Pleading guilty, a Rhinelander father will be spending 12 years in jail for child abuse and neglect.

In May 2009, the 23 year-old man's daughter, a girl of 10 months, was found dead. It was uncovered that she had died from morphine overdose, which was due to the father's negligence. He had left a pill near enough for her to grab and ingest. According to the prosecution, he was under the influence of drugs at the time, and did not see it necessary to take her to the hospital.

Her mother, a 22 year-old, was acquitted earlier this year in a January trial.

The 12 years of jail come from felony counts of child abuse recklessly causing great harm and neglecting a child causing death, which amount to concurrent sentences of 12 and 5 years. Also, a period of 5 years will be spent following the jail stay as extended supervision under the District Attorney's Office.

The judge reprehended the father during the sentencing, citing a lack of remorse and an overall selfish attitude during the proceedings. 

After the sentence was announced, the father's defense attorney hinted at a probable appeal to the trial's result.

The Rhinelander wrongful death lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® would like to express our condolences to those affected by this tragedy.

After an altercation with police officers in Mole Lake, a 19 year-old man was arrested Saturday. The Forest County Sheriff's Department noted that the deputy involved had been injured, although the announcement also made clear that those injuries were minor. The man was arrested on a felony warrant from Oneida County, and is expected to have additional felony charges pressed after this incident.

The altercation happened after officers arrived at the man's Mole Lake home Saturday morning, The man fled on a four wheeler, causing injury to the deputy in the pursuit. Officers caught the man trying to re-enter his home just before 6 in the evening, and moved in to arrest him. He resisted, causing the officer involved in his apprehension to lose both his pepper spray and baton. The man attempted to take the officer's gun, at which point the officer fired a shot, injuring neither. The man fled the scene again, but turned himself in shortly before 8:30 that night after authorities had cornered him at his mother's house.

The department said that this man had a criminal history that included convictions on charges of drug possession, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct in both Forest and Lincoln Counties.

Know your rights. If someone injures you or someone you love, including injuries caused by recreational vehicles like four wheelers, you may be eligible for a range of legal options. Contact the Rhinelander motor vehicle accident lawyers at Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ®, by calling 800-242-2874 today.

Three people were injured Monday afternoon in an SUV rollover accident in Rothschild, Wis..

All three were taken to Saint Clare's Hospital in Weston, Wis., where they were treated for minor injuries. According to the police report, two vehicles were attempting to merge into the same lane at the same time on Highway 29, causing the driver of the SUV to make an evasive manuever. In this attempt to avoid a collision, the SUV rolled over.

If you or someone you love has been in an accident and received injuries from automotive defects, you may have legal options. Call the Rhinelander rollover accident lawyers at Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® at 800-242-2874 today to discuss your case.

A jury in Milwaukee County, Wis., deliberated a medical malpractice claim in late April brought by the family of a lawyer who died of a heart attack in 2006. His family claims that the doctor misdiagnosed the man a few weeks before he died and thus did not notice his blocked arteries. They contend that if he had been properly diagnosed, he could have undergone procedures to fix the problem and extend his life.

The family physician who treated him argued that the man failed to come into the office for a follow-up appointment two weeks after the original diagnosis. The physician said he provided the care standard for a family physician.