October 19, 2016
Eight years ago, a lightning strike at a natural gas facility in Eight Mile, AL, ruptured a mercaptan storage tank. Over the next six months, an estimated 500 gallons of the chemical, used as an odorant added to natural gas…
October 14, 2016
Sarah Pritzker, daughter of Fred and Renee Pritzker, was featured in an article on the U of M Carlson School of Management website, “Creating a Karmic Product“: “Self-proclaimed wanderlust Sarah Pritzker, ’16 MBA, spent her post-college years as a bike tour…
July 7, 2016
On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer. He was a cafeteria supervisor at J.J. Hill Montessori School in St. Paul. He was only 32 years old. In a live-stream video taken by Mr.…
July 7, 2016
Attorney Eric Hageman represented Luis Garcia in an excessive-force lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis and former Minneapolis police officer Blayne Lehner. Mr. Garcia, who was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by the police, was handcuffed and detained without…
May 26, 2016
If your child got diarrhea and was diagnosed with cryptosporidiosis, campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis or E. coli poisoning after visiting Nelson Farm in Litchfield, MN, you can contact our lawyers for a free consultation regarding your child’s legal rights. You may be…
April 25, 2016
Our law firm is investigating this Elizabethkingia outbreak in Wisconsin. The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced that a new cluster of Elizabethkingia anophelis has sickened at least 10 Illinois residents, killing 6. Concerned by the widespread, continuing outbreak…
April 6, 2016
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are keeping close tabs on a disturbing multistate outbreak of Elizabethkingia anophelis, an emerging infectious disease that has sickened 59 people, killing 18, in southeast and southern Wisconsin since November 2015. This little-known illness…
January 19, 2016
One man died and another was seriously sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning when propane heaters in a fish house on Leech Lake were not properly ventilated, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office told the Star Tribune. Two other men were treated…
July 2, 2015
A Minneapolis Marriott hotel employee who allegedly sexually assaulted a guest has been charged with 3rd-degree criminal sexual conduct. He was charged Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court. The alleged assault occurred Sunday at the Marriott Residence Inn, 45 South…
June 12, 2015
Lawsuit Alleges Sexual Assault This week a lawsuit was filed on behalf of a woman alleging she was sexually assaulted in her hotel room by a co-worker who was given a key to her room by hotel staff after he…
June 2, 2015
An inmate at the Waukesha County Jail died yesterday. The cause of the death is unknown. Our thoughts are with the family. At about 4:00 a.m. this morning, the police and first responders arrived at the Waukesha County Jail. Upon arrival, the…
January 30, 2015
A woman has sued Uber for an assault that allegedly happened when she was getting a ride from a man driving for Uber. Uber connects riders to drivers via the internet. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for…