Milwaukee Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

A Milwaukee man was recently sentenced to five years in prison for driving drunk and causing a hit-and-run car accident that killed a motorcyclist last September.

The car accident occurred on Sept. 13, 2009, when 48-year-old Michael Dorsey, of Milwaukee, was driving his sports utility vehicle northbound on Green Bay Avenue while intoxicated and swerved onto West Congress Street, causing his vehicle to collide with 24-year-old motorcyclist Brandon Boston. Dorsey fled the scene of the accident shortly after it happened and failed to even check to see if Boston was ok following the fatal accident.

Reports did confirm that Boston was wearing a safety helmet but that it flew off his head during the crash. However, Boston was pronounced dead shortly after at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa from fatal injuries sustained during the crash.

A Milwaukee man was killed as a result of an early-morning car accident involving a motorcycle on Sunday. The crash occurred at the intersection of the Miller Parkway and West National Avenue at around 2:34 a.m. The man was pronounced dead on the scene.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Milwaukee Police, the crash occurred when the driver of the car, a 36-year-old Milwaukee male was driving south on the Miller Parkway and turned left onto W. National Ave. colliding with a motorcycle traveling northbound. Police are not releasing the name of the 43-year-old Milwaukee motorcyclist or his 41-year-old female passenger, of West Allis, who was taken to Froedert Hospital with serious head injuries.

The motorcyclists' license was revoked in April for DUI and had no license to operate a motorcycle at the time of the crash. Interestingly, the driver of the car was also driving on a suspended license after failing to pay tickets.

Two separate car accidents in Milwaukee over the weekend has left 5 individuals recovering from moderate injuries and one woman fighting for her life.

The first accident occurred Saturday morning on Milwaukee's north side near the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Ring Street. According to Milwaukee Police, the crash occurred when a vehicle traveling southbound on Martin Luther King Drive crossed the center line and struck a car traveling in the southbound lanes. The driver of the southbound car and two individuals in the northbound car were transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Police believe alcohol was a factor in this car accident.

The family of a Janesville man that was recently shot to death has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against one of the suspects in their son's case. Richard Hall, also of Janesville, is being sued by the family of Sam Aegerter, who was killed when James Humphrey rode by Aegerter on a motorcycle and shot him to death. Hall was a passenger on the bike at the time of the homicide. The homicide occurred after a confrontation at the five points intersection between two motorcyclists and three men in a Jeep.

Hall testified against Humphrey in court and expressed that he lied to police to help cover up the crime. Hall confessed up to helping Humphrey bury the murder weapon and dumped ammunition in the Sugar River near Albany. Hall also told investigators that he knew nothing about the shooting and later made the mistake of telling the truth to a childhood friend, who is a Janesville police officer after getting a lawyer.

A car accident involving a motorcycle over the weekend injured three Wisconsin motorists Saturday night in Sullivan, a town about 30 miles outside Milwaukee. The crash occurred around 7:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 18, about a half mile west of Highland Drive.

According to recent news reports and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the crash occurred when a 1971 Chevrolet Corvette driven by Brain Hartig, of Waukesha, traveling eastbound on US 18 attempted to pass another vehicle by entering the westbound lane. While attempting the pass, Hartig's Corvette struck the motorcycle of Timothy Thiel, of Jefferson.

Both Thiel and his female passenger, identified as Jody Orchel, of West Allis, were taken to Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Milwaukee by Flight for Life, following the car accident. According to authorities, neither Thiel nor Orchel were wearing a safety helmet while riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Their current conditions have not been released to the public at this time.

Milwaukee nursing homes are making news headlines again, not in a good way. A Milwaukee nursing home has recently been cited for nursing home abuse and neglect of residents. The Mount Carmel nursing home, located at 5700 West Layton Avenue, received a citation for neglecting residents and 34 additional citations for other failures by the nursing home for not following state and federal regulations.

Most recently, Mount Carmel was cited for neglect after West Allis police arrested a man on May 16th for peeking into the windows of homes near the nursing home after leaving the facility unattended. Initially police believed that the man was homeless and due to an outstanding warrant, police took him to Milwaukee County jail instead of returning him to the home.

One Kenosha woman suffered severe, life-threatening injuries after a car accident on Wisconsin Interstate 39 in Dane County. The car accident occurred just before 8 a.m. on Saturday when the woman's vehicle struck another vehicle before flipping over near Madison.

According to recent news reports and Wisconsin State Police, Toni Gasparino of Kenosha was traveling in the southbound lanes of I39/90/94 at high speeds prior to the crash. The crash occurred when Gasparino attempted to execute a lane change which caused her vehicle to lose control and strike another vehicle driven by an Arlington man. Following the collision, her vehicle overturned and came to a stop in the middle of traffic.

Last Friday, a serious car accident left New York Giants' wide receiver Chad Jones in serious condition when is vehicle crashed in New Orleans. The crash occurred when Jones lost control of his 2010 Range Rover and struck a concrete-centered street car pole.

Jones, a third-round draft pick by the Giants and also a 50th-round draft pick by the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team, suffered a shattered left tibia and fibula in the car accident. In addition to broken bones, Jones suffered a large gash on his leg which resulted in artery and nerve damage. As a result of the gash, doctors performed surgery to restore blood flow to Jones' leg and feet as to avoid having to amputate his foot.