Retaliatory Termination – Sexual Harassment – Damages
Maria Gracia sued her employer, SigmaTron, International, Inc., for sexual harassment and for terminating her in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment.
Weekly Case Digests — Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2016
7th Circuit Digests 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: First American Bank v. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, et al Case No.: 16-1122 Officials: BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges Focus: Mertiless Suit “In 2013 an Illinois lawyer named David M. Goodson received an email from a person who represented himself or herself to […]
Child Custody
This is an ongoing dispute over physical placement of two minor children born in 2003 and 2005, between the children’s mother, Lori Erickson, and the children’s adjudicated father, Steven Coons.
Damages – Wisconsin Consumer Act
Bernard Seidling appeals an order awarding Dori Stepan compensatory damages, punitive damages, and actual attorney fees and costs on her counterclaim alleging abuse of process and Wisconsin Consumer Act violations.
Voluntary Payment Doctrine – Estoppel
The City of Milwaukee (the City) appeals a judgment entered against it and in favor of DJK 59 LLC, JBC 59 LLC, Juneau Village II Limited Partnership, Juneau Village Shopping Center LLC, and 829 Cass LLC (collectively, DJK) in the amount of $614,336.49 plus statutory costs.
Rent Adjustments
Va’Na Barki, pro se, appeals a judgment of the circuit court dismissing her counterclaim against the Milwaukee City Housing Authority.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Anthony Rodriguez was convicted of two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child following a jury trial in the State of Illinois in 1997.
Court Error
Following a jury trial, Michael Flournoy was convicted of one count of conspiring to possess cocaine and one count of attempting to possess cocaine.
Sentencing
Police in Wisconsin arrested Damian Patrick while he was in a car on a public street and found him armed.
Immigration – Removal
Petitioner Miguel Perez-Fuentes, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming the denial of his application for cancellation of removal.
Sentencing
The first time this appeal was before us, on direct review, Jennifer Krieger was seeking to vacate the twenty-year sentence she received when her friend died after chewing a fentanyl pain patch provided by Krieger.
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