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Court Error – Settlement Agreement
Sharon Lambrecht, pro se, appeals a judgment that dismissed her lawsuit against Bruce Remington and his daughter, Teresa Hestekin (collectively “Remington”), discharged a lis pendens recorded by Lambrecht, and awarded $10,000 in attorney fees to Remington pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 100.18 (2017-18).
Worker’s Compensation Claim
Continental Indemnity Company appeals an order denying its motion for summary judgment that sought to dismiss Francis Graef’s personal injury lawsuit.
Divorce Judgment
William Roberts appeals a postdivorce order granting a motion filed by his former spouse, Andrea Perone, to lift a stay of a sanction the circuit court had previously imposed after finding Roberts in contempt for failing to comply with the terms of the parties’ divorce judgment.
Abuse of Discretion – Amended Complaint
Ricardo Glover, a Wisconsin inmate, sued prison medical staff and Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials for deliberate indifference and for violating his right to equal protection after they denied him medicine prescribed for post‐surgical erectile dysfunction.
Independent Contractor – Negligence
After Marina Kolchinsky and her mother, Lidia Kolchinsky, were severely injured in a car collision with a tractor-trailer in Illinois, they sued the truck driver and the two companies that contracted with him.
Sentencing Guidelines
Donnell Jehan appeals the denial of his second motion to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the retroactive application of Amendment 782 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines.
Settlement Agreement
This case is about the scope of a release in a settlement agreement.
TCPA Claim – Jurisdiction
T-Mobile customers with qualifying plans can participate in a promotional service called “T-Mobile Tuesdays” which offers free items and discounts from various well-known stores.
Statutory Interpretation – PLRA – IFP Application
Hoping to find an effective way to curb frivolous lawsuits by prisoners, Congress enacted the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) in 1996.
Jury Instructions and Sufficiency of Evidence
Intending to transform a failing health club into a mixed-use condominium development, Kevin LeBeau and Brian Bodie obtained a $1,925,000 loan from Amcore Bank in 2004.
Abuse of Discretion – Sentencing Guidelines
Tremayne Dozier was arrested in 2017 for trafficking methamphetamine in Decatur, Illinois.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Fifteen years ago, an Illinois jury convicted Phillip Hartsfield of first-degree murder and home invasion.
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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
