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Constitutionality – Statutory Cap on Noneconomic Damages
This is an appeal stemming from a circuit court decision finding the $750,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical practice actions, as articulated in WIS. STAT. § 893.55 (2015-16), unconstitutional as it applied to Ascaris and Antonio Mayo.
Weekly Case Digests — July 3 to July 7, 2017
Weekly Case Digests — July 3 to July 7, 2017
Equal Protection Clause
We are again asked to decide whether an aspect of Indiana’s alcohol regulation system violates the Equal Protection Clause.
Fourth Amendment Rights Violation
Don Meadows alleges that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when an administrator at the Rockford Housing Authority (“RHA”) ordered the locks on his apartment changed.
Sentencing
In July 2002, Appellant Keefer Jones was convicted of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B).
Parsimony Principle
Defendant Carnell King appeals his below-guideline sentence. Since he pled guilty and the district court’s guideline calculation was admittedly correct, it is not surprising that we affirm the sentence.
Amended Order
The opinion issued on June 28, 2017, in connection with the above-referenced case, is AMENDED as follows: Page 6, first paragraph under the heading Discussion, line 5: the word “in” should be inserted after the word “wrong.”
Breach of Contract
James Hunt worked as a truck driver in Nebraska. On July 1, 2010, he signed an Independent Contractor Operating Agreement with Moore Brothers, a small company located in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Breach of Contract
Christopher Drake was involved in a car accident with another driver, who offered to settle the matter with Drake’s automobile insurer, Horace Mann Insurance Company.
Eighth Amendment Violation
The plaintiff, Daniel Aguilar, an inmate under the supervision of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (“DOC”), filed a pro se complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that beginning in October 2012 he was confined for 90 days without a hearing based on a purported violation of extended supervision.
Breach of Contract
This appeal began with a $1.5 billion (with a “b”) mistake in documenting a commercial trans‐ action.
Breach of Contract
Defendant Schneider is a logistics firm—a firm that manages the flow and storage of goods, in order to meet a customer’s requirements.
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