Small Claims – Motion for Reconsideration Denied
WI Court of Appeals – District IV Case Name: Phillip Byrd v. Donald Strahota, et al. Case No.: 2018AP1996 Officials: BLANCHARD, J. Focus: Small Claims – Motion for Reconsideration Denied Phillip Byrd, pro se, appeals an order of the circuit court dismissing his small claims action against employees of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and […]
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Matthew Steinhorst appeals a judgment of conviction for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle.
Negligence Claim – Uniform Fiduciaries Act
William Sesing Construction, Inc., (Sesing) appeals from a judgment dismissing its breach of contract and negligence claims brought against American Bank after Sesing’s bookkeeper embezzled funds from Sesing’s business checking account held by American Bank.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Lacasanova S. Davis appeals from a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, convicting him on two counts of second-degree sexual assault.
Estate – Insurance Claim – Liability
In this wrongful death and survival action, David Marx and his insurer, 1st Auto Casualty Insurance Company (collectively, 1st Auto), appeal a judgment awarding prejudgment interest at the rate of 12 percent per year under WIS. STAT. § 628.46 (2015-16) to the Estate of Kevin Payette and Payette’s minor children, Alexis and Natalie Payette.
Amended Opinion
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that corrections were made to paragraphs 3, 7 and 11 in the above-captioned opinion which was released on November 7, 2019.
Bankruptcy – Exemptions
George Burciaga lost his job in May 2018 and filed for bankruptcy a week later.
Property Act and NEPA Violations
The National Park Service donated more than 3,000 acres in central Wisconsin to the state’s Department of Natural Resources.
Bankruptcy – Judicial Estoppel
TRUMPF Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of an international business, makes specialty tools such as precision laser cutters.
FDCA Violation
Proving that almost anything can give rise to litigation, this case concerns chocolates that Clarisha Benson and Lorenzo Smith purchased at their local Fannie May stores in Chicago.
Jury Instructions
Two non-competing Midwestern companies operated by brothers used marks containing the family name, Fabick.
Due Process Violation
We review an unpublished decision of the court of appeals reversing the circuit court's suppression of the victim's identification of Stephan I. Roberson because the identification began with law enforcement showing a single Facebook photo to the victim.
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Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property