Wisconsin Public Service agrees to clean up contamination at former Marinette plant
Wisconsin Public Service Corp. has agreed to clean up contamination at a former manufactured gas plant site in northern Wisconsin. On Friday, Judge William Griesbach of the Eastern District of Wisconsin approved a settlement requiring WPS to dredge and dispose of sediment contaminated with historic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) at the site in Marinette. The State […]
WPS agrees to settle Clean Air Act violations
The U.S. Department of Justice says the Wisconsin Public Service Corp. has agreed to pay a $1.2 million civil penalty and make substantial investments in pollution controls in order to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act.
State’s high court to hear Ellison Bay explosion case
A lawsuit related to a 2006 explosion that killed two people in Ellison Bay will be considered by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
State Supreme Court to take on four new cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to accept four new cases.
Settlement bars indemnification claim
Claim preclusion can bar a lawsuit between two parties who were both defendants in the prior action, even though no cross-claim was made.
Prior settlement bars second lawsuit after construction accident
New Berlin-based Arby Construction Inc. does not have to reimburse Wisconsin Public Service Corp., a gas and electric utility, for payments WPSC made after a 2006 construction accident, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. Arby employees were working under a WPSC contract in July 2006 when they struck a gas line and caused an […]
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