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Cannon & Dunphy, S.C. has won more $10 million and higher awards than any other personal injury law firm in Wisconsin.

Personal Injury - General Negligence

Under Wisconsin law, everyone owes a duty to everyone else to use ordinary care in all of his or her activities. A person is negligent when he or she, without intending to do harm, does something or fails to do something that a reasonable person would recognize as creating an unreasonable risk of injury or damage to a person or property. In the broadest sense, negligence means carelessness, and a person is negligent when he or she acts carelessly.

To recover damages in negligence cases, a plaintiff must not only prove that the defendant was negligent, but also that the plaintiff’s injuries and damages were caused by the defendant’s negligence.

Cannon & Dunphy is one of Milwaukee's top general negligence law firms and can help with your general negligence claim. Some examples of general negligence include:

  • Collapse of building due to negligent construction
  • Negligent inspection of vehicle by mechanic, resulting in mechanical failure
  • Negligent supervision
  • Negligent hiring
  • Negligent failure to secure livestock, resulting in animals getting loose on highway
  • Inadequate security

A sample of Cannon & Dunphy's previous results in General Negligence cases:

  • $1.56 million settlement awarded to a cheerleader who sustained a quadriparetic injury due to the negligent supervision of the university cheerleading program.

  • $1.5 million settlement. A distraught man left alone in a police holding cell used in violation of state order tried to hang himself. He sustained permanent brain damage.

  • $1.5 million settlement in an assault and rape case against a Florida motel.

  • $1.25 million settlement awarded for spinal cord injuries sustained by a 21-year-old in a diving accident.

  • $1.2 million settlement for wrongful death of inmate at Milwaukee County Jail who was denied medical treatment for his diabetes.

  • $1.1 million settlement awarded to a man who became a paraplegic as a result of being thrown from a horse at a country club's "Western Days"

You can take comfort in knowing that Cannon & Dunphy is Wisconsin’s most successful personal injury law firm. More $10 million and higher awards have been won by Cannon & Dunphy than any other personal injury attorneys in the state.

Learn more about what Cannon & Dunphy can do to help.

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The information is based on published and publicly available information. Results depend on the facts of each case.