All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2013 // Health care advocates called into question information released by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration showing dramatic rate increases for insurance plans to be sold through the new marketplace created under...
Aug 29 2013 // When John Glass of West Allis, Wis., rides his motorcycle, he carries a copy of the state statute that allows motorcyclists to drive through a red light under certain circumstances.Some motorcycles are too small to trigger...
Aug 14 2013 // Officials in the Fox Valley say damage from recent tornadoes exceeds $30 million. The National Weather Service tells WLUK-TV that six tornadoes have been confirmed during the storms. It had previously confirmed five...
Aug 12 2013 // Public policy and insurance law allow insurance coverage only for fortuitous events and not for harm or loss resulting from intentional acts. To this end, insurance policies provide coverage when an injury or loss is...
Jul 30 2013 // A Verona, Wis., woman is challenging a law that caps malpractice damages against University of Wisconsin doctors at $250,000.A Wisconsin State Journal report says a jury awarded Terri Fiez $1.8 million in a wrongful-death...
Jul 3 2013 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has vetoed his own plan to charge state workers more for health insurance if they smoke.Walker’s executive state budget would have required state workers who smoke to pay $50 more per...
Jul 2 2013 // Grandville, Mich-based Grand General Agency has welcomed Marva Wrightsman to its marketing team. She will be working with independent agents in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Wrightsman has a diverse background working with...
Jun 28 2013 // Several days of heavy rains caused flooding that damaged hundreds of homes in southwestern Wisconsin, and officials in some communities were preparing for more flooding as rivers rose.Storms pounded the southern part of...
Jun 27 2013 // Mercedes-Benz USA LLC has paid out another $260,000 in a long-running lemon law case. Attorney Vince Megna sued the company in 2005 on behalf of a Waukesha, Wis., businessman who purchased a defective sedan. The Wisconsin...
Jun 18 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a case involving an Air Wisconsin pilot upset about losing his job to consider giving airlines broader immunity from lawsuits when they report potential security threats.The justices...
Jun 13 2013 // It will be a tough task implementing the online health insurance marketplaces that are required of each state under the federal health care overhaul, and there will no doubt be consumer horror stories about trying to...
Jun 11 2013 // When it comes to raw milk, even dairy farmers who drink their own product disagree over whether they and their peers should be allowed to sell it.The issue has made headlines with the recent trial of a Sauk County farmer,...
Jun 11 2013 // A devastating flood in 2008 that killed three people and caused $763 million in damage also changed the landscape of many Wisconsin counties – and while the changes were hard to stomach for some, authorities say the...
Jun 7 2013 // A Wisconsin court has ruled that a bar that served alcohol to an underage drinker can’t be sued for negligence because the person provided a false ID. Jennifer Serkowski was accidentally injured by a friend after...
Jun 6 2013 // Managing general agency J.M. Wilson announced it has hired Kristen Pusateri as property/casualty underwriter in its Madison, Wis., office. Her responsibilities include reviewing, quoting, binding and servicing commercial...
Jun 5 2013 // A Wisconsin appeals court says a Milwaukee bus driver who chased down a passenger who used a racial slur and spat on him is entitled to workers’ compensation.Bus driver Isaac Bracey hurt himself soon after getting...
May 28 2013 // Wisconsin had the nation’s third-highest number of alcohol-related boating deaths last year, the same year a legislative bill to stiffen penalties on drunken boaters went nowhere.Intoxicated boating killed eight...
May 23 2013 // Wisconsin state workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a Gov. Scott Walker proposal that has won approval by the Legislature’s budget committee.The Joint Finance Committee...
May 22 2013 // Brenda O’Malley figured she’d get the police accident report and file an insurance claim after her teenage daughter got into a car accident in Sheboygan Falls this past spring.But the report turned out to be so...
May 21 2013 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its Main Line Business Owners Policy (Main Line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super regional property/casualty insurance...