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Transportation Secretary Calls Mobile Devices ‘Menace’
A menace to society. Those were the words used by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood when he kicked off a two-day meeting on preventing drivers from using mobile devices. According to the Obama administration, nearly 6,000 people were killed and a half-million injured last year in vehicle crashes connected to driver…
Read MoreSerious Accident in Lafayette County
A Darlington woman was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when the vehicle she was driving was struck by an Illinois woman who failed to stop at a stop sign. The car crash happened at the intersection of County O and County W, about a mile north of the Wisconsin-Illinois state line…
Read MoreToxicology Showed Teacher Had BAC Triple the Limit
Toxicology reports show the teacher who was involved in the double-fatal crash in Washington County was intoxicated at the time of the accident Rachael Olson, 34, had a BAC of 0.24% at the time of the accident which killed her and claimed the life of 60-year-old Bette Voek. Olson, a sixth-grade…
Read MoreStatewide Campaign to Combat Drunken Driving Yields Results
Wisconsin’s drunken driving campaign and subsequent enforcement came to a headway this past Labor Day with more than 1,200 arrests. The campaign, part of the national effort called Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest., ran from August 21 through Labor Day. It included 2,700 officers from more than 320…
Read MoreFatal Car Crash in Christiana
A female driver was killed Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Highway PQ in the town of Christiana, according to the Dane County Sheriffs Office. One motorist was driving eastbound on Highway PQ in a Chevrolet Suburban when he crossed the center line and struck a westbound vehicle, whose…
Read MoreDrunk Driving Penalties for Midwest States
Wisconsin State Journal writer Jason Stein posted the criminal status for drunken driving in the surrounding midwest states. They are as follows: Illinois First and second offenses are class A misdemeanors, third and subsequent offenses are class 4 felonies Iowa First offense is serious misdemeanor, second offense within 12 years…
Read MoreIndiana Nursing Home Program Cuts Bedsores by 30%
Indiana health officials say a program reduced bed sores at more than 160 nursing homes, hospitals and home health agencies across Indiana over the past year. The program, led by the University of Indianapoliss Center for Aging and Community, focused on such steps as daily skin checks, keeping patients well…
Read MoreNursing Home Payday Lending
Nursing homes should not be in the business of making high-interest loans to their workers. But in Missouri, more than 90 of them are.They routinely charge annual interest rates exceeding 300 percent. In one case, workers are charged a jaw-dropping 912.5 percent. That is absurdly high, but not as high…
Read MoreBinding Arbitration in Nursing Homes
by Jack Zemlicka for the Wisconsin Law Journal August 24, 2009 Attorneys Look to Get Clients Out of a Bind Binding arbitration clauses are nothing new, popping up in everything from cell phone agreements to credit card contracts. But they are becoming increasingly more common in Wisconsin, especially in the…
Read MoreAttorneys Look to Get Clients Out of a Bind
by Jack Zemlicka for the Wisconsin Law Journal August 24, 2009 Binding arbitration clauses are nothing new, popping up in everything from cell phone agreements to credit card contracts. But they are becoming increasingly more common in Wisconsin, especially in the nursing home industry. Trial lawyers claim that many nursing…
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