Wisconsin Wrongful Death Attorney
A Wisconsin wrongful death attorney can help survivors gain compensation for an accidental death that is caused by a product failure or defect. When there is serious harm or death to a human, your Wisconsin wrongful death attorney can bring in experts to help track back to the person, product, or company responsible. Survivors are entitled to fair and reasonable compensation for losses and damages incurred because of the wrongful death.
When someone dies prematurely, and it is due to negligence of another, justice will prevail in court to award them some attempt at recovery of expenses brought about by the accident, and losses that follow due to the death of their family member. Income, medical bills, funeral and burial expenses, and pain and suffering are just some of the claims to be made. Contact your Wisconsin wrongful death attorney immediately if your family member has died in an accident.
Wisconsin Wrongful Death Attorney
A Wisconsin wrongful death attorney can help survivors gain compensation for an accidental death that is caused by a product failure or defect. When there is serious harm or death to a human, your Wisconsin wrongful death attorney can bring in experts to help track back to the person, product, or company responsible. Survivors are entitled to fair and reasonable compensation for losses and damages incurred because of the wrongful death.
When someone dies prematurely, and it is due to negligence of another, justice will prevail in court to award them some attempt at recovery of expenses brought about by the accident, and losses that follow due to the death of their family member. Income, medical bills, funeral and burial expenses, and pain and suffering are just some of the claims to be made. Contact your Wisconsin wrongful death attorney immediately if your family member has died in an accident.
Wisconsin Wrongful Death Attorney
A Wisconsin wrongful death attorney can make a big difference to survivors in their post trauma recovery from their loss of a loved one. The attorney will work with the survivors to negotiate damage claims or go to a court trial on their behalf, representing their best interests. Many expenses and losses involved with the accident can be recovered this way, including things like future income the decedent would have generated for the family. Medical bills and pain and suffering are just some claims to be made.
It is important to consult with your Wisconsin wrongful death attorney very soon, and to refer any insurance representatives to your attorney in order to protect your rights to fair compensation. Your attorney can advise you on things the insurance companies do not need to disclose. Protect your family survivor's rights by working closely with your Wisconsin wrongful death attorney from the start.
Wisconsin Wrongful Death Attorney
Call on your Wisconsin wrongful death attorney immediately if a family member dies in an accident. If the accident happened at work, on the road, or elsewhere, survivors can make claims for damages incurred and loss of potential income that would have come to the family if that person had survived. Your Wisconsin wrongful death attorney is up to date on all recent court cases and laws that will affect your case, and they can advise you of the best course of action to take.
Do not speak with any insurance representatives, just refer them to your Wisconsin wrongful death attorney. Otherwise, you may jeopardize some or all of the fair compensation to which you, as survivor, may be entitled. Be sure that justice prevails, and work closely with your Wisconsin wrongful death attorney from the beginning. A wrongful death is tragic, and so is the impact upon the survivors.
Wisconsin Wrongful Death Attorney and Malpractice
There are risks in any surgery, but occasionally something happens that can be classified as malpractice, and may end up with death of the patient. In these cases, the Wisconsin wrongful death attorney is brought into the case. This attorney has resources, staff, and experts to call upon to help with refining the case details and determining if it is a Wisconsin wrongful death due to negligent malpractice. Another problem in surgery that may cause patient death is defective medical parts. This, again, is where the Wisconsin wrongful death attorney needs to be consulted. There may be multiple persons or companies against which to place a wrongful death claim. The wrongful death attorney is experienced with these types of cases, and is the person to depend upon.
Parents of woman killed in crash with deputy settle with county
The family of an 18-year-old woman who was killed in 2007 in an automobile crash involving a retired Portage County Sheriff’s Department deputy settled its wrongful death lawsuit against the county.
According to Blair Ward, the county’s deputy corporation counsel, the parents of
Mindy Erickson settled with Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance for about $366,000. Mindy was killed in October 2007 in a three-car crash near the intersection of Nebel and Division streets in Stevens Point.
Patrick Dunphy, an attorney for James Erickson, filed the notice of dismissal Nov. 17.
