A Wisconsin judge recently awarded a 17-year old boy from Prescott $499,000 as compensation for the serious injuries he suffered in a car accident 2 years ago.  According to the car accident lawsuit, the medical expenses related to the boy's injuries were over $500,000.

The accident occurred on October 24, 2009 at around 11:30 a.m in Pierce County when a vehicle drove through a stop sign at the intersection of Highway 10 and CTH QQ.  The vehicle that the teen was riding in was hit by the vehicle that ran the stop sign.  The teen suffered unspecified, serious injuries.

The settlement between the parties involved in the lawsuit was reported to be a partial settlement.  The 17-year old's lawyers will attempt to recover about $500,000 of additional liability coverage due to evidence that excessive speed and failure to look out contributed to the seriousness of the car accident.

To learn more about what to do if you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident, contact the Green Bay automobile accident lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. by calling 800-242-2874 today.

The Center for Diease Control and Prevention, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and a melon farm in Colorado are warning consumers that cantaloupes sold under the Rocky Ford brand have been linked to an outbreatk in listeriosis.

Listeriosis is caused by the bacterium, listeria, and is most likely to affect newborns, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with compromised or weakened immune systems.  People with listeriosis can experience digestive system problems, fever, muscle pain, and convulsions.  In some instances, literiosis can be fatal.

So far, 35 people have reported becoming ill from the recalled cantaloupes.  In addition, 4 deaths have been linked to listeria from the cantaloupes.  

If you or someone you love has become ill from consuming a contaminated food product, contact the Green Bay defective food products lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. at 800-242-2874 to speak with one of our experienced attorneys today.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Honda has recalled 310,773 Pilot SUVs manufactured between 2009 and 2011 due to a seat belt defect.

A statement from Honda says that they have received no reports of injuries or deaths caused by the seat belt defect.  In the affected vehicles, stitching used to hold the front lap belts together could be incomplete or completely missing.  The defect can cause a seat belt to split, possibly resulting in serious injury to drivers or passengers in the event of an accident.

Honda dealers say that they will inspect the recalled vehicles to see if there is a seat belt defect and replace seat belts in any vehicles that do.   A statement from the car dealer reads, "the only way to conretely determine whether the seat belts in an affected vehicle were properly completed is through a specific inspection process conducted by an authorized dealer."

If you or someone you know has been injured in an accident because of a defective seat belt, contact the Green Bay seat belt defect lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. at 800-242-2874 to learn more about your rights.

Yesterday evening, 2 people were injured in a 2-vehicle automobile accident in Pleasant Prairire.  

Pleasant Prairie police reported that the accident occurred at around 6 p.m. on Highway 31/ Green Bay Road and 95th Street.  The driver of a Porsche ran a red light at the intersection and collided with a 1992 Dodge Dakota pickup truck.

Witnesses to the accident helped the pickup's 51-year old driver out of the truck.  Both drivers were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

If you or a loved one has been injured in an automobile accident in Green Bay, contact the Green Bay automobile accident attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. at 800-242-2874 to discuss your situation with one of our personal injury lawyers today.

This week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced their findings in a study into pilots and automated flight systems.  According to the study, the increased use of automation in flights has caused pilots to lose the ability to manually operate planes.

"We're seeing a new breed of accident with these state-of-the art planes.  We're forgetting how to fly," said a co-chair of the FAA committee on pilot training.  Officials say that one major problem is that pilots have significantly fewer opportunities to train in and practice manual operation.

The FAA looked at data on 46 plane crashes and 900 flights in the study.  In 60 percent of the airplane accidents they analyzed, crashes were caused by pilot error and pilots' inability to manually operate the plane.

If you or a loved one has been injured in an airplane accident, contact the Green Bay aviation accident attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. at 800-242-2874 to learn more about how we can help you.

Earlier this month, the 62-year old founder of the American Birkenbeiner Nordic Ski Race held in northern Wisconsin was killed in a tragic bicycle accident.  

According to Sawyer County police reports, the man was riding his bicycle on Highway 27 near Hayward when he was hit by a car.  The driver involved in the accident told police that she had turned around to talk to her children and then turned back around to see the bicyclist.  She swerved to try and miss the bicyclist, but still hit him.

The victim was taken to a hospital in Duluth where he later passed away.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim's family and friends. 

A study recently published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine says that chest pain severity is not an indicator of a heart attack.  Additionally, the study concludes that duration of chest pain is not an indicator of heart attack.

3,300 patients who came to the Hosptial at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania with chest pain were analyzed for 30 days from their arrival.  Researchers discovered that the patients experiencing worse or long-lasting chest pain were not more likely to be experiencing a heart attack or to experience a heart attack over the next 30 days than patients with less severe or less-lasting pain.

Pain from a heart attack can also be located in the arms, back, abdomen, and jaw.  Heart attacks are commonly misdiagnosed with about 30 percent of medical malpractice payments being paid to people who had wrongly diagnosed heart attacks.

Contact the Green Bay wrong diagnosis lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. at 800-242-2874 today, if you or someone you love has been the victim of a wrong diagnosis or another form of medical malpractice.

Last week, approximately 36 million pounds of ground turkey were recalled in the U.S. for possible salmonella contamination.  The recall was issued by Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation and includes several of their ground turkey products.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, the ground turkey may have a multi-drug resitant strain of salmonella.  Reports indicate that federal investigators were aware of the contamination at Cargill for at least a year before they recommended the recall.

80 cases of illness caused by the ground turkey were reported to the food manufacturer.  In addition, one death has been linked to the recalled products.

The ground turkey recall is the third-largest recall involving a meat product in the history of the United States.

If you or someone you love has become ill from a defective food product, contact the Green Bay defective food products attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. by calling 800-242-2874 today. 

Two neurology experts are aiding in the medical malpractice case filed by a Minnesota man who developed serious cerebral dysfunction after having an unnecessary biopsy.  Both neurologists agree that the doctors at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth should have realized that the man was not in an emergency situation and waited to perform tests instead of the biospy.

The man went to the hospital in February 2006 with numbness in his left arm — a symptom of stroke.  A doctor that examined him at the hospital misinterpreted the now 79-year old man's symptoms as a possible brain tumor and decided to take a brain biopsy two days after the patient's admittance. 

As a result of the biopsy, the man suffers brain injury, cerebral disfunction, cognitive defects, loss of the ability to walk, and speech impairment.  One of the expert neurologists testified that the man's medical history — which included diabetes, hypertension, and vascular disease — suggest that it is more likely he would suffer a stroke than have a brain tumor.

"It would have been very prudent to basically do nothing except check his heart and his cartoid artery," said one of the experts.  Furthermore, they argued that the patient could have stayed in the hospital for up to 7 days for testing.  

If you or someone you love has suffered as the result of an impropert treatment, contact the Green Bay impropert treatment lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. at 800-242-2874 to speak with an experienced medical malpractice attorney. 

Two people were killed in a plane crash in in Wisconsin after the small plane crashed into Lake Winnebago.

According to officials, the accident occurred on Monday, just a half a mile from the shore. There were two people inside the plane, a man and a woman, and they were both pronounced dead at the scene.

The original identification number that was released for the plane was incorrect. The Federal Aviation Adminstration originally released the number of the plane that reported the accident instead of the plane that crashed. 

Our deepest condolences are with the friends and family of the victim at this time.