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About Ralph Tease
Ralph J. Tease, Jr. is a shareholder and the managing partner of the Green Bay and Appleton offices of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. He handles a wide range of personal injury and wrongful death cases and has tried cases in courts throughout Wisconsin.
Tease earned his Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 1981 and his undergraduate degree from St. Norbert College. He was born and raised in Green Bay and is a graduate of Green Bay Preble High School. He is admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Tease began his legal career as a judicial intern for the Honorable John A. Decker, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Chief Judge, and then worked as a tax attorney for a national accounting firm in Milwaukee before returning to Green Bay to focus on civil litigation. He has been certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1997 and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, where he serves as Treasurer. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Association for Justice and is a Past Chair of the Board of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
His honors include Best Lawyers in America selection since 2015, Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation in Green Bay (2017 and 2023), Wisconsin Super Lawyers selection annually since 2005, Top 10 Attorneys in Wisconsin (2017-2024), and Top 50 Wisconsin Super Lawyers since 2010. He serves on the St. Norbert College President's Advisory Council and the Marquette University Law School Advisory Board, and has served on the boards of CASA of Brown County, NEW Community Shelter, and Oneida Golf and Country Club.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Habush Habush & Rottier S.C.
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Robert Habush won a $99.25 million Milwaukee County jury verdict for the widows of three ironworkers killed when the Big Blue crane collapsed at Miller Park. The appeals court vacated the $94 million punitive award, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstated the claim in 2005, and the widows settled in January 2006 for about $30 million.
A Racine County jury found Hyundai's driver-seat and head-restraint design defective and awarded Edward and Susan Vanderventer $38.1 million, the largest single-plaintiff compensatory verdict in Wisconsin history, later upheld on appeal.
A Milwaukee County jury awarded $25.3 million after emergency room providers failed to tell Ascaris Mayo that her symptoms could mean a Strep A infection, an omission that cost her all four limbs, though the Wisconsin Supreme Court later reinstated the state's $750,000 cap on noneconomic damages.
A Fitchburg family recovered $22.5 million after their six-week-old son suffered permanent brain damage during surgery at UW Health's American Family Children's Hospital. The suit alleged an anesthesia resident failed to respond to prolonged low blood pressure readings. It is the second largest payment ever made by Wisconsin's Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund.
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