Appleton, Wisconsin Personal Injury Lawyer Resources

Appleton anchors the Fox Cities and the broader Fox River Valley, a region where seasonal weather plays a bigger role in injury cases than most people expect. Winter ice, lake-effect snow, rural county roads, and the mix of passenger cars and heavy commercial trucks along US-41 and I-41 drive a recurring pattern of rear-end crashes, single-vehicle rollovers, and pedestrian strikes in parking lots and downtown crosswalks. Wisconsin's legal framework then determines what an injured person can recover.

Wisconsin follows modified comparative fault with a 51 percent bar: if you are 50 percent or less at fault, your damages are reduced by your percentage of fault, and if you are 51 percent or more at fault, you recover nothing. That threshold changes how every case has to be prepared, because one or two percentage points in the fault allocation can be the difference between a full recovery and no recovery at all. Wisconsin generally applies a three-year statute of limitations to personal injury claims, but wrongful death, medical malpractice, and claims against government entities follow their own rules, and in my 32 years of practice I have seen good cases lost simply because someone waited too long to involve a lawyer.

Goldberg & Loren handles Appleton and Fox Valley injury cases across the usual practice areas: auto and truck crashes, motorcycle and bicycle collisions, slip-and-fall and premises cases, dog bites, and wrongful death. George Goldberg founded the firm after starting his career defending airlines and insurers in 1994 and switching to the plaintiff side in 1996. That defense background helps us anticipate the arguments Wisconsin adjusters and defense firms run, especially on the fault allocation that the state's 51 percent bar makes so critical.

Below you will find our Appleton-focused articles and FAQs covering the issues Fox Valley clients ask about most often in an initial consultation.

If you were hurt in Appleton or anywhere in the Fox Cities, we offer a free consultation and you pay nothing unless we recover money for you. Call us 24/7 at 1-888-352-9243.