Time-barred – Malpractice Claim
Brandon Winzer appeals from a circuit court order dismissing his medical malpractice claim against Dr. Hartmann and Mercy Medical Center (Mercy) as time-barred under the applicable statute of limitations, WIS. STAT. § 893.55(1m)(2019-20).
Termination of Parental Rights
D.W. appeals the circuit court order terminating his parental rights to his child, K.J. D.W. argues that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion in granting the petition to terminate his parental rights because the circuit court failed to weigh relevant facts affecting the best interests of the child in consideration of the petition for the termination of parental rights (TPR).
Restrictive Covenants
Steven Kane, Jacqueline Kane, and Cottage Row Properties, LLC, appeal a summary judgment granted in favor of Stephan Nordstrom, Graycliffe LLC, Carl Curry, and Cynthia Curry (collectively, “the Objectors”).
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Dustin Larson appeals from an incest conviction and an order denying his postconviction claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.
Abuse of Discretion – Child Placement Order Modification
Erica Lindquist appeals an order granting Mark Anderson’s motion to modify physical placement of the parties’ minor children.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Kurt B. Parks appeals his judgment of conviction for possession of narcotic drugs (heroin), and felony bail jumping, as well as an order of the trial court denying his postconviction motion.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Timothy Christopher Scott, Jr. appeals from a judgment of conviction entered following a jury trial for two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon, one count of possession of a firearm by a person adjudicated delinquent, and one count of felony bail jumping.
Right of Refusal – Damages
Germania Real Estate Venture II LLC (“Germania”) and Germania Historic, LLC (“Historic”) appeal an order of the circuit court granting STIR LLC (“STIR”) damages arising from the breach of a commercial lease.
Equitable Estoppel – Time-barred
Kathleen McCaigue, pro se, appeals orders of the trial court dismissing her numerous claims against several defendants, as set forth in her complaint filed in March 2018, relating to a failed real estate transaction that occurred in December 2005.
Prisoner – Deliberate Indifference
LaVertis Stewart, an inmate at Dixon Correctional Center, sued the assistant warden, two doctors, and a medical corporation under the Eighth Amendment, claiming that they were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by refusing to grant him an exemption to wearing a restrictive security device, a black box, when he left the facility for medical appointments.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Richard Grundy III and his network of drug suppliers, couriers, distributors, and dealers trafficked hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine in Indianapolis.
Contempt of Court – Placement Order
Benjamin Froyen Haddorff appeals from the circuit court’s order denying his motion for contempt, alleging that Susan Kathleen Haddorff, his ex-wife, failed to abide by the placement order concerning the parties’ minor children.
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