Recent Articles from Associated Press
Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act
After a workplace accident in 2012—for which Graef received worker’s compensation benefits—he continued to suffer from both physical injuries as well as depression.
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Eligibility
For fourteen years, Jonathan Todd Morris was the vice president of finance and operations for his employer, Bredan Mechanical Systems, Inc. (Bredan).
Sentence Modification-New Factor
Gilliam was convicted, upon a jury’s verdict, of first-degree intentional homicide while armed in December 1997.
Petitions for Guardianship and Protective Placement
Sarah appeals circuit court orders granting My Choice Wisconsin’s petitions for guardianship and protective placement.
Insurance Coverage-Definition of “Occurrence”
Meress & Associates LLC (“Meress”) appeals orders of the circuit court denying its motion for summary judgment, granting the cross-motion for summary judgment of West Bend Mutual Insurance Company (“West Bend”), and entering judgment in West Bend’s favor.
Postconviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Steven Seekamp appeals from a judgment convicting him of possession of methamphetamine, as a repeater, and maintaining a drug trafficking place.
Tax-Injunction
Bradley Olson and Shirley Olson had been conducting their business, Affordable Sewer Service, without paying federal taxes for a decade.
Suppression of Evidence-Validity of Search
Harold McGhee was convicted and sentenced for drug trafficking.
Resentencing
Christopher Yates and Shawn Connelly were found guilty of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Macomb, Illinois, spanning thirteen months from January 2019 to February 2020.
Remand to State Court
Following the Highland Park, IL shooting perpetrated by Robert Eugene Crimo III, who used a Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle to take the lives of seven individuals and injure 48 others, the victims and their estates collectively filed several lawsuits against Crimo, his father, the gun shops where he obtained the rifle, and the manufacturer of the weapon, Smith & Wesson.
Disability Insurance Benefits
Warnell applied for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under the Social Security Act in 2019.
Obama Presidential Center Location
A group known as Protect Our Parks, Inc. (POP) has been contesting the chosen location for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's historic Jackson Park.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- 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
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