Darquice J. Edwards appeals from a judgment of conviction and from an order of the circuit court denying his postconviction motion to withdraw his pleas.
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Case Digests
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Jacob Bacon appeals a judgment of conviction for first-degree sexual assault of a child and an order denying his postconviction motion.
Read More »Admission of Evidence – Other-acts Evidence
Wayne Herbes appeals from a judgment of conviction for three counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child and an order denying his postconviction motion.
Read More »Property Tax Assessment
Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC (Lowe’s) appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing its challenges to the City of Delavan’s (the City) 2016 and 2017 tax assessments.
Read More »Stipulated Judgment – Right to Appeal
This appeal arises out of a home construction dispute.
Read More »Motion for Reconsideration Denied
In 2007, following a jury trial, Steven A. Avery was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, party to the crime, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Read More »Due Process Violation – Jury Instructions
Jacky Lee appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for a second-offense operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration.
Read More »Summary Judgment – Issue of Material Fact
Jerod Hansen and Catherine Tabor-Hansen (collectively, “the Hansens”) appeal from the circuit court’s grant of a summary judgment in favor of Wendell, Anna and Carlton Klein (collectively, “the Kleins”), dismissing the Kleins from this suit.
Read More »Involuntary Commitment and Medication
Brian appeals from an order of commitment and an order for involuntary medication and treatment, entered pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.20.
Read More »Plea & Sentencing – Sentence Modification
Ryan Swadner appeals a judgment, entered upon his no-contest pleas, convicting him of three counts of homicide by operation of a vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 940.09(1)(am) (2019-20), and one count of injury by operation of a vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 346.63(2)(a)3.
Read More »Frivolous Appeal and Attorney Fees
Midwest Dental Care, Mondovi, Inc., appeals the circuit court’s denial of its summary judgment motion for dismissal of a counterclaim made against it by Dr. Kristina Welle for breach of an employment contract.
Read More »Prisoner – Deliberate Indifference
Rachel Slabey appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of Dunn County (“the County”), Dennis Smith, Brenda LaForte, Marshall Multhauf, and Paul Gunness (collectively, the “Individual Defendants,” and together with the County, the “County Defendants”), dismissing her claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2018).
Read More »Due Process violation
Lisa Lantz appeals a judgment convicting her of one count of conspiring to deliver methamphetamine, two counts of soliciting the delivery of methamphetamine, and one count of maintaining a drug trafficking place.
Read More »Plea Colloquy
Alejandro Gutierrez appeals judgments, entered upon his no-contest pleas, convicting him of child enticement; third-degree sexual assault; strangulation and suffocation; false imprisonment; burglary of a dwelling; and two counts of felony bail jumping, with both the false imprisonment and burglary counts as party to a crime.
Read More »Insurance Claim – Coverage
The Estate of Finley Olson, by its special administrator Rachel Olson, and Rachel and William Olson individually (collectively, the Estate) appeal the circuit court order granting American Family Mutual Insurance Company (American Family) summary and declaratory judgment that its insureds, Carrie and Timothy Heller (the Hellers), did not have coverage under their insurance policy through American Family (the Policy) for the claims related to Finley Olson’s death while in the care of the Hellers.
Read More »Abuse of Discretion – Child Support Modification
John Hendon appeals an order granting Bobbie Jo Hendon’s motion to modify child support.
Read More »Sufficiency of Evidence
Angelina Hansen appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury verdict, for criminal contempt of court in relation to her violation of a family court order setting the conditions under which she could exercise physical placement with her children.
Read More »Insurance Claim – Duty to Defend
The questions in this appeal arose from a fatal on-the-job accident on a commercial roofing project.
Read More »Motion in Limine – Expert Testimony
Marjory Dingwall was charged with three counts of robbery and three counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
Read More »Sentencing Guidelines
A jury convicted defendant Keenan Rollerson on drug and firearm charges but acquitted him on other drug charges.
Read More »Insurance Claim – Provider Agreement – Arbitration
In 2013, Dr. Robert L. Meinders, D.C., Ltd., received a single fax advertisement from United Healthcare Services, Inc., a company with whom Meinders had done business for around seven years.
Read More »Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act – Written Warranty – Jurisdiction
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Tawanna Ware, et al., v. Best Buy Stores, L.P., Case No.: 20-1641 Officials: ROVNER, HAMILTON, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges. Focus: Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act – Written Warranty – Jurisdiction This appeal raises a question of first impression about the definition of “written warranty” provided in the Magnuson‐Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2301 ...
Read More »Immigration – Removal Order
Bukola Lomi Omowole seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals sustaining the findings of two immigration judges that she is both removable from the United States for having procured an entry visa by fraud and not entitled to asylum or withholding of removal.
Read More »Sentencing Guidelines
In 1994, Michael Millis was found guilty of several crimes related to a pair of armed robberies in the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Read More »ERISA – Breach of Fiduciary Duty
We consider in this case whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts certain state-law claims brought by bankruptcy creditors on behalf of a company against its directors and officers and others alleged to have inflated the company’s stock value to conceal the company’s decline and to benefit corporate insiders. We hold that ERISA does not preempt the plaintiffs’ claims against the company’s directors and officers.
Read More »Failure to State Claim
For Gorgi Talevski, living with dementia went from difficult to worse during his stay at Valparaiso Care and Rehabilitation, a state-run nursing facility near his family home in Indiana.
Read More »Bankruptcy – Priorities
Employee benefit plans come in many shapes and sizes.
Read More »Weekly Case Digests – September 20, 2021 – September 24, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – September 20, 2021 – September 24, 2021
Read More »Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
We review, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 757.91 (2019-20), a Judicial Conduct Panel's (the Panel) findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation for discipline for the Honorable Scott C. Woldt, a judge for the Winnebago County circuit court.
Read More »Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing
Alexandrea C.E. Throndson appeals a judgment of conviction for maintaining a drug trafficking place and bail jumping.
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