Court Error – Restitution
Lloyd Robl, working as an unlicensed and uninsured asbestos abatement contractor, undertook asbestos removal and disposal services for clients in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Preliminary Injunction – Trade Secret Misappropriation
This trade secret case arises from a short‐lived business relationship between two companies that sell spinal implant devices.
Weekly Case Digests – October 4, 2021 – October 8, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – October 4, 2021 - October 8, 2021
Involuntary Commitment – Transfers
T.A.L. was committed to the care and custody of Jackson County under WIS. STAT. ch. 51.
Probably Cause – Suppression of Evidence
Sean Dugan was stopped by an officer on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Breach of Noncompetition Agreement
Auto-Chlor System of the Mid-West, LLC, sued Doug Ehlert for breach of a noncompetition agreement.
Product Liability – Negligence
Dale Ryant was injured while using exercise equipment in the fitness room in the apartment building where he was living.
Punitive Damage
Christopher Hookstead filed an adverse possession claim for title to a strip of land that separates his property from property held by Gary and Peri Beal.
Contracts – Time-barred
Patrick S. Sweeney appeals a final order and judgment dismissing his claims against Frank Liquor Co. Inc., Fairview Ridge LLC, Fairview Ridge II LLC, Fairview Ridge III LLC, Joel Frank, Janna Frank, and Justin Frank.
Involuntary Commitment and Medication
J.C.S. appeals from an order of the circuit court for involuntary commitment pursuant to WIS. STAT. ch. 51 and also challenges an order for involuntary medication and treatment.
Termination of Parental Rights
L.I. appeals the circuit court orders terminating her parental rights to her children, F.G. and R.G. L.I. argues that the court erroneously weighed the children’s harm from severing the relationship with their respective foster parents against the harm from severing the relationship with their mother.
International Comity – Wartime Injury Remedies
During World War II the Nazi regime in Germany and nations under its domination killed millions of Jews.
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