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Grafting Solutions
February 27th, 2025
This is now number four of my series of blogs about my recovery from rotator cuff surgery and its attendant ups, downs, complications, and progress. Last time I wrote, I was fighting some knee pain that was slowly resolving, while simultaneously working in physical therapy to improve my shoulder ran… Categories: Personal Injury
In (K)need of Speed
February 3rd, 2025
Policing is a dangerous profession. We all know that. But most of us think in terms of truly dire injuries or even fatalities, usually involving firearms. Those are all terrible situations and when we see them on the news, they make us recognize how special the brave men and women who choose this pr… Categories: Personal Injury
Shouldering The Load Over the Long Term
January 17th, 2025
This is the third installment of my blog on my recovery from my October 1st rotator cuff surgery. The good news is that my shoulder range of motion is coming along ahead of schedule. We are just at the point where strength improvement enters into the mix—more on that later. So everything is great,… Categories: Personal Injury
What’s Yours is Yours; What’s Mine is Yours Too?
December 19th, 2024
We are the masters of our destiny, kings and queens of our castle. We live in a world where we can choose everything we experience—our playlists, podcasts, social media connections—so you would assume you have complete control of what happens when you settle your personal injury, workers’ comp… Categories: Personal Injury
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
