Northeast Wisconsin Personal Injury And Social Security Disability Blog

Proving a slip-and-fall accident is the fault of another person, or business, can be challenging.

For one, even generally honest and upstanding people are going to be reluctant, for a lot of reasons, to admit that they are at fault when someone falls on their property. After all, they may just not want the headache of the liability involved. Likewise, the owner's insurance companies may be reluctant to a pay a person's slip-and-fall claim.

Few events can ruin your day faster than an automobile collision. If the driver who hits you does not have insurance, however, your bad day becomes even worse. Because Wisconsin law does not specifically require motorists to carry liability insurance, you must have a plan for coping with an accident involving an uninsured driver. 

Following any automobile accident, you must act quickly to protect yourself, recover from injuries and assert your legal rights. As such, always obtain the other driver's name and insurance information. Also, seek medical treatment to be certain you minimize long-term health consequences. When the driver does not have insurance coverage, you must also do four other things. 

Even when a Northeast Wisconsin resident has what could rightly be called a strong case to receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration, they may wind up having their application for benefits denied at the initial stages.

Thus will begin a waiting game of weeks or months and, in some cases, even more than a year, for an applicant to get his or her application for benefits in front of an Administrative Law Judge authorized to review the application to see if benefits should be awarded. While the backdating of benefits is customary if it turns out an applicant wins his or her hearing, they are going to have to figure out how to manage on limited finances while they await a review.

A group of Girl Scouts, along with a woman, who were alongside a rural Wisconsin road picking up trash were hit by the driver of a pickup truck, who then fled the scene of the accident. Three Girl Scouts and the woman died because of the accident, while another Girl Scout was critically injured. The driver eventually surrendered to authorities.

This story has attracted the attention of the national news media and also prompted an outpouring of sympathy and support, including a message from the national Girl Scouts of the USA.