffoon." Personally, I don't think either is true here. Let's take a look at the legal basis for the Habush v...

Habush v. Cannon - part III

Posted on November 19, 2009
AP has a story on this now in which the two reputable Wisconsin pesonal injury attorneys are now having what can only be described as an ugly war of words. Per the story, among other things, Attorney Bob Habush said: "If Bill Cannon thinks this is a correct way to do business he needs to have his moral compass taken to the repair shop...

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