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The now 50-year-old was walking to his hotel room at night in a "poorly lit parking lot of a resort" where he was staying when he was hit and run ov[...] </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <img width="200" height="133" src="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-200x133.jpg" class="attachment-category-list-thumb size-category-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-200x133.jpg 200w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-300x200.jpg 300w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-768x512.jpg 768w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-398x265.jpg 398w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-188x125.jpg 188w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-225x150.jpg 225w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-120x80.jpg 120w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-50x33.jpg 50w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-270x180.jpg 270w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-180x120.jpg 180w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-600x400.jpg 600w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-1296x864.jpg 1296w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-972x648.jpg 972w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-468x312.jpg 468w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="results-listing" id='post-511919' class="post-511919 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-legal-news category-news category-verdicts-and-settlements subscriber_only"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-9 post-item__content"> <span class="tag-list"> <a href="https://wislawjournal.com/category/legal-news/">Legal News</a> </span> <span class="dateline"> Nov 4, 2024, 9:00AM GMT-0600 </span> <h4 class="entry-title"><a href="https://wislawjournal.com/2024/11/04/court-of-appeals-rules-insurer-not-liable-in-underinsured-motorist-case/" rel="bookmark">Court of Appeals rules insurer not liable in underinsured motorist case</a></h4> <p class="body-text"> The Court of Appeals overturned a decision by an Eau Claire County Circuit Court holding West Bend Insurance Co. liable for underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits in an accident involving an Eau Claire County snowplow. According to court records, an Eau Claire County snowplow was clearing snow on Interstate 94 when it pushed snow of[...] </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <img width="200" height="134" src="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2014/07/gavel10.jpg" class="attachment-category-list-thumb size-category-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2014/07/gavel10.jpg 620w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2014/07/gavel10-300x200.jpg 300w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2014/07/gavel10-180x120.jpg 180w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2014/07/gavel10-600x400.jpg 600w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2014/07/gavel10-468x312.jpg 468w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="results-listing" id='post-511915' class="post-511915 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-legal-news category-national-news category-news category-verdicts-and-settlements never_free"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-9 post-item__content"> <span class="tag-list"> <a href="https://wislawjournal.com/category/legal-news/">Legal News</a> </span> <span class="dateline"> Nov 4, 2024, 8:00AM GMT-0600 </span> <h4 class="entry-title"><a href="https://wislawjournal.com/2024/11/04/judge-denies-feds-attempt-to-limtit-dbe-injunction/" rel="bookmark">Judge denies Feds attempt to limit DBE injunction</a></h4> <p class="body-text"> Officials with The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) says the firm has secured a significant victory, a court order clarifying and significantly expanding the scope of a preliminary injunction halting the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The ruling now applies nationwide to any state in whic[...] </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <img width="200" height="106" src="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-200x106.jpg" class="attachment-category-list-thumb size-category-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-200x106.jpg 200w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-300x159.jpg 300w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-768x406.jpg 768w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-304x162.jpg 304w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-408x216.jpg 408w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-236x125.jpg 236w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-283x150.jpg 283w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-120x63.jpg 120w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-50x26.jpg 50w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1-270x143.jpg 270w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/05/Depositphotos_16964157_XL-scales-of-justice-875x463-1.jpg 875w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="results-listing" id='post-511910' class="post-511910 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-legal-news category-national-news category-news category-verdicts-and-settlements subscriber_only"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-9 post-item__content"> <span class="tag-list"> <a href="https://wislawjournal.com/category/legal-news/">Legal News</a> </span> <span class="dateline"> Nov 4, 2024, 7:00AM GMT-0600 </span> <h4 class="entry-title"><a href="https://wislawjournal.com/2024/11/04/lyft-to-pay-2-1-million-penalty-in-settlement-with-feds/" rel="bookmark">Lyft to pay $2.1 million penalty in settlement with FEDs</a></h4> <p class="body-text"> The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced Friday that Lyft Inc. (Lyft) has agreed to resolve allegations that it made false and misleading statements about how much Lyft drivers would earn. The settlement includes an agreement to pay $2.1 million in civil penalties and a permanent injunction [...] </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <img width="200" height="133" src="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/11/Depositphotos_483100174_XL-200x133.jpg" class="attachment-category-list-thumb size-category-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/11/Depositphotos_483100174_XL-200x133.jpg 200w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/11/Depositphotos_483100174_XL-300x200.jpg 300w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/11/Depositphotos_483100174_XL-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/11/Depositphotos_483100174_XL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/11/Depositphotos_483100174_XL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/11/Depositphotos_483100174_XL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/11/Depositphotos_483100174_XL-398x265.jpg 398w, 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status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-legal-news category-news category-verdicts-and-settlements never_free"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-9 post-item__content"> <span class="tag-list"> <a href="https://wislawjournal.com/category/legal-news/">Legal News</a> </span> <span class="dateline"> Nov 1, 2024, 8:00AM GMT-0600 </span> <h4 class="entry-title"><a