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FHWA Official Claims Trinity Guardrails Were Safe Amid Suspicions
Email evidence has revealed that one Federal Highway Adminsitration (FHWA) engineer defended the safety of a widely-utilized guardrail system while acknowledging that its design was changed without federal authorization. Trinity Industries guardrails are used across the nation as highway median barriers, and any alterations to the guardrails design must be…
Read MoreBMW Recalls 76,000 Automobiles Over Brake Problem
BMW has notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it will be recalling 76,000 vehicles from the 2012-2014 model years due to the loss of power brake assist. According to a BMW spokesperson, the oil supply for the vacuum pump that operates the brake booster used for power assist…
Read More630,000 SUVs to be recalled by Chrysler
Chrysler has announced two Jeep recalls totaling 630,000 vehicles worldwide. The recall will include 409,000 Jeep Patriot and Compass models from 2010 and 2012 to fix seat-belt and air bag problems. The recall centers around a software error which could cause late deployment of the air bags and seat-belt tightening…
Read MoreSpeeding Pick-Up Killed Pedestrian in Southside
Police investigators believe the driver of the pick-up truck that struck Frances Pizarro and her son Sunday night was traveling somewhere between 80-100 mph. Pizarro was pronounced dead at the scene. The following is an excerpt from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The 1995 Chevy truck was going between 80 and…
Read MoreGermantown Crash Update
Germantown Police said that at least six people have been transported to hospitals, and the crash involved at least eight vehicles two semi trucks and at least six cars. We have five patients transported to Community Memorial Hospital, and one who had to be extricated and transported to Froedtert (Hospital…
Read MoreI-94 Wrong Way Driver Identified
The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department has released the name of the woman who drove eight miles on I-94 Saturday and killed herself and the driver of another car in a head-on collision early Saturday. Dawn M. Ewing, 44, of Pewaukee drove west for eight miles in the eastbound lanes of…
Read MoreLafayette County Crash Injures Four
Four people were injured in a two-car crash Sunday in Lafayette County after a driver reportedly failed to stop at a stop sign at Wisconsin 81 and Wisconsin 126 in the town of Elk Grove. According to the Sheriff’s Department, Marco Rodriguez, 45, of Darlington was southbound on 126 when…
Read More$210K Settlement for T-Boned Passenger
MILWAUKEE, WI Attorney Richard Kalkhoff, of Pitman, Kalkhoff & Sicula S.C., won a $210,000 settlement on behalf of Milwaukee woman involved in an auto accident that occurred in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The plaintiff, a 77-year-old female, was in the passenger seat of a friends car, with her seat belt fastened, when…
Read MorePassenger Ejected From Car Wins Settlement
Injury attorney Richard Kalkhoff, of Pitman, Kalkhoff & Sicula S.C., won a $250,000 settlement on behalf of Wild Rose teenager involved in an auto accident that occurred near Waushara, Wisconsin. The Plaintiff and two other friends were traveling on County Highway MM one mile east of Hwy. 22 when the…
Read MoreTruck Barrels Into Oncoming Traffic
WAUSAUKEE, WI Attorney Richard Kalkhoff, of Pitman, Kalkhoff, Sicula & Dentice, S.C., won a $125,000 settlement on behalf of Wausaukee man involved in a truck accident in Marinette County. On November 18, 2005, the Plaintiff, a 42-year-old male, was navigating a curve on Highway 180 in Marinette County when the…
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