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  • Waupun Woman Gets $8.4 Million in Malpractice Suit (WI)

    02/03/2006 12:48:05 PM PST · by Diana in Wisconsin · 35 replies · 701+ views
    WISCNews.com ^ | February 3, 2006 | David Wahlberg
    MADISON, WI - A Dane County jury's $8.4 million award this week to a Waupun woman who has had to use a feeding tube since a surgery more than five years ago has led hospital administrators to decry the repeal of Wisconsin's medical malpractice caps. The jury's verdict Tuesday against Dr. Paul Huepenbecker and Dean Health System includes $4.25 million in damages for pain and suffering. Such non-economic damages had been limited to $445,000 before the state Supreme Court lifted the caps last July. The jury, after deliberating 21 hours Monday and Tuesday, also awarded more than $4 million in...
  • Tribes gave to Senator Harry Reid after hiring Abramoff

    02/03/2006 7:35:32 AM PST · by new yorker 77 · 63 replies · 5,276+ views
    The Las Vegas Review Journal ^ | February 3, 2006 | Tony Batt
    WASHINGTON -- Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada began receiving campaign contributions from at least four American Indian tribes only after they hired Jack Abramoff, Republicans charged this week in an effort to tie the Senate Democratic leader to the disgraced lobbyist. On Thursday, Reid shrugged off questions about money he received from tribal clients of Abramoff, who pleaded guilty last month to three felonies after being accused of exchanging meals, travel and gifts for political favors. "I've said that I received money from Indians in the past and will continue to do so," Reid said. Asked what he would say...