Category Archives: Wrongful Death
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Back in 2009, a group of Wisconsin residents went snowmobiling in Michigan at the Hiawatha National Forest. During the trip, several snowmobiles collided at an intersection, resulting in fatal injuries to a Wisconsin man. The snowmobiler’s wife filed a wrongful death action in a Wisconsin court, alleging negligence on the part of the other snowmobilers… Read More »
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Derek Williams died in Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”) custody in June 2011. Initially, the MPD determined that the police officers involved did nothing wrong. After the video was released showing Mr. Williams in the back of an MPD squad car struggling to breathe and begging MPD officers for help, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office… Read More »
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The City of Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission (“FPC”) is given extensive authority under Wisconsin law to review police officer misconduct. Despite being perhaps the most empowered civilian review board in the county, the FPC has never initiated an independent investigation into police officer misconduct, according to FPC Executive Director Michael Tobin. A case that… Read More »