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US high court urged to take up texting suicide appeal
A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend in a barrage of text messages to take his own life should have her involuntary manslaughter conviction thrown out because it violated her right to free speech, her lawyers told the nation's highest court on Monday.
Charges: Wisconsin woman read text before fatal crash
Prosecutors say a Wisconsin woman had just read a text message and was reaching for her cellphone when she crashed into another car last May, killing a Minnesota woman.
Woman accused of texting convicted in fatal crash
A jury has convicted a woman accused of texting moments before a fatal crash in east-central Wisconsin.
Driver who killed pedestrian avoids jail
A driver who texted on his cellphone minutes before striking and killing an elderly woman in a crosswalk will avoid jail time if he complies with his sentencing conditions in Trempealeau County.
Man gets 10 years in prison in fatal crash
A 23-year-old Stevens Point man who was texting while driving has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing a crash that killed a man nearly two years ago.
Woman gets 1 year for text-messaging crash
A Sun Prairie woman will serve a year in prison for a fatal crash that happened after she was texting while driving.
Plea deal reached in fatal texting crash
A 23-year-old Stevens Point man who was texting while driving has pleaded no contest to causing a crash that killed a man in Wood County.
Jury finds woman texted before fatal crash
A jury has convicted a Wisconsin woman of homicide by negligent driving for writing a text message before a fatal crash.
Woman accused of texting in fatal Madison crash
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 20-year-old woman is accused of writing a text message before she struck and killed a University of Wisconsin-Madison student whose car had become disabled. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Stephanie Kanoff, of Sun Prairie, is charged with homicide by negligent driving for the Oct. 24 death of 21-year-old Dylan […]
Businesses take texting precautions
Better safe than sorry is a stance construction companies in Wisconsin are taking when it comes to texting on job sites.
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