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Civil Digest

May 13, 2020

Attorney Disciplinary Hearing

We review a stipulation filed pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 by the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Willem James Noorlander.

May 13, 2020

Attorney Disciplinary Hearing

We review the report of Referee Robert E. Kinney recommending that the court suspend Attorney Jesse J. Johansen's license to practice law in Wisconsin for six months.

May 12, 2020

Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing

Fernando Godinez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i).

May 12, 2020

Insurance Claim – Duty to Indemnify

United Emergency Medical Services, LLC (“United”) owns a fleet of ambulances.

May 12, 2020

Jury Instructions

Allen Young was indicted for the sex trafficking of four minors and the attempted sex trafficking of a fifth.

May 12, 2020

14th Amendment Violation – Equal Protection Clause

Dixon O’Brien, John Cook, and the unions to which they belong sued the Village of Lincolnshire and the Illinois Municipal League claiming violations of their rights under the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as violations of state law.

May 12, 2020

Title VII Violation – Damages

Lydia Vega sued her former employer, the Chicago Park District, alleging that the Park District discriminated against her due to her national origin in violation of Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

May 12, 2020

Trademark Infringement – Trade Dress

Flexible Steel Lacing Co. (“Flexco”) brought this action for trade dress infringement and unfair competition against Conveyor Accessories, Inc. (“CAI”).

May 12, 2020

Prisoner – 8th Amendment Violation

Daniel Schillinger, a Wisconsin prisoner, was brutally assaulted by another inmate as the prisoners were walking back to their housing unit after recreation.

May 11, 2020

Breach of Contract – Warranty – Safe-berth Clause

In 2004, the M/T Athos I, a 748-foot oil tanker, allided with a nine-ton anchor abandoned on the bed of the Delaware River.

May 11, 2020

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Christopher Gish pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide in Wisconsin state court for killing his longtime girlfriend and the mother of his children.

May 11, 2020

ALJ Error – Disability Benefits

On Halloween 2012, Michelle Jeske was working at a cemetery as a pallbearer and burial needs salesperson.

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