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  • Posted: Thu, Oct 23rd
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - The brutality of the buzz
    I’ve often written in this column with my perspective on the aftermath of bike-on-car collisions. This week, I’ve got a different perspective to share ─ the perspective of a cyclist who was actually involved in a bike-on-car collision. On July 26, 2007, racers Diana ...
  • Posted: Thu, Oct 16th
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Choice of law
    One of the important skills lawyers-in-training (a.k.a. “law students”) learn in law school is the ability to argue either side of a case. That can be tough for the average non-lawyer to wrap their mind around, but it’s an essential skill, because a lawyer has to be able ...
  • Posted: Fri, Oct 3rd
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - A Tale of two cities ... and two cyclists
    Linda Willsey distinctly remembers the moment: She was on her bike, riding home from work, when the car door was flung open directly into her path. There was barely time to yell “No!” before she was sailing through the air, landing on her back, fracturing a vertebra and ...
  • Posted: Fri, Sep 19th
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Readers' thoughts on road rage
    Dear Readers, This week, I’ll be sharing some reader responses to my recent columns on road rage (See “Bikes vs. cars," “Summer of rage” and “
  • Posted: Fri, Sep 12th
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - More rage
    Dear Readers, I'm going to take the unusual step of starting with the subject with which I usually close my columns. I would like to invite those of you can attend to visit with me at my next speaking appearance: Saturday, September 20, ...
  • Posted: Fri, Aug 29th
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Summer of rage
    In my last Legally Speaking column, "Bikes vs. Cars," I recounted some of this summer’s more egregious road rage incidents between motorists and cyclists, all of which happened in rapid-fire succession over a period of ...
  • Posted: Fri, Aug 15th
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Bikes v. cars
    To the casual observer, it may seem as though tempers have been rising along with the temperatures this summer, but as we’ll see, we know that the summer heat has nothing to do with it. Nevertheless, add higher gas prices, more bikes on the road, and — why not? — alcohol ...
  • Posted: Fri, Aug 8th
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Where's the justice?
    Bob,It is difficult to express my outrage after verifying the facts of the Autumn Growhowski story (See “When justice fails”). I find the collision (it should never be called an "accident") ...
  • Posted: Fri, Jul 25th
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - When justice fails
    Nineteen-year-old Autumn Grohowski was on her cell phone with her dad, just letting him know she would be home soon. It was June, a summer night in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and Autumn was approaching the trail she would take home. She was on her bike, and mindful of her safety, so ...
  • Posted: Thu, Jul 10th
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - A question of liability
    Bob,We have a little ride in Iowa called RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa). A few years ago a cyclist hit a centerline crack and died. The widow sued the county, and a settlement out of court resulted in $300k to the widow.There were two accidents ...
  • Posted: Fri, Jun 27th
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Two-by-two
    Dear Bob,In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, during a ride on the last Friday of last month, 17 cyclists were ticketed for violating the two abreast statue by claims that they were impeding traffic. The tickets stated that the violation was of state statute 346.80(3) — impeding ...
  • Posted: Thu, Jun 19th
    Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Your papers, please
    Dear Readers,
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