A new study by the National Safety Council shows that state and federal figures related to distracted-driving crashes may be underreported, leading to misleading ideas about the prevalence of this problem. For families considering a wrongful death claim against a...
Wrongful Death
Top causes of fatalities in distracted driving accidents
In an effort to prevent wrongful death and better understand the causes of fatal car accidents in Wisconsin and throughout the nation, Erie Insurance studied police data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System. The insurance company also worked with the Insurance...
Truck accident results in death of six Wisconsinites
Officials who investigated a fatal crash in Kentucky that resulted in multiple deaths say that the semi-truck driver who crashed into the back of an SUV was distracted. The accident occurred on Interstate 65 and caused the deaths of six people from Wisconsin,...
Suit filed against Mendota Mental Health Institute
A suit has been filed against Mendota Health Institute and the state of Wisconsin by the mother of a schizophrenic man who committed suicide by strangling himself while in the institute's care in April of 2010. At the time of his death, he had been placed in a...
Drunk driver charged with homicide in fatal accident
In December 2012, a 57-year-old Oshkosh man was traveling in Nekemi when his vehicle crossed the center line and careened head-on into a van. The 80-year-old driver of the van was killed, and his 81-year-old wife suffered from several broken bones. The driver now...
Teenager detained for allegedly shoplifting dies outside store
About a month ago, a Wisconsin high school student was shopping at a convenience store in West Allis when he was confronted by three other customers who eventually detained him for the police. The student, 16, was accused of stealing bottles of alcohol by placing them...
Chippewa County wrongful death tubing case settled
On June 25, 2011, a 29-year-old Eau Claire father died in a tubing accident near Holcombe Dam. The victim was riding in a commercially-made tube pulled by a boat, when the tube hit one of the concrete pillars located under County M. At the time, the boat was occupied...