POSTED: Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 at 10:52 am

BY: Associated Press

BP acknowledged Tuesday it had failed to reach a settlement in advance of next week’s civil trial on the Deepwater Horizon accident and is ready to defend itself vigorously against allegations of gross negligence in the U.S.’s biggest environmental disaster.

POSTED: Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 at 11:37 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2011AP2703 O’Brien v. Germantown Mutual Insurance Company, et al.

POSTED: Tuesday, September 11th, 2012 at 12:46 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2011AP2294 Community Credit Union v. AmeriTitle & Abstract Inc., et al.

POSTED: Monday, August 20th, 2012 at 1:06 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Carlyne Karschney elected to use the services of a nurse midwife at the local clinic because there were no female physicians. The only doctors at the clinic and, for that matter, the hospital were family practitioners because there were no obstetricians on staff.

POSTED: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 at 12:02 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2010AP2916 Emmrich v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, et al.

POSTED: Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 at 12:40 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2011AP1167 Cartter, et al. v. Marcus Hotels Inc., et al.

POSTED: Thursday, June 28th, 2012 at 9:20 am

BY: Associated Press

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in favor of three doctors in a malpractice case.

POSTED: Thursday, May 17th, 2012 at 10:30 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2011AP1670 EBA Design Inc. v. Meeker, et al.

POSTED: Friday, May 4th, 2012 at 5:30 pm

BY: Kirsten Klahn, kirsten.klahn@wislawjournal.com

The city of Milwaukee on Friday filed a lawsuit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court against four companies for damages related to terra cotta installed on the exterior of City Hall during the building’s restoration project between 2006 and 2008, according to a city of Milwaukee news release.

POSTED: Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 at 10:28 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2011AP1874 Berg v. Secura Insurance, et al.

POSTED: Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 at 4:14 pm

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

A Slinger couple and a former Milwaukee attorney are preparing to battle it out in court over a six-figure real estate deal gone sour.

POSTED: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 3:03 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-1211 Irish, et al. v. BNSF Railway Company, et al.

POSTED: Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 at 11:24 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2011AP739 Jane Doe v. Certain Interested Underwriters at Lloyds London, et al.

POSTED: Friday, February 24th, 2012 at 10:30 am

BY: Adam Wise, adam.wise@wislawjournal.com

A Wisconsin Dells resort cannot sue a Madison-based contractor for moisture damages resulting from a water park project built more than 10 years ago, according to a Court of Appeals ruling Thursday.

POSTED: Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at 1:47 pm

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

State courts could not categorically refuse to enforce arbitration clauses in the admission contracts of nursing homes sued for wrongful death, the U.S Supreme Court has ruled in a per curiam decision.

POSTED: Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at 11:14 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2010AP2992 Weather Shield Mgf., et al. v. Compass Group USA, et al.

POSTED: Friday, January 20th, 2012 at 8:38 am

BY: Associated Press

The family of a teenager killed in a crash with a La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department has settled a negligence claim.

POSTED: Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 at 12:46 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2011AP50 Kidd v. Allaway

POSTED: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 2:10 pm

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Torts
Negligence; causation

POSTED: Thursday, July 28th, 2011 at 1:46 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Torts
Negligence

POSTED: Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 12:59 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Torts
FELA; negligence

POSTED: Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 at 1:09 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Torts Negligence West Bend Mutual Insurance Company appeals a summary judgment dismissing its negligence claim against InterCon Construction, Inc., and Arch Insurance Company (collectively “InterCon”). We conclude summary judgment was inappropriate because the record viewed in the light most favorable to West Bend raises competing inferences concerning material facts. We therefore reverse and remand for [...]

POSTED: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 at 1:46 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Torts Safe-place statute; negligence Richard Grieger appeals a summary judgment dismissing his personal injury action that alleged negligence and safe-place violations. Grieger argues the circuit court erroneously concluded that the safe-place statute was inapplicable. Grieger further contends the court erroneously dismissed his claim that Smithfield Beef Group-Green Bay, Inc. is liable for ordinary negligence either [...]

POSTED: Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 at 10:12 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Torts Medical malpractice; negligence; causation; damages Peri Aldrich, M.D., and her employer, Bellin Health Systems, Inc., are co-appellants in this wrongful death medical malpractice case. A jury found them causally negligent in the death of Gustavo Espinal-Santos, who was treated at a Bellin clinic by two Physician Assistants (P.A.s) under Dr. Aldrich’s supervision. Dr. Aldrich [...]

POSTED: Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 at 12:12 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Torts Negligence; jury instructions; causation Sandra and Michael Froseth appeal the judgment entered in their personal injury action against Michael Brenizer. The Froseths argue the circuit court erroneously excluded reference to the substantial factor test in the jury instructions. The Froseths further contend that Brenizer’s offer of judgment was deficient, thereby precluding a costs award, [...]

POSTED: Saturday, February 19th, 2011 at 11:41 am

BY: Associated Press

BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin mother has pleaded no contest to felony negligence in the death of her 16-month-old son who was left in a hot trailer at a park in Prairie du Sac last summer. Police were called to the VFW Park July 17 where they found 21-year-old Brandie Nelson trying to revive [...]

POSTED: Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 at 2:39 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Torts Negligence; public policy In 2003, ten-year-old Jason Wilson sustained a severe eye injury when a tent stake he was hitting against a tree broke apart. Mary and Earl Wilson, Jason’s grandparents, were found causally negligent by a jury for enhanced injuries he sustained because he did not receive prompt medical attention. Trade Lake Mutual [...]

POSTED: Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 at 12:15 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Torts Negligence; causation Lisa McGillis-Lewandowski appeals from a judgment dismissing the negligence case she filed against her landlord, Timothy Kilps. The trial court precluded certain testimony as hearsay and then granted the defendants’ motion for dismissal at the close of McGillis-Lewandowski’s case on grounds that she had not met her burden of proof as to [...]