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...
The owner of Brookfield's Thomas J. Rhoda & Associates accounting firm stands accused of injuring a female pedestrian with his Mercedes in a car accident and causing her serious bodily harm in the process. Witnesses at the scene of the July 15, 2012, accident...
The American Academy of Neurology has recently published new guidelines for dealing with the diagnosis of concussions suffered due to sports injuries. Medical professionals in Wisconsin can find these new guidelines in the American Academy of Neurology's online...
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...
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,...
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...
Law enforcement officials are investigating a fatal accident that left one motorist dead. The incident occurred during the early morning on Feb. 19, and it involved a box truck and a car. The box truck was traveling north on Highway 26 in an area near Oshkosh when it...
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...
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...
A ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court earlier this month may make it possible for victims of car accidents to obtain under their insurance policies if damages exceed the maximum amount that rental car companies can be required to pay. This ruling stems from an...
