• June 18, 2013

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Wrongful death lawsuit settled for $300,000

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Posted: Wed 5:55 PM, Jan 02, 2013

(WEAU) - A wrongful death lawsuit regarding a tubing death on Lake Holcombe has now been settled for $300,000.

Lucas Gawrysiak, 29, died after slamming into a bridge pillar on an inner tube pulled by a boat in June of 2011. Chippewa County court records show Gawrysiak's 4-year-old daughter will receive $175,000.

Lucas Gawrysiaks's mother will receive more than $20,000 for funeral and memorial costs.

Bye, Goff & Rohde, which represented the girl in the case, will get nearly $100,000.

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