“The Erickson’s attorney and the insurance company reached a settlement in exchange for dismissal of the lawsuit,” Ward said. “This is how most civil suits are resolved.”
Messages left with Dunphy were not returned.
Erickson’s parents filed a wrongful death suit seeking $300,000 separately or $600,000 together, plus an additional $50,000 for each parent, alleging the Sheriff’s Department’s did not have a driving policy that could have prevented the crash and around $16,000 for funeral expenses.
Sgt. Ken Tschudy was responding to a call in Plover and driving at excessive speeds, according to an investigation conducted by the Wisconsin State Patrol, when his car
struck Erickson’s. A third driver in the crash was treated for minor injuries.
This fall Tschudy pleaded no contest to failure to drive under safe and appropriate conditions as the operator of an emergency vehicle and failure to obey a traffic signal. Felony reckless homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle charges were dropped.
Other stipulations within the plea agreement included a forfeiture of $674 and restitution of $4,700. Tschudy also was required to make and release a statement, and conduct a forum focusing on driving laws, with Mindy’s mom Nancy for Portage County law enforcement and emergency personnel.
Parents file wrongful death suit on 4-year-old
A Wisconsin wrongful death lawsuit was filed last month in Sauk County Circuit Court by the parents of a 4-year-old who drowned last year at the Wilderness Hotel and Golf Resort.
The suit, filed by the parents of the victim, Tyler Houtakker, of the Asbury, Iowa, claims Wilderness Hotel employees were negligent by failing to take notice of Tyler's distress in a wave pool that was not active, and for failing to enter the pool to perform a rescue.
According to a Lake Delton Police Department incident report, in June of 2007, after Houtakker was seen floating face down in the pool by a lifeguard, a citizen was asked to take action a minute or two later to bring Houtakker out of the water where lifeguards and security personnel tried to resuscitate him.
The report said the lifeguard who originally noticed Houtakker face down in the water asked a supervisor twice if it was okay to help the boy and was told not to by a supervisor. The supervisor later told police that "guests get angry when lifeguards enter the pool for non-emergency situations."
Prior to noticing the boy face down, reports state the lifeguard saw the boy in the not-so-crowded pool, "swimming" underwater before she spoke to her manager for about 15 - 30 seconds. Parents admitted in a police interview their son probably did not know how to swim.
In a follow-up investigation of the incident two-months later, a Lake Delton detective, Kurt Doodreau, noted there was no cause for criminal negligence charges in the death, and no criminal charges were ever filed by Sauk County District Attorney Patricia Barrett.
But while Doodreau found the actions of the lifeguards commendable after the four-year-old was removed from the water, he thought "mistakes were made," and also thought statements about not jumping into the water when Tyler was first seen facedown were "troublesome."
A Wisconsin lawyer for the Wilderness Hotel, Jay Starrett, said in an interview that based upon his preliminary investigation, the statements in the police report by the manager and lifeguard were inaccurate.
He specifically questioned the statement allegedly said by lifeguard supervisor Devin Mallo, about guests getting angry when lifeguards enter the pool.
"I think that is an out-of-context comment, and I don't know if it has anything to do with these circumstances," Starrett said. "I'm not denying the police report, I'm denying that the conversation was in the context it was in."
In a response to the lawsuit, the Wilderness Hotel alleged that Houtakker's parents, "negligently failed to properly supervise Tyler Houtakker", "failed to adhere to the water safety notice provided at check-in" and also "failed to adhere to the rules posted on signs in the water park."
In Doodreau's follow-up investigation, he said an employee of the Department of Health and Family Services reported the Wilderness lifeguard staffing plan was appropriate and signs clearly stated: children under 48 inches should be accompanied by an adult; weak swimmers should stay in shallow waters; and it is recommended small children wear a life jacket.
Geske Sued for Fatal Crash in Ashwaubenon
A civil suit is filed against a woman charged with killing two teens while allegedly driving drunk in Ashwaubenon.
Police say Anrietta Geske was speeding when she ran a red light and crashed her Porsche into another car back in June, killing 18-year-olds Talhia Heroux and Ashley Knetzger.
Late last month, Heroux's mother filed a civil suit against Geske and her insurance company, Wisconsin Mutual.
