Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Wisconsin Parents Win $11.4 Million in Malpractice Suit
Oct 27 2008 // A Wisconsin jury has awarded the parents of a brain-damaged boy $11.4 million in a medical malpractice case. Chad and Amy Jelinek of Eastman claimed in a 2006 lawsuit that negligent care by a nurse and nurse midwife at...
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Sean Dilweg
Oct 20 2008 // From tornadoes, hail and flooding to the impact of the AIG bailout and the federal versus state regulation debate, Sean Dilweg has a lot on his plate as Wisconsin’s insurance commissioner. Appointed by Wisconsin...
Wisconsin Appeals Court Overturns Ruling Now in State Farm’s Favor
Oct 17 2008 // A Wisconsin appeals court says the estate of a police officer killed in a car crash six years ago cannot collect on his insurance policy. The ruling overturns a judge’s decision awarding Robert Etter’s estate...
Wisconsin’s Wausau Signature Agency Appoints Two Zone Vice Presidents
Oct 13 2008 // Wausau, Wis.-based Wausau Signature Agency (WSA) has appointed two vice presidents to lead sales, service and marketing in the southern and northern regions of the U.S. Mark Miller has been promoted to vice president-South...
Jury: Fatal Wisconsin Blast Killing 3 Ruled Manufacturer’s Fault
Oct 6 2008 // A civil jury on Friday, October 3 ruled against a manufacturer that claimed a contractor was to blame for a plant explosion that killed three workers and injured 48. The jury said Falk Corp. bears nearly all responsibility...
U.S. Court Sides with Bank to Stop Mortgage Loan Class Action
Sep 26 2008 // A lawsuit brought by a Wisconsin couple who accused a bank of deceptive lending practices and wanted to cancel their home loan has been stripped of class-action status in a victory for U.S. banks. In a 2-to-1 decision, a...
Wis. Officials: Snow Storm Communications Helped in Flood Response
Sep 23 2008 // Wisconsin emergency management officials say a lack of communication during the 2008, February snow storm backup taught them how to better respond to this spring’s floods. The state Homeland Security Council issued a...
Wisconsin Sleep-Related Truck Crash Prompts Federal Call for Research
Sep 18 2008 // Trucking companies should work harder to enforce that their drivers get rest, and the government should move toward mandating the use of alarm systems to alert exhausted truckers, a federal board recommended. While drivers...
Wisconsin Utility Workers Diverted from Texas to Ohio
Sep 17 2008 // Utility crews from Wisconsin Public Service prepared to go to Texas on Septembr 15 to help restore power to victims of Hurricane Ike have been redirected to Ohio. Ten crews are responding to a request from American...
Wisconsin Commissioner Says Humana Paid $750,000 to Resolve Complaints
Sep 11 2008 // Humana Insurance Co. has agreed to pay the state of Wisconsin $750,000 to settle complaints about its marketing and other practices. Insurance Commissioner Sean Dilweg says the settlement will protect seniors from problems...
Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Centers Closing in Wisconsin
Aug 15 2008 // The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) says it will close disaster loan centers in Lancaster, Portage and Janesville, Wis. on Friday, Aug. 15. The SBA is urging homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofit...
Wisconsin Insurance Company President Dies in 2 Car Collision
Aug 13 2008 // The president of Mt. Morris Mutual Insurance Co. in Coloma and his 8-year-old grandson have died in a two-vehicle crash in Jackson County, Wis. Seventy-two-year-old Howard Fenske and Blake Fenske died about 5 a.m. Monday...
Wisconsin’s Traffic Deaths Fewest Since 1946
Aug 8 2008 // The Wisconsin Department of Transportation recently released a statement saying that traffic deaths were down last month, making the month of July in Wisconsin the lowest in fatalities since World War II. Sixty-three...
OSHA Had Cited Wisconsin Mill 3 Times Before Fatal Explosion
Aug 1 2008 // The Wisconsin paper mill where an explosion killed three workers earlier this week received three citations for safety violations in the past 10 years, including one that was serious, according to a federal Web site. The...
Wisconsin High Court: Homeowners Insurance Doesn’t Cover Negligence
Jul 18 2008 // A couple’s homeowner’s policy does not cover alleged negligence by the wife for not preventing her husband from sexually abusing a child, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court said July 17. The unnamed child and...
Wisconsin Family Gets $18M after Birthing Injury
Jul 18 2008 // A judge approved an $18.2 million settlement from the government for a Milwaukee family whose daughter suffered brain damage during birth at a federally funded clinic. The lawsuit was argued in U.S. District Court because...
S&P Advises Floods Could Lead to Ratings Actions on Midwest-Focused Insurers
Jul 11 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it does not expect the 2008 Midwest floods to impact ratings or outlooks for the majority of companies that it rates. However, property/casualty writers that are...
Wis. Man Loses Classic Cars with Damage Estimates of $100,000 to Flood
Jul 11 2008 // Many property owners suffered large losses in the June 2008 flooding event in southern Wisconsin. But few lost a fleet. James Pritzlaff’s collection of classic cars is still under about 4 feet of water that...
Wisconsin Boy Hospitalized, Sickened by Floodwaters
Jun 30 2008 // University of Wisconsin Hospital officials say a 6-year-old boy with a life-threatening kidney disease may have been infected while playing in contaminated floodwater. Dr. Ellen Wald says the child has been on dialysis and...
Wisconsin Re-evaluates Current Flood Standards
Jun 26 2008 // Wisconsin officials are re-evaluating whether infrastructure is being built and maintained to strict enough standards to handle severe weather. Engineering professor Ken Potter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison says...
