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Evers appoints Quarles & Brady attorney to Court of Appeals
Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Rachel A. Graham to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV. The appointment fills a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Gary Sherman.
Court: UW must turn over notes to animal rights group
A state appeals court says an animal rights group is entitled a University of Wisconsin System animal experimentation oversight committee's meeting notes.
Appeals court says Madison school district immune from scorers’ table lawsuit
A state appeals court says the Madison school district is immune from a lawsuit alleging it should have prevented a portable scorers' table from falling on a young boy.
Court rules errors don’t preclude unemployment benefits (UPDATE)
Employees cannot be denied unemployment benefits in Wisconsin for inadvertent errors, even if the worker has been repeatedly warned about such errors, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Court: Man’s estate can’t sue over ambulance crash (UPDATE)
The estate of a man who died after an ambulance transporting him to the hospital crashed can't sue the rescuers, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Court says state allowed to withhold lottery winnings
An appeals court says the state legally withheld a portion of a man's $9.7 million Megabucks prize to cover his back taxes.
Man appeals conviction in double murder, cites lawyer, judge errors (UPDATE)
A former West Salem man serving two life sentences for the deaths of his parents has appealed the conviction, saying his lawyers failed him with faulty jury instruction and the judge excluded evidence that supported his innocence.
BENCH BLOG: Promise questions and jury nullification
The ferocity of an alcohol addiction is apparent in the case of Frank Zdzieblowski, a 73-year-old Portage County man who was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration as a sixth offense less than five months after he was charged with fifth offense intoxicated driving.
Distributing settlement not enough to hold law firm accountable for lien
When Watertown Regional Medical Center filed a small claims lawsuit trying to collect on an outstanding hospital lien, the District 4 Court of Appeals court had to decide whether a law firm was just acting as a conduit for payment or as an actual payor when it disbursed a related personal injury settlement.
FAMILY LAW: Appeals court erred in joint custody decision
In a recent opinion the District 4 Court of Appeals misapplied Wisconsin statutes regarding the meaning of joint custody.
Lawmakers move to get faster rulings on injunctions appeals (UPDATE)
The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor voted 3-2 Tuesday in favor of a bill that proponents say would force more prompt rulings on appeals of circuit courts’ injunctions.
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- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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