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UW-Madison settles windsurfer death lawsuit for $850K
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has settled a lawsuit by the family of a windsurfer killed in a collision with a university boat.
Parents sue customers who fatally restrained son at store
The parents of a 16-year-old boy who died after being restrained by three customers at a suburban Milwaukee convenience store have filed a wrongful death lawsuit
Wrongful death suit filed amid listeria outbreak
The family of a California woman whose death was linked to prepackaged caramel apples sued the Safeway grocery chain on Monday for selling her the product.
Parties reach $737,500 settlement following inmate suicide
The state of Wisconsin has agreed to pay a $737,500 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit resulting from the suicide of Jessie Miller while he was an inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institute in Portage.
After verdict, defendant settles wrongful death suit for $105 million
A lawyer who won one of the largest jury verdicts last year for the family of a woman killed by a power line that fell into her backyard, has settled the case post-verdict for $105 million.
Nursing home arbitration clauses may be enforceable, rules US Supreme Court
State courts could not categorically refuse to enforce arbitration clauses in the admission contracts of nursing homes sued for wrongful death, the U.S Supreme Court has ruled in a per curiam decision.
Convict ordered to pay in wrongful death suit
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — An Outagamie County judge ordered a convicted murderer to pay his stepson $850,000 for the wrongful death of his mother. Scott Schmidt, of Appleton, was sentenced more than a year ago for gunning down his estranged wife, Kelly Wing-Schmidt, in their driveway in 2009. His wife’s son, Noah Wing, sued Schmidt […]
2010AP2428 Affolter, et al. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company
Torts Wrongful death; abandonment Erik Affolter appeals a summary judgment dismissing his wrongful death claim against American Family Mutual Insurance Company. Affolter sought to recover damages for loss of society and companionship stemming from the death of his son, Zackary Cole Lyrek. The circuit court concluded Affolter was not entitled to assert a wrongful death […]
Parking garage suit filed to beat reform bill
A wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a collapsed concrete panel at a Milwaukee County-owned parking garage was filed earlier than planned so the plaintiffs could avoid pending legislation that would limit punitive damages.
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