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Jury awards $39 million in damages in O’Donnell Park fatal accident
A jury Thursday found Advance Cast Stone mainly responsible for the accident at O’Donnell Park that killed a 15-year-old boy and injured two others, and awarded $39 million in damages to them and Milwaukee County.Read the full story here…
O’Donnell foremen give conflicting testimony on panel installation
O’Donnell foremen give conflicting testimony on panel installation Two cousins who worked on the O’Donnell Park construction gave conflicting testimony Tuesday about the installation of heavy concrete panels including the one that fell from the structure three years ago. Two cousins who worked on the O’Donnell Park construction gave conflicting testimony Tuesday about the…
Official tells O’Donnell jury he doesn’t recall change in panel work
Official tells O’Donnell jury he doesn’t recall change in panel work  A key employee on the O’Donnell Park garage construction said Monday he didn’t remember ever hearing about a change in the method of attaching concrete panels to the building. A key employee of the project manager on the O’Donnell Park garage construction…
Witness to O’Donnell Park Accident Testifies at Trial
Witness to the O’Donnell Park tragedy tells of rushing to aid victims amid chaos. Fom JSOnline October 17, 2013: An eyewitness to the 2010 O’Donnell Park fatality said Thursday she watched from across Lincoln Memorial Drive as a huge concrete slab broke loose and fell, then she ran to aid the survivors in the chaotic aftermath….
O’Donnell Park Tragedy Haunts Father
O’Donnell Park Garage Accident Haunts Father From JSOnline October 16, 2013: A man who witnessed the deadly 13-ton concrete panel falling from O’Donnell Park in 2010 and its bloody aftermath said Wednesday the accident had devastated his family and left him feeling guilty, fearful and angry. Steve Wosinski described a chaotic scene, as he turned around…
Attorney Dunphy teaches class at Marquette University Law School
Patrick O. Dunphy was invited by Marquette University Law School to teach a class in advanced Torts. Â The presentation by Mr. Dunphy dealt with current practical issues in the day to day practice of personal injury law. Â His discussion included legislative changes in the law of products liability, joint and several liability, the collateral…
New Commercial: When Will I Know The Right Time To Settle My Case?
Award-winning attorney Pat Dunphy explains the most appropriate time to settle a personal injury case.
Three Burned Workers Awarded $17.2 Million in Lawsuit
Reporter Eldon Knoche in Milwaukee and correspondent Mike Kinzel in Manitowoc contributed to this story Milwaukee Sentinel Three construction workers who were severely burned in a flash charcoal fire while rebuilding an incinerator were awarded $17.2 million Friday in a verdict believed to be the largest for actual damages ever awarded in Wisconsin. The…
Hospital to pay $1.1 million in heart treatment case
by Tom Kertscherof the Journal Sentinel staff St. Michael Hospital has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a Milwaukee woman who alleged that lack of care forced her to get a heart transplant.The woman’s lawyer, Mark Thomsen of Brookfield, said the hospital relied on a resident doctor when a specialist should…
Boy who lost arm awarded $9 million; Limb was ripped off by washing machine in Door County
by Dave Daley of the Journal Sentinel staff A 12-year-old Egg Harbor boy whose arm was wrenched off last year by a defective Laundromat washing machine won nearly $9 million Thursday in what legal experts believe is among the largest personal-injury settlements in state history. The $8.85 million awarded Michael R. Newell and his family by…