Following a contractor’s remodeling of a house, the home owner sued the contractor and its commercial general liability (CGL) insurer, Wisconsin Mutual Insurance, as well as its own homeowners insurer, Hastings Mutual Insurance. The home owner claimed the house was rendered uninhabitable by the contractor’s negligent work on a bathroom that resulted in leaking water, which caused mold to grow and then release the chemical trichothecene into the residence.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will recall about 965,000 gasoline-powered vehicles in the United States and Canada that do not meet emissions standards and will replace their catalytic converters, officials said on Wednesday.

It is an issue we struggle with, and a difficult one to solve. Much of the activity in workers’ comp is centered around the concept of disability; what it is and how much it is worth for the individual who has been assigned with that designation.

Honda on Tuesday announced it would be recalling 1.1 million vehicles in the United States to replace defective airbags.

A 30-vehicle crash closed a section of Interstate 43 for hours Tuesday morning.

It remains one of the most difficult issues to deal within the world of property insurance. Homeowners’ insurance policies usually contain a provision obligating the carrier to repair or replace an insured’s damaged property with “material of like kind and quality” or with “similar material.”

Authorities have identified a 30-year-old teacher as the person killed in what is now being called the largest traffic crash in Wisconsin history.

Ford has issued three recalls covering more than 1.4 million vehicles in North America.

Nearly 15,000 trucks manufactured by Paccar, Daimler and Autocar are being recalled for various defects, according to recent documents from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The Wisconsin State Patrol has cleared the scene of a multi vehicle crash at mile marker 85 in Eau Claire County. 40 vehicles were involved including 7 semis and 33 automobiles.

The city of Sun Prairie filed a lawsuit Friday against two communications contractors, an underground utility locating service and a gas utility over the July 10 explosion that killed a firefighter and leveled several buildings in the city’s downtown.

Fraser Shipyards in Superior has reached a $7.5 million settlement with more than 60 workers who were exposed to unsafe lead levels while working on a Great Lakes freighter. Four lawsuits were brought against the Superior shipyard for blood lead poisoning that occurred while working on the boiler and steam power system of the 59-year-old Herbert C. Jackson.

The tornado count from last week’s severe storms in southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin now stands at 16. Fifteen of those tornadoes were in Minnesota, making the Sept. 20 storms the largest September tornado outbreak on record in the state, according to the National Weather Service.

Damage from the historic rainfalls that drenched Dane County in the past two weeks have topped $154 million. County officials estimate 1,544 residences were affected by the flooding, including five that were destroyed and 302 with major damage.

Much of the Midwest is underwater from relentless rain storms, as Tropical Storm Gordon pounds South Florida and the Keys with high winds and up to five inches of rain.