All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 24 2006 // Thirty-five students and teachers from a Madison, Wis. school that had to be ripped open and reconstructed to get rid of mold have agreed on a $650,000 settlement from the builder, attorneys say.The plaintiffs reported...
Apr 13 2006 // Two Wisconsin legislators, one Democrat and the other Republican, have worked with two health policy officials to generate interest in creating a Wisconsin Health Plan. With Massachusetts basking in the national spotlight...
Apr 10 2006 // A Wisconsin state law that makes drug dealers liable when their products kill can give families of the deceased a measure of redemption. But others critics are beginning to argue that the law holds one person responsible...
Mar 27 2006 // Insurance companies will be required to cover cancer patients who take part in clinical trials under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jim Doyle on Friday.Doyle said insurance companies will no longer be able to force cancer...
Mar 27 2006 // Wisconsin’s legal climate for businesses has gone downhill faster than that of any other state after a series of court rulings expanded the liability of companies, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says in a new...
Mar 10 2006 // The American Insurance Association and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies are praising the recent actions of the Wisconsin Legislature in their passage of major tort reform legislation. The Legislature...
Mar 10 2006 // Two La Crosse, Wis. area registered nurses were convicted recently of filing fraudulent Medicaid insurance claims.Janice Corbett, 65, of Ontario, Wis., pleaded guilty in Dane County Circuit Court to one count of...
Mar 7 2006 // A controversial settlement between Milwaukee’s Miller Park stadium district and a construction contractor has left excessive and unjustified legal bills, according to insurance companies left on the hook for those...
Mar 6 2006 // The American Tort Reform Association recently urged Wisconsin legislators and the governor to restore limits on noneconomic damages for medical liability lawsuits in light of the Milwaukee Bar Association’s promotion...
Mar 3 2006 // The latest legislative attempt to correct last year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court rule invalidating non-economic damage caps and making other impacts on the state’s medical malpractice law, (AB 1071, 1072, 1073,...
Mar 1 2006 // An unlikely grouping of business and trade groups were the largest PAC contributers to state and federal legislators.Two insurance companies and a funeral directors trade group led Wisconsin businesses in political action...
Feb 23 2006 // Wisconsin lawmakers are taking tort reform to a new level with a proposal that would prevent people from suing restaurants and food distributors for making them fat.A proposal in the Wisconsin state Senate is designed to...
Feb 22 2006 // Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager reported that Creative Stepping Stones Inc., a Milwaukee County business that operated a community based residential facility called The Summit Place, 6526 West Bluemound Road,...
Feb 22 2006 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) recently urged Wisconsin legislators and the governor to restore limits on noneconomic damages for medical liability lawsuits in light of the Milwaukee Bar Association’s...
Feb 9 2006 // National statistics show insuring your home and vehicle is cheaper in Wisconsin than nearly any other state, according a report from Wisconsin Public Radio.Data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Feb 7 2006 // Sun Prairie, Wis.-based General Casualty Insurance Companies are cautioning customers about the possibility that the shiny pre-owned Honda or Buick being considered for purchase may have been submerged in flood...
Jan 3 2006 // This year, businesses and consumers will help insurers pay for last year’s estimated $57.6 billion in storm-related losses such as Hurricane Katrina through higher property and casualty insurance policy rates, the...
Jan 1 2006 // In this second installment in a series, Insurance Journal profiled five universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in insurance. More universities will be featured in future editions.Baylor University...
Dec 19 2005 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed legislation that would have capped the amount of money medical malpractice victims could win in court for their pain and suffering, an issue that has been a political flash point across the...
Dec 19 2005 // ProAssurance Corporation and Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. have agreed to merge PIC Wisconsin into ProAssurance through a proposed stock-for-stock transaction.The companies said that the merger will...