Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
De Novo Review – Malpractice Claim
Plaintiff Linda Bergal brought this malpractice case against her attorney Ben Roth, his law firm, and accountant Joseph Sanders.
Summary Judgment – Sufficiency of Evidence
Defendants Champion Petfoods USA Inc. and Champion Petfoods LP (collectively, “Champion”) produce dog food that they market as biologically appropriate, containing fresh regional ingredients, and never outsourced.
Court Error – Standard of Competency
Jacob Wessel had a history of mental issues. On August 11, 2016, he allegedly raised a gun toward a police officer.
Immigration – Removal Order
Petitioner Victor Mejia-Padilla (“Mejia”) seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals sustaining the denial of his statutory motion to reopen his deportation proceeding, which he filed more than six years after that proceeding closed.
Statutory Interpretation – Alternative Fuel Mixture Tax Credit
Statutory interpretation is familiar territory for federal courts, and this appeal requires us to resolve a dispute over the scope of a statutory credit—taken against excise fuel taxes—that Congress made available to producers of “alternative fuel mixtures.”
Standing to Sue – Jurisdiction
Prairie Rivers Network is an Illinois non-profit organization that advocates for clean water and healthy rivers.
Time-barred
“Better late than never” is not a phrase typically heard in a federal courthouse.
Failure to State Claim
In August 2016 Millicent Nartey was admitted to a hospital where she suffered a stroke and eventually passed away.
Insurance Claim – Coverage
StarNet Insurance Company filed suit in diversity seeking a declaratory judgment specifying that the terms of a workers’ compensation and employers liability policy it issued to P.S. Demolition, Inc. obligate it to pay nothing more for a workplace injury than the amounts that Illinois workers’ compensation law requires P.S. Demolition to pay its injured employees.
8th Amendment Violation – Summary Judgment
Adrian Thomas sued several prison officials at Pontiac Correctional Center in Illinois alleging they violated the Eighth Amendment by restricting him for two months to a cell with feces on the walls, a mattress covered in human waste, a bunk bed with a hundred dead flies, and inadequate plumbing that caused him to develop a rash.
Insurance Claim – Duty to Defend
This insurance dispute stems from Robert Shockley, Jr., filing a civil complaint in Illinois state court.
Immigration – Removal Order
Czeslaw Parzych, a Polish citizen and lawful permanent resident of the United States, was twice convicted of burglary in Illinois, leading the Department of Homeland Security to begin removal proceedings.
Legal News
- UW-Milwaukee chancellor to step down next year amid handling of Pro-Hamas protesters
- Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says
- Man hurt when home in rural Wisconsin explodes has died, authorities say
- Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
- Gov. Evers appoints Travis Maze as Jefferson County Sheriff
- Democrat Dora Drake wins open seat in Wisconsin state Senate
- Wisconsin joins coalition urging Supreme Court to uphold federal ghost gun regulations
- GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide
- NFL is liable for $4,707,259,944.64 in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case
- Milwaukee Police investigating fatal downtown crash
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies