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Anthony Bogdanovich appeals a judgment denying certiorari relief from the decision of the Town of Three Lakes Board of Supervisors that denied his application for construction of a road to his landlocked property. He argues that the board lacked discretion ...

“Current Goldschmidt employees were once Witco employees and were covered by the CBA. Witco’s failure to maintain the ‘full force and effect’ of the CBA in the sale to Goldschmidt is an arbitrable violation for former Witco employees, regardless of ...

Richard King appeals judgments entered in favor of Mary Schmitt and William Pangman on their claims against King for conversion and misrepresentation. King’s complaints are that the damages awarded by the jury were improper because the jury miscalculated the proper ...

“Here, ALJ Kelly decided not to give Voss’ opinion controlling weight because she seriously doubted its credibility. We do not overturn an ALJ’s credibility determinations unless they are ‘patently wrong.’ See id. at 887. ALJ Kelly determined that Voss was ...

Terrance A. Garner appeals from a judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of first-degree reckless homicide, while using a dangerous weapon, as party to a crime. He also appeals from an order denying his postconviction motion. Garner claims: ...

“Even the Commissioner concedes the ordinariness of Freightways’ FLIP expenses for companies in the trucking business. Not only are they ordinary, but as Freightways points out, they recur, with clockwork regularity, every year. Both this court and the IRS have ...

Amusement Devices, Inc., appeals from a judgment affirming a decision of the Tax Appeals Commission (commission). The issues are whether the commission properly held that Amusement Devices was required to pay a use tax on certain purchases of machines, and ...

“For Dean to have extracted a settlement of $765,000 from Gingras was impressive given the weaknesses in the case against Gingras, especially when we consider that the failure to argue waiver of waiver cost McKnight at most $555,000 (the damages ...

Daniel Brown appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion. The issues relate to whether certain statements by Brown should be suppressed, whether the court erred by admitting certain expert testimony and several sentencing matters. We ...

Craig Miller, pro se, appeals orders of the circuit court rejecting his postconviction claims. Miller argues that his right to be free from double jeopardy was violated and that there was no factual basis for the bail jumping convictions. We ...

Jeffrey J. Rittenhouse appeals from orders denying his postconviction motions. He seeks to have his convictions dismissed based upon the denial of a speedy trial. In the alternative, he claims entitlement to withdraw his pleas of no contest to seven ...

Larry Lamont Gatewood appeals from a judgment entered after a jury convicted him of two counts of kidnapping, three counts of first-degree sexual assault, and armed robbery, all as party to a crime. Gatewood claims: (1) his due process rights ...

Timothy Meddaugh appeals a judgment convicting him of operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration. Meddaugh challenges the denial of his motion to suppress the results of a chemical test of his blood. He contends that police should ...

Shaun A. Costello appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), third offense. Costello argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the results of a blood test taken without ...

Dennis L. Richardson appeals from an order denying his postconviction motion to modify his sentence. We affirm. Publication in the official reports is not recommended. Dist I, Milwaukee County, Moroney, J., Fine, J. Attorneys: For Appellant: Robert N. Meyeroff, Milwaukee ...

Where attorney Matthew O. Olaiya essentially abandoned his practice by moving out of the country without protecting the interests of his clients, failed to return an advance payment of a fee to a client that had not been earned, failed ...

“Given Eller’s recognized leasehold interest, we conclude that Eller’s injury is to an interest that the law recognizes and seeks to protect. Having lost that interest by virtue of the administrative decision, Eller has suffered an actual injury to a ...

“The referee, Michael Ash, concluded, and this court agrees, that by representing the wife in the bankruptcy case when his representation was directly adverse to the husband and when his representation of the wife was materially limited by his responsibility ...

“Stated another way, by excluding the claims of only those resident relatives who are closely enough connected by blood or marriage to the policyholder that their relationships are likely to be considered in the policyholder’s personal decisions, such as contracting ...

“[W]e must balance the nature of the private interests at stake, the risk of harm from erroneous deprivations, and the government’s interests affected… We believe that the same considerations underlying the recognition of a parent’s due process right to pre-deprivation ...

“Section 893.55 clearly is the more specific of the two statutes. Unlike sec. 893.54, it concerns itself not only with injury to the person, but also with a particular way in which the injury arises, i.e., resulting from an act ...

“McCoy had notice of the new rule, and his reliance interests have not been unduly trammeled. We see no manifest injustice in telling a prisoner on a going-forward basis that he must work through and exhaust the administrative processes available ...

Susan Shoemaker appeals the circuit court’s order granting KraftMaid Cabinetry, Inc.’s motion to dismiss and the court’s judgment entered in favor of KraftMaid for costs. For the following reasons, we affirm. This opinion will not be published. Dist IV, Rock ...

“SIGECO is a local gas distribution company that has contracts with several pipelines, not including Midwestern. The pipelines do not sell gas themselves, they merely transport it, but they have affiliates that sell the gas they transport. The affiliates of ...

Robert H. Scheer and Susanne M. Fulghum appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict dismissing their products liability claim against the General Motors Corporation. They filed this claim after Scheer’s 1994 GMC Jimmy sports utility vehicle rolled over ...

“The doctrine of judicial estoppel is not strictly applicable here, because DeVito obtained benefits upon a claim of total disability without suing for them. But the cases we cited after ‘see also,’ together with our decision in Wilson v. Chrysler ...

Yvonne Otte appeals from an order modifying her child support obligation and denying her motion to have Daniel Otte held in contempt for denying her physical placement of their son on “no school” days. Yvonne argues that she is entitled ...

“Curry offered sufficient evidence to survive summary judgment because she established that two employees – Margaret Venetico and Anne Mercurio – had two or more cash discrepancies during Stanley’s tenure at the store but were neither suspended nor terminated. “For ...

Wayne L. Sohn and his insurer, Wilson Mutual Insurance Company (Wilson), together with State Farm Insurance Companies (State Farm), appeal a judgment of the trial court in which the trial court found that Sohn was not acting as a “volunteer” ...

“We understand Pop to be making two main claims. First, she claims that her grade- school teachers intentionally lowered her grades because she was a Jehovah’s Witness. As a result, Pop says she was unable to pursue her education beyond ...