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• Kenosha Bus Accident Injures 22 Students

  Paul Jacquart | September 07, 2007 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  WTMJ4 reports that 22 Bradford High School students were injured in a bus crash in Kenosha on Wednesday, September 5, 2007. According to the article, the bus crashed into a car driven by another Bradford High School student who reportedly pulled in front of the bus cutting it off on 39th Avenue, south of Bradford High School. Another news report from WSAW indicates that the car subsequently...

• Dangerous School Parking Lot Design Leads to Wrongful Death Verdict

  David Lowe | February 07, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A Los Angeles, California jury has awarded more than $10 million to the parents of a first grade student killed when struck by a van in an improperly designed school parking lot. The jury found that the lot was not built in accordance with the state-approved plans, and that hte school was aware of its dangerous design before the accident.Reacting to the verdict, the child's father said he...

• Carbon Nanotubes Dangerous Like Asbestos

  Paul Jacquart | May 22, 2008 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A study in Nature Nanotechnology, a science journal, indicates that carbon nanotubes may present asbestos-like dangers to people exposed to them, reports the Associated Press. Carbon nanotubes are...

• Motorcyclist Hit and Run Victim Struck By Two Vehicles

  David Lowe | July 25, 2007 7:25 AM | 1 CommentMilwaukee, WI

  I have been following a sad story from last month in which Michael Kemper, a 56 year old man from Pewaukee Wisconsin, was killed in a hit and run accident while riding his motor scooter. Yesterday, the authorities announced that their investigation revealed the likelihood that the victim was hit by two separate vehicles, a minivan and an Oldsmobile Delta 88. It is hard to believe that anyone...

• The Wisconsin Family Justice Bill: Ensuring That All Medical Malpractice Claims Are Heard

  David Lowe | April 15, 2008 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Once again today, I had to turn down a potential medical malpractice case for a young adult because there was no survivor of the victim who had the legal right to pursue the claim. Under Wisconsin...

• Ritter Lawsuit Demonstrates How Medical Malpractice Caps Discriminate On Basis Of Wealth

  David Lowe | March 14, 2008 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  After a month long trial, John Ritter's doctors were found not liable by a California jury for medical malpractice in the actor's death in 2003. The lawsuit alleged that a cardiologist misdiagnosed an aortic dissection as a heart attack, and that a radiologist failed to perform an x-ray that might have revealed the dissection, thus causing Ritter to lose the chance for surgery that might have...

• Fatal Auto-Bicycle Collision Under Investigation In Shawano

  David Lowe | October 23, 2007 8:59 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Authorities in northern Wisconsin Shawano County are investigating a fatal bicycle-auto accident that occurred just before 6:00 a.m. Tuesday morning when two bicyclists were struck by a car driven by a Shawano County man at State Highway 22, near Shady Road, in the Town of Washington.WFRV TV is reporting that the identity of the driver of the 2001 Monte Carlo that struck the cyclists is 25 year...

• Investigators Look For Cause of Girl's Death on Air Glory Ride

  David Lowe | July 15, 2007 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A 16 year old girl from Neenah, Wisconsin, Elizabeth K. Mohl, fell to her death Saturday when an amusement ride called Air Glory malfunctioned at a Christian Music Festival called "Lifest".Here is a photo of the Air Gloryride.A blog account by a woman in attendance at the event reveals the heart breaking shock experienced by those who came to this family oriented festival:I've just spent the the...

• Insurance Company Takes Heat for Filing Slip and Fall Lawsuit

  David Lowe | February 08, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  It's nice to see the shoe on the other foot. Sentry Insurance is being criticized for being too litigious. Sentry has sued an 81-year-old Brookfield, Wisconsin woman over injuries suffered by a member of a meal-delivery team who slipped and fell on a patch of ice in her driveway three years ago. Apparently, Sentry paid medical benefits for the delivery person and is seeking to recover those...

• The Hazard of Noiseless Hybrid Cars -- The Driver's Responsibility to Pedestrians

  David Lowe | September 23, 2009 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A story in today's Washington Post entitled The Deadly Silence of the Electric Car discusses automakers' views about whether and how to add noises or distinctive audio signatures that will alert...