Court Error
Robert Keller appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of St. Croix Regional Medical Center (St. Croix).
OWI – Reasonable Suspicion
WI Court of Appeals – District III Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Michael L. Joy Case No.: 2015AP960-CR Officials: STARK, P.J. Focus: OWI – Reasonable Suspicion Michael Joy appeals a judgment of conviction for fourth-offense operating while intoxicated and operating a firearm while intoxicated. Joy argues the arresting officer did not have reasonable suspicion […]
OWI – Probable Cause
The State of Wisconsin appeals an order granting Alejandro Herrera Ayala’s motion to suppress evidence.
Sentence Modification
Joseph Hayes appeals an order denying his motion for sentence modification.
Writ of Prohibition – Employment Discrimination
The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) appeals an order granting a writ of prohibition entered by the circuit court barring the DWD from adjudicating an employment discrimination claim brought by employee Angela Fenhouse against Menard, Inc.
Uninsured Motorist Coverage
This underinsured motorist (UIM) insurance coverage dispute arises under the 2009-10 version of WIS. STAT. § 632.32 (Truth in Auto Law). 1 Steven Foster appeals a judgment awarding him $238,244.50 and taxable costs.
Conversion
Appellant fails to provide case law or facts to support appropriate timing for a demand for property in a conversion claim.
Title VII
Court holds that Title VII does not offer redress for discrimination based on sexual orientation despite EEOC criticism.
Bankruptcy – Safe Harbor
Section 546(e) Safe Harbor provision in the Bankruptcy Code does not protect transfers made through financial institutions where the entity is only a conduit and not a debtor or transferee.
Deprivation of Rights
Appellant requirement to sit in squad car on hot day for 30 minutes did not cause him to admit that gun found in car, of which the appellant was a passenger, was his.
Breach of Contract – Disability Benefits
Contract provision misinterpreted to include temporal element by court without any language on its face lending support o such a interpretation.
Disability Benefits – Court Error
Court erred in interpreting insurance policy and made factual findings unsupported by evidence on the record.
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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