According to a federal survey, more than 26 percent of Wisconsin adults ages 18 and up admitted to driving under the influence in the previous year. This is the highest percentage of the 50 states and is more than 70 percent above the national average of 15.1 percent.

Analysts speculate that this percentage is not surprising and is on par with other alcohol-related data concerning Wisconsin. The state is among the nation’s leaders in per-person alcohol consumption and has had the country’s lowest abstention rate for several years.

Drunk drivers make the roads dangerous for everyone. If you or someone you love has been injured or killed in an alcohol related traffic accident,  contact the Racine car accident attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® at 262-554-6200 to discuss your legal options.

In 2006, a special needs 7-year-old girl was killed in center for such children under the state’s foster care program.  She was forced to ground and held in a chokehold for over one hour.  She died because she could not breath.  Although that treatment center has been closed, there are eleven other treatment centers that function in a similar way.  Additionally, the chokehold technique, as well as techniques of restraint, is still in use by all of them.   Many have claimed that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services has failed to take appropriate action.

If someone you know has suffered from negligence, contact the Racine personal injury attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® by calling 1-262-554-6200 or by visiting their website.

An article in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons has asserted that African-American women face such high premature birth rates likely because of medical negligence and malpractice.

African-Americans are 3 times more likely to have premature birth 32 weeks before gestation and 4 times more likely 28 weeks before gestation, compared to non-African-Americans.

Such cases of medical negligence are very costly. On average people are awarded $2 million for medical negligence in childbirth.

If you feel that you have or someone you know has experienced medical negligence in the process of childbirth, contact the Racine personal injury lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® via phone at 262-554-6200 or via their website.