Distracted Driver Faces Charges for Fatal Wisconsin Car Accident
Oct. 11, 2012 A 65-year-old Prescott, Wisconsin, man is facing charges of negligent homicide and second-degree reckless homicide in a St. Croix County Court for his part in a fatal distracted driving accident. An article from RiverTowns.net stated the collision occurred in Sept. 2011 in Joseph, Wisconsin. Reports indicate the man was talking on his cellphone when […]
Read MoreMock Crash Scene Teaches Teens Dangers of Drunk Driving
Oct. 4, 2012 Teen fatalities from Wisconsin motor vehicle accidents are well above national averages, with a drunken driving fatality occurring in the state approximately every fifteen minutes. Students from a high school in Kimberly, Wisconsin, recently received a lesson aimed at teaching them about the hazards of the road. NBC 26 News reports that six […]
Read MoreAppleton Changes City’s Policy On Workers’ Compensation
September 27, 2012 The city of Appleton, Wisconsin, decided recently to reverse changes that were made to the city’s workers’ compensation policy. According to the Post Crescent, the reversal was made to create a more equal policy for all city government employees. This past fall, changes were made to Wisconsin workers’ compensation laws and the city of Appleton […]
Read MoreWisconsin Dog Attack Injures Young Man
Sept. 13, 2012 Two Fond Du Lac County men were charged in connection with provoking a dog attack that left an 18-year-old man seriously injured. The Pierce County Herald reports the attack happened Friday in the town of Osceola. Court documents indicate that a 58-year-old Campbellsport resident believed the young victim had stolen a collection of […]
Read MoreTraining Sessions Aimed at Improving Safety for Wisconsin Dairy Farmers
Sept. 6, 2012 Farm work is one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), agriculture led all other industries in workplace fatalities and injuries, with a fatality rate of 26.8 deaths per 100,000 workers. With agriculture accounting for nearly 10 percent of Wisconsin’s workforce, safety […]
Read MoreDriver Charged in Connection with Fatal Wisconsin Car Accident
Aug. 23, 2012 A 20-year-old Wisconsin man is facing charges in connection with a car accident that claimed the life of a young man and left himself and three other individuals seriously injured. The Oconto Times Herald reports the crash happened on June 15, just before 1 a.m. on Oak Orchard Road, just east of Abrams, Wisconsin. […]
Read MoreMany Employers Fail to See Serious Penalties for Safety Violations
Aug. 16, 2012 Workers depend on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to ensure employers provide safe work environments. However, according to an article from the Post Crescent, Wisconsin businesses that commit safety infractions are rarely fined and, when they are, the penalty is often lessened through settlements. OSHA data shows that, of the 240 […]
Read MoreStudy Finds Increased Number of Americans Receiving Social Security Disability
Aug. 9, 2012 A new study that was recently conducted by the Congressional Budget Office found that there has been a surge in the number of applicants for Social Security Disability benefits in recent years. According to the Huffington Post, from 1996 to 2009, the rate for disabled workers rose from 67 percent to 76 percent; there are […]
Read MoreFive Injured as the Result of Wisconsin Car Crash
Aug. 2, 2012 Five people were injured as the result of an Appleton car accident that occurred earlier this week. According to Fox 11, the crash happened at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon along Highway 42 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. A spokesman from the Two Rivers Fire Department, Lt. Lee Stadler, stated that the vehicle carrying the […]
Read MoreWisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Lawsuit against Drug Manufacturer
July 12, 2012 A decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a decision that found Pfizer subsidiary, Pharmacia, Inc., guilty of defrauding the state’s Medicaid program by inflating wholesale prices of medications to increase kickbacks that doctors, pharmacists, and the drug manufacturer would receive. According to an article by WISHTV 8 News, the kickbacks influenced the […]
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