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A jury Thursday found Advance Cast Stone mainly responsible for the accident at O’Donnell Park that killed a 15-year-old boy and injured two others, and awarded $39 million in damages to them and Milwaukee County.Read the full story here…

O’Donnell foremen give conflicting testimony on panel installation  Two cousins who worked on the O’Donnell Park construction gave conflicting testimony Tuesday about the installation of heavy concrete panels including the one that fell from the structure three years ago. Two cousins who worked on the O’Donnell Park construction gave conflicting testimony Tuesday about the…

Official tells O’Donnell jury he doesn’t recall change in panel work   A key employee on the O’Donnell Park garage construction said Monday he didn’t remember ever hearing about a change in the method of attaching concrete panels to the building. A key employee of the project manager on the O’Donnell Park garage construction…

Witness to the O’Donnell Park tragedy tells of rushing to aid victims amid chaos.  Fom JSOnline October 17, 2013: An eyewitness to the 2010 O’Donnell Park fatality said Thursday she watched from across Lincoln Memorial Drive as a huge concrete slab broke loose and fell, then she ran to aid the survivors in the chaotic aftermath….

O’Donnell Park Garage Accident Haunts Father From JSOnline October 16, 2013: A man who witnessed the deadly 13-ton concrete panel falling from O’Donnell Park in 2010 and its bloody aftermath said Wednesday the accident had devastated his family and left him feeling guilty, fearful and angry. Steve Wosinski described a chaotic scene, as he turned around…

Patrick O. Dunphy was invited by Marquette University Law School to teach a class in advanced Torts.  The presentation by Mr. Dunphy dealt with current practical issues in the day to day practice of personal injury law.  His discussion included legislative changes in the law of products liability, joint and several liability, the collateral…

Award-winning attorney Pat Dunphy explains the most appropriate time to settle a personal injury case.

by Tom Kertscherof the Journal Sentinel staff St. 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…

by Dave Daley of the Journal Sentinel staff A 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 following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the October, 1999 issue of Milwaukee Magazine: PERSONAL INJURY (for the plaintiff) Leading a well-seasoned pack of PI attorneys is Patrick Dunphy (Cannon & Dunphy S.C.). Formerly with Robert Habush’s firm, Dunphy began his legal career as a defense attorney for insurance companies. Last…