Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Fourteenth Amendment-Criminal Recklessness
On May 6, 2020, Lisby, who was eight months pregnant, and Lewis were walking along the shoulder of State Road 37 in Indianapolis, trying to make their way back to their motel.
Evading Arrest-Sentencing Guidelines
Identified as the cocaine supplier and leader of a trafficking operation, in cases against eight drug couriers, the government informed Caraway's attorney about the impending indictment, leading Caraway to voluntarily travel to Illinois for a proffer interview.
Negligence-Motor Vehicle-State’s Regulatory Authority
Ye pursued a case against GlobalTranz, a freight broker, after her husband's death in a highway accident.
Breach of Contract-Bad Faith
The parents are employed by the School District and have a self-funded health insurance plan contracted through the District.
42 U.S.C. 1983- Deliberate Indifference
Hunter, who resided in the general-population wing of "Unit H" at Redgranite Wisconsin state prison, shared a cell with Patterson from March to December 2017.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
The eligibility for disability payments from the Fund is determined by the number of credits an ironworker has earned, with each credit representing 1,000 hours of work on union jobs in a given year.
Administrative Law-Disability Insurance Benefits
After being involved in a car accident in 2013, Michelle Baptist, who was then 50 years old, began to suffer from severe neck and shoulder pain, as well as recurring headaches.
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Camarena, who had defaulted on a debt and later married Ross, shared a phone plan with her.
Tax- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
Under the provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA), specifically 26 U.S.C. 6221–6234, the tax obligations of a partnership were allocated to individual partners based on their ownership stakes.
Eighth Amendment-Deliberate Indifference
A kitchen supervisor instructed Balle, an Illinois state prisoner, to transport near-boiling water in a plastic five-gallon bucket across a wet and damaged floor.
Democrats eye Wisconsin high court’s new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings
While the court is widely expected to weigh in on abortion and redistricting, liberals also are talking about bringing new challenges to school choice, voter ID, the 12-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers and other laws backed by Republicans.
Wisconsin officials seek legislators’ permission to drop lawsuit challenging border wall funding
Republicans passed statutes before then-Gov. Scott Walker left office in 2018 designed to weaken incoming Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers.
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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