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What I Learned from My Rotator Cuff Surgery
November 12th, 2024
In a recent blog post, I wrote about my then-upcoming rotator cuff surgery. Now, the surgery is over and the long and boring recovery has begun. What lessons has this experience reinforced? Several jump out for sure. I understand even more what my clients are experiencing, and it has reinvigorated m… Categories: Uncategorized
Rotator Cuffs and Spinning
October 31st, 2024
I’ve written about rotator cuff injuries to the shoulder multiple times previously, here and here. So if you are a regular reader of this blog, you should be conversant with much of the basic terminology and anatomy. I know I am, especially having worked with many clients who have had these injuri… Categories: Personal Injury
A Good Old-Fashioned Personal Injury Auto Settlement
October 8th, 2024
Sometimes, I write about interesting or unique cases. Other times, I write about my frustrations with how people drive inattentively (and to go fully tangential, yesterday, while I was in the middle of a bicycle time trial, a truck decided to ignore me going nearly 30 miles an hour and block the ent… Categories: Personal Injury
Dog Bite Cases 101
September 27th, 2024
I recently settled a dog bite case. Unlike most personal injury cases in Illinois, dog bite cases are often “strict liability,” meaning that the owner or controller of the dog is liable without the bitten victim having to prove negligence. Does this mean a person bitten by a dog is just handed a… Categories: Personal Injury
Can You Drive Stoned?
September 12th, 2024
A 2022 crash that killed six high schoolers prompted Jennifer Homendy, the Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, to urge parents to warn their teen drivers about the risks of driving under the effects of marijuana. She alluded to the perception that many believe it is safe to drive whil… 
Pros and Cons of Pro Se—What Say You?
August 29th, 2024
Recently, I acted as the lead arbitrator on a panel of three to decide a case. This particular case involved a plaintiff who had filed a case pro se, meaning without a lawyer. Somehow she had navigated the legal system from filing, to service, to arbitration. Easy enough to miss something, so kudos… Categories: Personal Injury
Estate Planning For Personal Injury?
August 14th, 2024
Why would a personal injury lawyer encourage you to get an estate plan done? What does an estate plan have to do with a personal injury case? By the way, what exactly is an estate plan anyway? Estate Planning—What is It? Simply, it is what you want to happen when you die, and, in some instances, i… Categories: Personal Injury
There’s a Fingernail in my Taco—What Can I Do?
July 30th, 2024
I get questions all the time on various websites geared for people to ask for general legal advice. One of the questions I see regularly is something along the lines of “I got something gross in my food. Can I sue?” Most of the time, the general answer I give is that almost anyone can sue just a… Categories: General
Being Social Can Be a Bad Idea
July 17th, 2024
Back in the day, when I mostly looked at my own shoe tops and occasionally communicated in grunts (most people call that high school), I was encouraged by my very outgoing mother to be “more social” and to “talk to people.” I did not quite understand how to do that, so I did not. At least in… 
Get Off My Lawn…But Have a Drink First
June 28th, 2024
As I approach 60, it is clear I have turned into many of my deceased relatives. I have my grandfather’s exacting cleanliness and order, along with his long-windedness. I have my father’s skepticism, coupled with a general crankiness and impatience, but I’m a generally social and happy human. A… Categories: Uncategorized
