Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Minnesota Officials Seek to Reduce Tractor Rollovers, Farm Deaths
Nov 24 2015 // Minnesota officials are targeting tractor rollovers as a way to improve safety on the farm. Key legislators and representatives of three state agencies met for the first time last week to gather information on how other...
Audit Finds Wisconsin Insurance Fund Ends FY2015 $6M in Red
Nov 23 2015 // The Wisconsin state fund that insures local governments’ property finished the last fiscal year nearly $6 million in the red, according to a report released on Nov. 20. The review from the Legislative Audit Bureau...
Missouri Insurance Director Huff Elected NAIC President
Nov 23 2015 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected 2016 officers who will will assume their duties on Jan. 1, 2016. President: Missouri Insurance Director John M. Huff President-Elect:...
Wisconsin Assembly Set to Pass Self-Insurance Oversight Bill
Nov 17 2015 // The Legislature’s budget-writing committee would have to approve any contract moving Wisconsin public workers into a self-insurance model under a bill up for approval in the state Assembly. The measure being debated...
Canadian Pacific Says Wisconsin Train Derailment Caused by Broken Rail
Nov 12 2015 // Canadian Pacific on Nov. 11 said a broken rail caused a weekend freight train derailment in Wisconsin that resulted in an oil spill and a precautionary evacuation. No one was injured in the incident on Nov. 8, which caused...
2 Train Derailments in 2 Days in Wisconsin; Ethanol, Crude Oil Spilled
Nov 10 2015 // A Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying crude oil derailed on Nov. 9 prompting some evacuations in Wisconsin, the second day in a row a freight train derailed in the state. The eastbound CP train derailed about 2 p.m. in...
Wisconsin’s Ashley Furniture Again Cited for Alleged Safety Hazards
Oct 21 2015 // A federal safety agency has again cited Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. for alleged safety violations at one of its Wisconsin factories. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleged that Arcadia-based...
Apple Ordered to Pay $234M in U. Wisconsin Patent Infringement Case
Oct 19 2015 // A U.S. jury has ordered Apple Inc. to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing arm more than $234 million in damages for incorporating its microchip technology into some of the company’s...
Wisconsin Gun Shop Ordered to Pay Millions to Injured Police Officers
Oct 15 2015 // A jury has ordered a gun shop to pay nearly $6 million in a lawsuit filed by two Milwaukee, Wis., police officers who were seriously wounded when shot by a gun purchased at the store. Jurors ruled that Badger Guns was...
Univ. of Wisconsin Seeking $400M from Apple in Patent Dispute
Oct 15 2015 // The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm is seeking $400 million from Apple Inc. for infringing the school’s patent on microprocessor technology. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is owed that...
Apple Loses Univ. of Wisconsin Patent Lawsuit
Oct 14 2015 // Apple Inc. could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury on Oct. 13 found the iPhone maker used technology owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm without permission in chips...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Wisconsin’s Burkwald & Assoc.
Oct 6 2015 // Itasca, Ill.-based insurance broker and risk management services provider, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Burkwald & Associates Inc. of Pewaukee, Wis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded...
B2-USA, Inc. and Wipfli LLP Announce Agreement with WILMIC
Oct 6 2015 // Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company will implement EZ*Insure™ Software to power professional liability business for lawyers Irving, TX, October 6, 2015 – B2-USA, a leading insurance information and...
Report: Despite Monetary Awards, Job Creation Lags in Wisconsin
Oct 5 2015 // Wisconsin’s troubled job-creation agency handed out more awards last year but created fewer jobs, according to its annual report. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation awarded nearly $90 million more in...
Gantz Named Chief Financial Officer of Sentry in Wisconsin
Oct 1 2015 // Stevens Point, Wis.-based Sentry Insurance has named Dewey Gantz vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Gantz joined Sentry in 2013 as assistant vice president, and chief accounting executive. He has 20...
Report: Despite Monetary Awards, Job Creation Lags in Wisconsin
Sep 24 2015 // Wisconsin’s troubled job-creation agency handed out more awards last year but created fewer jobs, according to its annual report. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation awarded nearly $90 million more in...
Wisconsin Contractor to Pay $140K to Settle Age Discrimination, Retaliation Suit
Sep 22 2015 // Stack Bros. Mechanical Contractors Inc. of Superior, Wis., a heating and plumbing contractor in northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota, will pay $140,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination and...
Wisconsin Manufacturer Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for $160K
Sep 15 2015 // Wisconsin-based energy-efficient lighting designer and manufacturer Orion Energy Systems will pay $160,000 and furnish other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Wisconsin School to Pay $69K to Settle Age, Sex Bias Suit
Sep 11 2015 // Renaissance School, a voucher school located in Racine, Wis., will pay $69,000 to settle employment discrimination litigation brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
Wisconsin Firm Recalls Sausage Patties with Possible Metal Pieces
Sep 4 2015 // A Wisconsin company is recalling roughly 89,000 pounds of pork sausage patties after officials say consumers complained of finding small pieces of metal. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a news release that the...
