On behalf of Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C. | Mar 27, 2013 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
A car wreck in Brussels, Wisconsin, that occurred on March 9 left three people with injuries that required medical attention in a hospital. Early reports suggest that the car accident happened when the 19-year-old driver of a Ford Winstar failed to yield the right of...
On behalf of Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C. | Mar 14, 2013 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
On Mar. 3, two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision on the Afton Bridge in Janesville. In the aftermath, the 55-year-old driver of one vehicle was taken to a local hospital while the driver of the other vehicle, whose information was not released, died at the...
On behalf of Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C. | Feb 13, 2013 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
A ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court earlier this month may make it possible for victims of car accidents to obtain compensation under their insurance policies if damages exceed the maximum amount that rental car companies can be required to pay. This ruling stems...
On behalf of Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C. | Jan 31, 2013 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Earlier this month, a sentence was handed down against a 28-year-old Wisconsin man who was driving under the influence and caused a car accident in Wheaton in June 2010. The crash resulted in the death of the man’s 26-year-old passenger. Two others were...
On behalf of Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C. | Jan 23, 2013 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Simply having the liability insurance mandated by the state of Wisconsin is not enough to protect cautious drivers in some circumstances. When a negligent driver flees the scene of an accident he or she caused, the cost of medical bills and auto repairs or replacement...
On behalf of Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C. | Dec 26, 2012 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
A five-car crash that left at least one person injured was due to drunk driving, according to Wauwatosa police. The car accident occurred on Mayfair Road when a 45-year-old man from Milwaukee was allegedly speeding with a blood alcohol content of 0.15, nearly twice...
On behalf of Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C. | Dec 6, 2012 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Two car crashes in two days in Anoka resulted in death for one Wisconsin victim. The second accident occurred when the Wisconsin resident attempted to make a U-turn in the middle of the road. She drove directly into the path of an SUV driven by a teenage girl,...
On behalf of Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C. | Nov 16, 2012 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
A Wisconsin man convicted of causing a fatal accident is looking at 10 years in prison, possibly the toughest sentence ever handed out for texting while driving. The 23 year-old was convicted 2nd degree reckless homicide for causing a December, 2012 crash that killed...
On behalf of Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C. | Nov 8, 2012 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
One of the things that children learn in middle school science is the physics of moving objects. They learn that objects at rest tend to stay at rest, and objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Those same laws pertain to cars. If the vehicle you’re riding in...
On behalf of Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin, S.C. | Oct 10, 2012 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
It appears that 2012 is shaping up to be a very bad year for Wisconsin motorcyclists. Three-quarters of the way through, the death toll already stands at 102. Even if there are no more fatal motorcycle accidents this year, the number of bikers killed will be fourth...
