Wisconsin Law Journal – WI Legal News & Resources Wisconsin Legal News & Resources

Starting Thursday, many employers will have to provide paid leave to employees dealing with the coronavirus' effects on themselves and their families.

Tagged with: coronavirus Gov. Tony Evers

“I always thought that I saw a little bit of myself and my family in the sufferings of people who came before us.”

Tagged with: Maxine White Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Casey Wittmann appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion for sentence modification.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

David Dudas appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of fourteen counts of second-degree sexual assault by use of force, eleven counts of strangulation and suffocation, and one count each of first-degree sexual assault, second-degree reckless injury, substantial battery, misdemeanor intimidation of a witness, and misdemeanor battery.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

This appeal is brought by Mary Lou Stelter against her former employer, Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (“WPS”), for discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”).

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

This dispute over attorney’s fees has a long, tortured history.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

After Michael R. Needle P.C. (“Needle P.C.”) went months without counsel in a fee dispute action and was on the verge of a default judgment, three partners from the law firm Cozen O’Connor stepped in to represent Needle P.C. Their representation successfully staved off the pending default motion but was otherwise short-lived.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

A jury found Salvatore Picardi guilty of one count of embezzlement by an officer or employee of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 654.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

The wording of the provision that we interpret today is enough to make a grammarian throw down her pen.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Kenyatta Bridges was a pretrial detainee at the Cook County Department of Corrections (“Department”) when he fell out of the upper bunk to which he had been assigned and injured himself.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Marvin Cates pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a person with a prior felony conviction in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Shawn Lee sold a staggering amount of ice methamphetamine in Central Illinois from early 2015 until his arrest in January 2018.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

The House passed a $2.2 trillion rescue package on Friday to help the U.S. economy and health-care system weather the coronavirus pandemic’s toll.

Tagged with: Axley Brynelson coronavirus stimulus

Weekly Case Digests – March 23, 2020 – March 27, 2020

Tagged with: Weekly Case Digest Summary

The Milwaukee Bar Association's 2020 Judicial Poll shows respondents are split on whether Justice Dan Kelly is qualified for his seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Tagged with: Justice Dan Kelly Milwaukee Bar Association

Kohler Company sought to convert 247 acres of land located in the Town of Wilson into a world championship golf course.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Supreme Court Digest

Charles L. Neill, IV seeks review of the court of appeals decision affirming the judgment and order upholding his sentence for third-offense OWI.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Supreme Court Digest

The Germantown School District Board of Education and Germantown School District (collectively, the "School District") seek review of a court of appeals decision affirming the circuit court's order and judgment, which denied the School District's motion for attorney fees.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

The petitioner, Carrie E. Counihan, seeks review of an unpublished, authored decision of the court of appeals affirming her judgment of conviction and the denial of her motion for postconviction relief.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Supreme Court Digest

This case comes before us on bypass, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 809.60 (2017–18), from the circuit court for Ozaukee County.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Supreme Court Digest

This case arises out of the Town of Dupont and Waupaca County reconstructing and widening a Town road that Christopher Elandt alleges encroaches on his property.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

Michael J. Vieth filed a petition in the circuit court for writ of certiorari, along with a proposed writ, challenging action taken by Wisconsin Parole Chairperson Daniel J. Gabler.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

Natalie appeals a circuit court order involuntarily terminating her parental rights to her son, Charlie.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

Jacqueline Ziriax Anderson appeals a judgment convicting her of second-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and an order denying her postconviction motion for plea withdrawal.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

Andre Stackhouse, who was captured on video stabbing an individual in a nightclub in front of a police officer, was convicted after a jury trial of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and aggravated battery, both with a penalty enhancer for the use of a dangerous weapon during the commission of the offense.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

Antrim Pharmaceuticals LLC and Bio-Pharm, Inc. arranged to manufacture and sell a generic anti-depressant.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Jesse Ballard has an extraordinarily long history of criminal conduct, which the sentencing judge described as “probably one of the worst criminal histories [he’d] seen in 30 years” of experience.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

IT IS ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Petitioner Rick E. Jacobsen’s former wife Tina M. Lemmens embezzled over $400,000 from her employer, income that was not reported on the couple’s jointly filed income taxes.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Buddy Phillips (now deceased) injured his ribs while playing with his grandchildren.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest