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Attorneys 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…
Read MoreNew Form of Elder Fraud
Take a moment to read the following article that highlights an emerging form of elder abuse. The article was written by Joan Aragone for the San Mateo County Times. _____ Imagine yourself leaving a rehab or long-term care facility to recuperate at home. Once there, the driver helps you inside, and that…
Read MoreDrunk Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Accident
A Marinette man accused of drunken driving in a crash that killed five people near Peshtigo in Marinette County has pleaded not guilty to 21 felony charges, including multiple counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle. The auto accident killed 44-year-old Joel Rivas and four of his family…
Read MoreDeath of Emily Hughes, Gas Station Clerk, Ruled Homicide
Homicide charges were filed yesterday in the death of 18-year-old Emily Hughes, a Sheboygan gas station clerk who was killed when a van crashed into the store where she was working. Authorities say 32-year-old Jeremy Pfister of Sheboygan had just filled up. He was backing up his van to pick…
Read MoreCar Accident in La Crosse; Woman Injured
A 54-year-old La Crosse woman was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries after a car collided with a truck at 16th and Denton streets at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday. The force of the collision pushed the car into a city bus shelter and finally into the front…
Read MoreSecond Girl in Madison Stolen Car Accident Dies from Injuries
The stolen car crash in Milwaukee that occurred in Madison on May 29th has claimed the life of a second teenage girl. Chonnell Drinker, 14, died Sunday at UW Hospital. She was the second fatality from the crash that also claimed the life of 14-year-old Dionna Cook and injured two…
Read MoreEau Claire Police to Enforce Seat Belt Law
The Eau Claire Police Department has begun enforcing the new seat belt law that was passed in the state budget, making Wisconsin eligible for $15.2 million in federal funding for traffic safety improvements. The new law allows officers to stop and ticket drivers and passengers who are not wearing seat…
Read More14-Year-Old Drunk Driver Responsible for Accident
A 14-year-old girl was driving under the influence of alcohol when she crashed a pickup truck, causing the death of one teen and injuries to another. Hanna Yager of Clayton was operating a 2001 Ford pickup truck near Turtle Lake when she lost control, went up an embankment and rolled the…
Read MoreBoater Busted with 7th DUI
DUIs happen not only on Wisconsin’s roadways, but also on the state’s waterways as well. According to the Winona County Sheriffs Office, a Galesville man with six previous DUI convictions narrowly missed eight young swimmers before crashing his boat. He was arrested for operating under the influence. Curtis James Harnish,…
Read MoreWoman Busted 4 Times in Three Weeks for Drunk Driving
Nicole M. Bailey, 27, has been arrested 4 times in three weeks for drunk driving in Milwaukee and Waukesha County, including after dropping her children off at school. When she was arrested for drunk driving in Milwaukee on April 25th. At that time, Bailey had two pending drunken-driving cases from…
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