It calls for an undisclosed amount of money for the wrongful death of her daughter.
The suit also calls for a judge to prohibit the insurance company from receiving any of the money Heroux could receive through a settlement.
Wisconsin woman claims husband succumbed to mesothelioma
A Wisconsin woman has filed an asbestos Wisconsin Wrongful Death suit on behalf of her recently deceased husband against 109 defendant corporations, claiming the mesothelioma with which he was diagnosed was wrongfully caused.
Doris Piacentine claims Edward C. Piacentine was diagnosed with the disease March 16, 2007, and died from it May 23, according to a lawsuit filed Oct. 30 in Madison County Circuit Court.
Doris says her husband worked from 1953 until 1955 and in 1957 as a meat packer at Purdy's Steaks, from 1955 until 1957 as a corpsman, from 1957 until 1967 as a truck driver and station construction worker and from 1967 until 1996 as an electrical inspector for Milwaukee, according to the lawsuit.
Doris states Edward's exposure was foreseeable and should have been anticipated by the defendants, according to the lawsuit.
She claims his disease was caused after he was exposed to and inhaled, ingested or otherwise absorbed asbestos fibers.
Doris alleges the asbestos-related disease caused the couple to incur substantial medical costs. Edward also has experienced great physical pain and mental anguish as a result of the disease, Doris claims in the lawsuit.
Mesothelioma hindered and prevented Edward from pursuing his normal course of employment, according to the suit.
As a result, he lost large sums of money, Doris claims.
Because of Edward's death, his family has been deprived of his support and has lost his society, the suit states.
His family spent substantial amounts on funeral and burial costs, according to the complaint.
Doris has been deprived of Edward's companionship, society and services, the suit states.
In the 11-count lawsuit, Doris seeks sums in excess of $150,000, economic damages in excess of $200,000 and compensatory damages in excess of $150,000.
She also seeks punitive damages in an amount sufficient to punish Ferris Kimball Company, Sprinkmann Sons Corporation, Sprinkmann Insulation and Young Insulation Group of St. Louis for their misconduct and to deter similarly situated parties from committing like acts of misconduct in the future.
She is represented by Randy L. Gori and Barry Julian of Gori, Julian and Associates in Alton.
Lawsuit filed by family of man who died after bar incident
The mother and brother of a man who died after being escorted out of a River Falls bar by bouncers have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the business.
Joseph R. Roscoe, 43, River Falls, died Feb. 27, 2007 -- 10 days after being found unconscious in the alley behind The Library, 106 N. Main St.
The civil suit was filed in Pierce County last week by Janice Roscoe, Two Harbors, Minn., and Mark Woodard, Omaha, Neb., against bartender/manager Edward Roughton, 105 Elm St., River Falls, and The Library bar.
According to the complaint, on Feb. 17, 2007, Roscoe was a customer at The Library and "became obviously intoxicated."
According to the complaint, bouncers attempted to escort him out. The suit says they were negligent in causing or allowing Roscoe "to trip, fall or stumble multiple times, hitting his head on the floor and pavement and sustaining other serious injuries causing his death."
According to reports taken by police shortly after the incident, bouncers said Roscoe was drunk, caused a disturbance and was kicked out of the bar.
Roscoe was comatose after the incident and suffered a blood clot in his brain and a stroke after being hospitalized. He died Feb. 27 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
Police Chief Roger Leque said no criminal charges were filed in connection with the injury and death.
"We did an extensive and thorough investigation and referred (the results) to the Pierce County district attorney for review, but no charges were filed," Leque said Monday.
According to the civil lawsuit, Roscoe's medical expenses exceeded $200,000 and he suffered pain and emotional distress before he died.
The suit also says his family incurred costs for medical expenses for his last illness and funeral costs in excess of $50,000.
The suit alleges bar managers were negligent in hiring, training, supervising and keeping staff and negligent in maintaining the premises.
According to city records, The Library is owned by S&T River Falls LLC. S&T's president and agent is Stephanie Roughton.
Roscoe came to River Falls the summer before his death for alcohol treatment at Kinnic Falls Halfway House. He also did odd jobs in construction around town.