Governor Doyle signs Malinda's Act

In March of 1999, Wisconsin witnessed a terrible traffic accident.  A van carrying a traveling sales crew, many of them minors, lost control and crashed killing several and severely injuring others.  After a long road and lengthy legislative wrangling, Governor Doyle signed SB4, "Malinda's Act," finally bringing some much needed regulation to the traveling sales crew industry in Wisconsin.  The act was signed almost to the date of the 10 year anniversary of the accident.

Our firm represented Malinda's father, Phil Ellenbecker, who was the central driving force behind this legislation.  It is because of his tireless work and his ceaseless desire to see that another tragedy of this scope never happen again that this ground breaking legislation was passed.  This bill is the first of its kind in the country.  This bill forces regulation on an industry that previously operated in the shadows outside of the law.

To read more about this very important piece of legislation, click here.  We are very pround of Phil and all that he has accomplished.