by Dave Daleyof the Journal Sentinel staffA 12-year-old Egg Harbor boy whose arm was wrenched off last year by a defective Laundromat washing machine won nearly $9 million Thursday in what legal experts believe is among the largest personal-injury settlements in state history.The $8.85 million awarded Michael R. Newell and his family by the manufacturers and...

by Tom Kertscherof the Journal Sentinel staffSt. Michael Hospital has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a Milwaukee woman who alleged that lack of care forced her to get a heart transplant.The woman's lawyer, Mark Thomsen of Brookfield, said the hospital relied on a resident doctor when a specialist should have...

Article by James RomeskoMilwaukee MagazineTHE STATISTICS PROVE IT: More and more people need lawyers these days. They're splitting from their spouses, getting scalded in industrial accidents, going after shysters of all sorts and just trying to see justice done.In just one year, the number of cases in Milwaukee County Family Court skyrocketed 24.4 percent...

The following is an excerpt from an article appearing in the January, 1998 issue ofMilwaukee Lifestyle West:Article by Rob GolubPhotography by Luke WeberIf you should be so lucky as to wind up in litigation, you don't just need a lawyer on your side. You need a pit bull.You want a trial lawyer who's tenacious....