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Madison authorities have identified the pedestrian who was killed in the hit and run accident late Saturday night. Larry D. Caraway, 19, suffered major internal injuries in the collision and was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to police, Caraway had been walking with four other people on Verona Road near Raymond Road.

Several motorists who passed the scene stopped to offer aid. Police are looking for a vehicle related to the accident.

Pitman, Kyle & Sicula is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling pedestrian accidents through out the state.  Our Wisconsin injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

Police have arrested a 29-year-old Milwaukee man in connection with a hit and run accident that killed 78-year-old Lazara Baumann.

According to police, the driver’s wife came forward and told authorities that her car had been stolen, but later told police that it was her husband who allegedly hit Baumann.

The driver has criminal charges pending against him. His wife may also face charges for lying to police.

Pitman, Kyle & Sicula is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling pedestrian accidents through out the state.  Our Wisconsin injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

A beef recall has been issued in Wisconsin due to possible E. coli contamination. JBS Swift Beef Co. has recalled approximately 41,000 of its beef products although no illnesses have been reported.

Roundy’s is warning consumers to check the freezers for beef products purchased at Pick ‘N Save, Metro Market, Copps, and Rainbow supermarkets.

The beef has a “use or freeze by” date between April 25 and May 30th this year. Products can be returned for a full refund or exchange.

The strain of E. coli is believed to be E. coli O157:H7. For more information on E. coli, please click here.

For more information on the recall, please click here.

Pitman, Kyle & Sicula is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling foodborne illness cases through out the state.  Our personal injury lawyers have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

DUIs just don’t happen on Wisconsin’s roadways, they happen on Wisconsin’s waterways as well. According to the Winona County Sheriff’s Office, a Galesville man with six previous DUI convictions narrowly missed eight young swimmers before crashing his boat. He was arrested for operating under the influence.

Curtis James Harnish, 54, was operating a 14-foot fishing boat when, according to his statement, he thought he saw someone he recognized on Cotter Island on the Mississippi River. Traveling at high speeds, Harnish attempted to turn his boat sharply and hit the wing dam, then hit a beached pontoon boat.

Witnesses said had it not been for the pontoon boat, Harnish would have struck the group of swimmers ranging from 5 to 11-years-old. Harnish’s BAC was .18.

He was charged with first-degree boating while intoxicated.

Harnish has six prior DUI convictions; three in Wisconsin and three in Illinois and is currently on probation in Wisconsin for a 2008 conviction. One of the conditions of his probation prohibits him from consuming alcohol.

With the 4th of July weekend nearing, we hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Independence Day!

Pitman, Kyle & Sicula is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling boating accidents through out the state.  Our personal injury lawyers have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

Nicole M. Bailey, 27, has been arrested 4 times in three weeks for drunk driving in Milwaukee and Waukesha County, including after dropping her children off at school.

When she was arrested for drunk driving in Milwaukee on April 25th. At that time, Bailey had two pending drunken-driving cases from arrests in Menomonee Falls, on April 18th and April 20th.

During her first stop on April 18th she was pulled over for speeding and had a BAC of .15. On April 20th, police were asked to respond to a possible drunk driver. When the officer arrived on the scene, they found a child in her car, but not in a car seat. Bailey told the officer that she had just been to school with her son and was asked to leave. Her BAC was .24.

On May 8th, Bailey was stopped for speeding again. According to Bailey, she had just dropped her children off at school. Her BAC was .17.

How does she get away with this?

In Wisconsin, drunk driving isn’t a felony until the fifth offense. However, she may face a felony charge for having a child in her car.

Pitman, Kyle & Sicula is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling car accident cases through out the state.  Our Wisconsin injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

The Seattle Times (WA) ran a story involving a 41-year-old man who neglected his mother and was charged with first-degree manslaughter after her death.

Christopher Wise called the police after his 88-year-old mother, Ruby, had passed away. Upon finding the boyd, authorities said Ruby’s body was extremely emaciated and that a pressure sore on her shoulder blade went as deep as the bone. Weighing 70 lbs. at her time of death, Ruby was found wearing only a hospital robe and soiled adult diaper while laying in a bed stained with blood, urine, feces and pus.

A medical examiner attributed Ruby’s death to complications with the eight large and extremely deep pressure sores on her body.

Christopher was his mother’s sole caregiver for the past decade and it had been two years since his mother had seen a doctor.

Neighbors told authorities that they could hear the woman moaning and yelling for help since April. During their investigation, they found earplugs in the living room. Wise would admit that he used the earplugs to drown out his mother’s moans.

Pitman, Kyle & Sicula, S.C. is a Wisconsin law firm with a devoted nursing home abuse practice. Our nursing home abuse and neglect trial team is the largest in the state and has successfully represented abused and neglected nursing home residents throughout Wisconsin.

We’ve shown you how to keep up with food recalls using the Food and Drug Administration’s web site, so here’s a link to keep you up to speed on product recalls:

http://www.cpsc.gov/

At the CPSC web site, you can sign up for email updates. Each time a recall is declared you’ll receive an email describing the product or model being recalled, the potential danger or injury associated with the product and how to dispose of the product. Everything from children’s toys to common household items are included in these email updates.

Pitman, Kyle & Sicula is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling faulty product cases through out the state.  Our personal injury lawyers have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

A Racine County jury slapped a 3-time drunk driver with a $457,000 guilty verdict for rear-ending and injuring a Janesville man while driving under the influence near Burlington, Wis.

According to police reports, Kevin Armstrong, 49, of Delavan, Wis., crashed his Ford F-150 into the rear of Todd Needham’s pick-up truck as Needham waited for the traffic light at the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway P.

Armstrong was taken intocustody before being taken to a local hospital for Field Sobriety tests and a blood draw. The laboratory tests showed Armstrong had a BAC of 0.328.

The accident was Armstrong’s third drunk driving offense.

Needham suffered back and neck injuries in the collision.

“It’s absolutely tragic that the criminal courts failed to keep this repeat offender off the road,” said Needham’s attorney Tom Kyle. “I only hope the drunk drivers hear about this verdict and make wiser decisions.”

The verdict awarded $350,000 in punitive damages and $107,767 in compensatory damages to the plaintiff. The $350,000 is by far one of the largest punitive damage awards ever reported in Racine County for a drunk driving accident.

Pitman, Kyle & Sicula is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling car accident cases through out the state.  Our Wisconsin injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

Nestle USA voluntarily recalled its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products today. The recall comes after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw.

The FDA is investigating potential E. coli illnesses related to the raw dough.

There have been 66 reports of illness across 28 states since March. The FDA is advising consumers to throw away any prepackaged, refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough products in their homes.

The recall inludes:

• refrigerated cookie bar dough
• cookie dough tub
• cookie dough tubes
• limited edition cookie dough items
• seasonal cookie dough
• Ultimates cookie bar dough

An AP article tells the story of a consumer who used Zicam.

Pitman, Kyle & Sicula is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling faulty product cases through out the state.  Our personal injury lawyers have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.