href="https://wislawjournal.com/2024/11/01/wisconsin-part-of-big-pharma-49-million-settlement/" rel="bookmark">Wisconsin part of big pharma $49 million settlement</a></h4> <p class="body-text"> Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced two "significant" cooperation agreements and settlements with Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex totaling $49.1 million to resolve allegations that both companies artificially inflated and manipulated prices, reduced competition, and unreasonably restrained trade with regard to numerous[...] </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <img width="195" height="142" src="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-195x142.jpg" class="attachment-category-list-thumb size-category-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-195x142.jpg 195w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-300x218.jpg 300w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-768x558.jpg 768w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-1536x1116.jpg 1536w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-2048x1488.jpg 2048w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-200x145.jpg 200w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-365x265.jpg 365w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-172x125.jpg 172w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-206x150.jpg 206w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-120x87.jpg 120w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/pill-50x36.jpg 50w, 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according to Justice Department officials. “The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that sports venues like Wrigley Field be accessible to people with disabilities,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clar[...] </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <img width="200" height="108" src="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/IMG_4632-scaled-e1722826602567-200x108.jpg" class="attachment-category-list-thumb size-category-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Cubs Game" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/IMG_4632-scaled-e1722826602567-200x108.jpg 200w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/IMG_4632-scaled-e1722826602567-300x161.jpg 300w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/IMG_4632-scaled-e1722826602567-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/IMG_4632-scaled-e1722826602567-768x413.jpg 768w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/08/IMG_4632-scaled-e1722826602567-1536x826.jpg 1536w, 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category-verdicts-and-settlements never_free"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-9 post-item__content"> <span class="tag-list"> <a href="https://wislawjournal.com/category/legal-news/">Legal News</a> </span> <span class="dateline"> Nov 1, 2024, 6:00AM GMT-0600 </span> <h4 class="entry-title"><a href="https://wislawjournal.com/2024/11/01/lawsuit-against-trooper-dismissed-in-killing-of-black-motorist/" rel="bookmark">Lawsuit against trooper dismissed in killing of Black motorist</a></h4> <p class="body-text"> A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against a white Minnesota state trooper who shot and killed a Black man during a traffic stop last year, ruling that the trooper’s actions did not violate the law. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel granted Trooper Ryan Londregan’s motion to dismiss the suit file[...] </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <img width="200" height="133" src="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-200x133.jpg" class="attachment-category-list-thumb size-category-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-200x133.jpg 200w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-300x200.jpg 300w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-768x512.jpg 768w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-398x265.jpg 398w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-188x125.jpg 188w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-225x150.jpg 225w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-120x80.jpg 120w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-50x33.jpg 50w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-270x180.jpg 270w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-180x120.jpg 180w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-600x400.jpg 600w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-1296x864.jpg 1296w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-972x648.jpg 972w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/02/red-gavel-468x312.jpg 468w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="results-listing" id='post-511742' class="post-511742 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-legal-news category-news category-verdicts-and-settlements never_free"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-9 post-item__content"> <span class="tag-list"> <a href="https://wislawjournal.com/category/legal-news/">Legal News</a> </span> <span class="dateline"> Oct 31, 2024, 11:00AM GMT-0600 </span> <h4 class="entry-title"><a href="https://wislawjournal.com/2024/10/31/wisconsin-man-convicted-for-fentanyl-overdose-homicide/" rel="bookmark">Wisconsin man convicted for Fentanyl overdose homicide</a></h4> <p class="body-text"> Donavyn James Mueller, the fourth and final defendant charged with reckless homicide, has plead guilty to First Degree Reckless Homicide in the April 7, 2023, fentanyl overdose death of a young man in Ripon, Wisconsin, said Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric J. Toney. Mueller’s bond has been revoked, a PSI has been ordere[...] </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <img width="189" height="142" src="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-189x142.jpeg" class="attachment-category-list-thumb size-category-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-189x142.jpeg 189w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-200x150.jpeg 200w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-353x265.jpeg 353w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-167x125.jpeg 167w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-120x90.jpeg 120w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-50x38.jpeg 50w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002-270x203.jpeg 270w, https://wislawjournal.com/files/2024/10/23070517142800-002.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="results-listing" id='post-511745' class="post-511745 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-legal-news category-national-news category-news category-verdicts-and-settlements never_free"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-9 post-item__content"> <span class="tag-list"> <a href="https://wislawjournal.com/category/legal-news/">Legal News</a> </span> <span class="dateline"> Oct 31, 2024, 10:30AM GMT-0600 </span> <h4 class="entry-title"><a href="https://wislawjournal.com/2024/10/31/jury-awards-13-78-million-over-wrong-way-driver-collision/" rel="bookmark">Jury awards $13.78 million over wrong-way driver collision</a></h4> <p class="body-text"> A Wake County (North Carolina) Superior Court jury has awarded $13.78 million to a young woman who suffered lifelong injuries in a wrong-way collision caused by an impaired driver on Interstate 40. The verdict, delivered on July 23, 2024, includes $6,787,334 in compensatory damages and $7 million in punitive damages. 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