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Settlement reached in product liability case
A products liability settlement has been reached in the case of Joshua Gibson vs. Armor Lite Trailer Manufacturing, LLC, et al. (Case Number 3:20-CV-01088-SLC).
Tagged with: Habush Habush & Rottier Joshua Gibson vs. Armor Lite Trailer Manufacturing Product liability settlement
Read More »Briggs & Stratton bankruptcy agreement to provide $200K for worker’s comp claims
Employees of Briggs & Stratton who were injured at the now-bankrupt company will have an additional $200,000 fund to draw worker’s compensation from, thanks to a court decision.
Tagged with: Bankruptcy Wisconsin Department of Justice
Read More »Settlement reached in civil rights lawsuit filed against Baraboo School District
Dasia F. Banks v. Baraboo School District in the Western District of Wisconsin (case number 20-CV-36) was recently settled in mediation for $862,500.
Tagged with: Axley Attorneys Dasia F. Banks v. Baraboo School District Emile Banks Gingras Thomsen & Wachs
Read More »$1.25 million settlement reached in head-on collision
Jason Abraham of Hupy and Abraham has won a $1.25 million settlement in a car crash that injured one driver and killed another.
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Read More »Settlement reached in head-on collision
A $15,000 settlement has been reached in a car accident case.
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Read More »Settlement reached in Dane County medical malpractice case
An $831,474.84 settlement has been reached in a medical malpractice case in Dane County.
Tagged with: Bell Moore & Richter Corneille Law Group Habush Habush & Rottier Medical malpractice
Read More »DOJ obtains $95K judgment against Veolia for mercury pollution at Ozaukee facility
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has obtained a $95,000 civil judgment against Veolia ES Technical Solutions for violations of state air-management and hazardous-waste laws.
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Read More »JFC approves $10K settlement, juvenile treatment center expansion
The Joint Committee on Finance on Thursday approved a $10,000 settlement in a lawsuit over improper dredging and an expansion project for a Madison juvenile-treatment center.
Tagged with: Joint Finance Committee Josh Kaul
Read More »Milwaukee council OKs settlement with former Bucks player
The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday approved a $750,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by former Bucks player Sterling Brown over his 2018 arrest in which he was taken to the ground and shocked with a Taser.
Tagged with: Sterling Brown
Read More »Kaul reaches $242K settlement on manure spills
Attorney General Josh Kaul has reached a $242,000 settlement with a factory farm and a manure applicator to resolve pollution violations stemming from manure spills several years ago.
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Read More »Habush’s Wagner, Blocher secure $550K verdict in car-crash case
A Milwaukee County jury has awarded nearly $550,000 to a woman hurt in a rear-end car crash. Attorneys Benjamin Wagner and Jesse Blocher of Habush Habush & Rottier represented the plaintiff. The crash happened in October 2015, and liability wasn’t ...
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Read More »Family of deceased veteran settles wrongful death lawsuit
The federal government has agreed to pay $1 million to the children of an Army veteran who froze to death after he was discharged from a Veterans Affairs hospital in Madison.
Read More »Wisconsin part of $188.6M multistate settlement over deceptive marking of surgical mesh
Wisconsin is part of a $188.6 million settlement with Boston Scientific Corporation to resolve allegations of deceptive marking of its surgical-mesh products for women.
Tagged with: Josh Kaul
Read More »DOJ obtains $65K judgment for pollution from Milwaukee metal shredder
The Wisconsin Department of Justice obtained a $65,000 judgment against two companies for violating state air pollution control laws with their metal shredder.
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Read More »Madison doctor settles opioid over-prescription allegations for $110K
A Madison doctor has agreed to pay $110,000 to settle allegations that he wrote unnecessary opioid prescriptions.
Tagged with: opioids
Read More »Dairy farms, cheese co-op settle pollution violations for $190K
Two dairy farms and a cheese cooperative have settled water pollution and wastewater violations for $190,000.
Tagged with: Josh Kaul Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Read More »Manufacturing company to pay $172K to resolve violations of state air laws
A Wisconsin manufacturing company will pay nearly $172,000 over violations of state air laws at its Janesville operation.
Tagged with: Wisconsin Department of Justice
Read More »Factory farm will pay $144K for pollution violations
A factory farm in Kewaunee County has agreed to pay the state $144,000 to resolve pollution violations.
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Read More »$2.5M settlement reached in genetic-testing scheme
A California company has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement to resolve allegations that it had paid a marketing company to refer it genetic testing for Wisconsin nursing-home patients.
Read More »$17.5M settlement reached in PFAS lawsuit
A company that makes fire-fighting foam containing so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS reached a $17.5 million settlement on Thursday with northern Wisconsin residents over contamination from the chemicals.
Read More »Wisconsin joins nationwide $86.3M agreement with mortgage servicer
Wisconsin joined in a nationwide $86.3 million agreement with Nationstar Mortgage to resolve allegations that the company's practices caused problems for thousands of homeowners.
Tagged with: Josh Kaul
Read More »Hupy and Abraham’s Halaby settles Dane Co. car-crash case for $100,000
Hupy and Abraham attorney Ramzy Halaby has reached a $100,000 settlement for a client hurt in a Dane County car accident.
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Read More »Kohner, Mann & Kailas reaches $15M settlement in 13-year natural gas lawsuit
Milwaukee law firm Kohner, Mann & Kailas has reached a $15 million settlement in a massive natural-gas antitrust lawsuit, the largest to date in the case's 13 years of litigation.
Tagged with: Kohner Mann & Kailas natural gas settlement
Read More »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 ...
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Read More »Wisconsin, 47 others reach $85 million settlement with Honda over faulty airbags
Wisconsin and 47 other U.S. states and territories have reached an $85 million settlement with Honda over faulty airbag systems in the company’s cars. Attorney General Josh Kaul and attorneys general from throughout the U.S. were investigating whether American Honda Motor ...
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Read More »Retired Wisconsin doctor settles federal CSA allegations for $70,000
A retired Wisconsin physician has agreed to pay $70,000 to resolve allegations that he improperly prescribed opioids to patients and told them how to successfully fill various opioid prescriptions at once.
Tagged with: opioids Scott Blader Western District of Wisconsin
Read More »EPA settles lawsuit over hazardous waste near Franklin landfill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the garbage-disposal giant Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc. over allegedly illegal hazardous-waste practices at a landfill in Franklin. The proposed settlement, announced on Thursday, calls for increased monitoring for hazardous waste near ...
Tagged with: Environmental Protection Agency EPA U.S. Department of Justice Waste Management
Read More »Republican lawmakers OK 4 settlements under lame-duck laws
The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee signed off on four more legal settlements under the state's lame-duck laws in a whirlwind meeting on Tuesday.
Read More »Kohl’s agrees to pay $220,000 for identity-theft allegations (UPDATE)
The Department of Justice is suing Kohl's Department Stores for withholding information about identity theft perpetrators.
Tagged with: Identity theft
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