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Mom Allegedly Drunk And Driving Causes Accident With Daughter In Car
An allegedly drunk mom got into a crash with her daughter in the car just east of Windsor Wednesday evening. According to reports, the 49-year-old woman from Columbus was driving east on State Highway 19 about 10 p.m. when she crossed the center of the road, forcing three oncoming vehicles off the road. Two…
Green Co. Toddler Dies From Food-Borne Illness
A Green County toddler has died as the result of an apparent E. coli infection this week. According to reports, the 20-month-old girl died Sunday, September 11, at the UW Children’s Hospital in Madison after spending about a week there. She was being treated for an E. coli infection and officials are saying her…
Toddler Hit, Killed By School Bus
A three-year-old Milwaukee girl died Friday afternoon after being struck by a school bus. According to reports, the accident occurred about 3 p.m. on 28th Street in Milwaukee between Mitchell and Lapham Streets, on the south side. The three-year-old ran into the street toward a relative, who was across the street when she was hit…
Veteran Convicted In DWI Case That Killed 3
An Iraq war veteran pleaded no contest to charges he was drinking and driving when he ran into a broken down vehicle in the emergency lane of Interstate 39/90/94 last fall. The 32-year-old man pleaded no contest to all four counts, three of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and one charge of…
Man Dies In Boating Accident On Dilly Lake
A Minnesota man died last Saturday in a boating accident on a Wisconsin lake. According to reports, 42-year old man from Inver Grove Heights, Minn., died when he fell out of a small boat on Dilly Lake in Washburn County Saturday evening. Emergency officials were called to the scene about 8 p.m. after he…
Pat Dunphy Featured in May 2009 Issue of Wisconsin Law Journal
Patrick Dunphy of Cannon & Dunphy S.C. is responsible for many law-changing verdicts, some of which were featured in the May 2009 issue of the Wisconsin Law Journal. InBittner v. American Honda Motor Co., Dunphy successfully litigated a products liability case for his client who sustained brain injuries after an ATV accident. The defendants…
Cannon & Dunphy Win One of the Top Verdicts of 2008
Patrick O. Dunphy (Lead Counsel) together with Edward Robinson of Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., won one of the top 100 verdicts of 2008. The lawsuit was filed against Waukesha Memorial Hospital, The Medical Protective Company and the Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund. The lawsuit alleges that a nurse’s failure to property administer an IV to…
$13.5M Settlement in Girl’s E. coli-related Death
MILWAUKEE – Eight years after a 3-year-old girl died from exposure to tainted meat at a Sizzler restaurant, her family reached a $13.5 million settlement with the company’s meat supplier and others, according to court records. The settlement is among the largest in the nation involving a food-borne illness, according to the personal injury…