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Fatal Car Crash in Christiana
A female driver was killed Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Highway PQ in the town of Christiana, according to the Dane County Sheriffs Office. One motorist was driving eastbound on Highway PQ in a Chevrolet Suburban when he crossed the center line and struck a westbound vehicle, whose…
Read MoreDrunk Driving Penalties for Midwest States
Wisconsin State Journal writer Jason Stein posted the criminal status for drunken driving in the surrounding midwest states. They are as follows: Illinois First and second offenses are class A misdemeanors, third and subsequent offenses are class 4 felonies Iowa First offense is serious misdemeanor, second offense within 12 years…
Read MoreIndiana Nursing Home Program Cuts Bedsores by 30%
Indiana health officials say a program reduced bed sores at more than 160 nursing homes, hospitals and home health agencies across Indiana over the past year. The program, led by the University of Indianapoliss Center for Aging and Community, focused on such steps as daily skin checks, keeping patients well…
Read MoreNursing Home Payday Lending
Nursing homes should not be in the business of making high-interest loans to their workers. But in Missouri, more than 90 of them are.They routinely charge annual interest rates exceeding 300 percent. In one case, workers are charged a jaw-dropping 912.5 percent. That is absurdly high, but not as high…
Read MoreBinding Arbitration in Nursing Homes
by Jack Zemlicka for the Wisconsin Law Journal August 24, 2009 Attorneys Look to Get Clients Out of a Bind Binding arbitration clauses are nothing new, popping up in everything from cell phone agreements to credit card contracts. But they are becoming increasingly more common in Wisconsin, especially in the…
Read MoreAttorneys Look to Get Clients Out of a Bind
by Jack Zemlicka for the Wisconsin Law Journal August 24, 2009 Binding arbitration clauses are nothing new, popping up in everything from cell phone agreements to credit card contracts. But they are becoming increasingly more common in Wisconsin, especially in the nursing home industry. Trial lawyers claim that many nursing…
Read MoreNew Form of Elder Fraud
Take a moment to read the following article that highlights an emerging form of elder abuse. The article was written by Joan Aragone for the San Mateo County Times. _____ Imagine yourself leaving a rehab or long-term care facility to recuperate at home. Once there, the driver helps you inside, and that…
Read MoreDrunk Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Accident
A Marinette man accused of drunken driving in a crash that killed five people near Peshtigo in Marinette County has pleaded not guilty to 21 felony charges, including multiple counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle. The auto accident killed 44-year-old Joel Rivas and four of his family…
Read MoreDeath of Emily Hughes, Gas Station Clerk, Ruled Homicide
Homicide charges were filed yesterday in the death of 18-year-old Emily Hughes, a Sheboygan gas station clerk who was killed when a van crashed into the store where she was working. Authorities say 32-year-old Jeremy Pfister of Sheboygan had just filled up. He was backing up his van to pick…
Read MoreCar Accident in La Crosse; Woman Injured
A 54-year-old La Crosse woman was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries after a car collided with a truck at 16th and Denton streets at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday. The force of the collision pushed the car into a city bus shelter and finally into the front…
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