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What’s a Burger and a Beer Have to Do With Law? My wife and I went out for a nice dinner to celebrate my birthday recently. It was at a place that takes your credit card for a non-refundable reservation. It is considered one of the best restaurants in Chicago. We both dressed up a bit like adults…

A recent backyard dinner party led to the question “what happens if a squirrel flies from a tree and hits someone?” Yeah, of course we never covered that in law school (at least not that I was awake for), so I consulted with my insurance broker to find out more about what might be covered by a h…

The maxim of comedy to “wait for it,” meaning, wait for the punchline, is ingrained into my memory mostly by the fabulously written, outrageous comedy of the early aughts, Arrested Development. Much as I will never be able to hear an air horn again without jumping immediately to an image of Pete…

Many people have an image in their minds of what workers’ compensation cases look like, or, more specifically, what workers’ compensation clients look like. They imagine that most workers’ compensation cases involve blue collar workers who work in physically demanding jobs. While this is p…

Dog bites are serious. But whenever I think of dog bites, I remember the 1976 movie “The Pink Panther Strikes Again.” It made a 12-year-old me laugh hysterically. Arguably, in many ways, my sense of humor may still be that of a 12-year-old boy, but that’s a story for another time. There is a s…

Automobile insurance, health insurance, homeowner’s insurance, renter’s insurance. Med pay/PIP, comprehensive, collision, umbrella, and a few dozen other types. How many of you really understand what each type of insurance covers and how it works? To me, there is no more important subject about…

Many people are familiar with the term “value drivers.” We see it applied to all sorts of business dealings, employment situations, and also personal injury cases. In a nutshell, a “value driver” is something that increases the worth of a product, service, or asset. And believe it or not, th…

Many people hear about large verdicts or settlements in the news and assume that all legal cases are huge, dealing with large amounts of money, huge injuries or damages, and massive numbers of lawyers and legal teams. In reality, few cases are worthy of news attention and even fewer have any of the…