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Insurance Claim – Arbitration Clause – Damages
This case had its origins in an Administrative Services Agreement that Standard Security Life Insurance Company of New York and Madison National Life Insurance Company, Inc. (collectively, the “Insurers”) entered into with FCE Benefit Administrators, Inc. (“FCE”).
Warrantless Search – Motion to Suppress Denied
A police officer pulled over an individual for speeding and smelled burnt marijuana coming from the car.
Preliminary Injunction
Colleges and universities unquestionably benefit from the free flow of ideas, debate, and deliberation on campus.
Postconviction Relief – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Frank Whitehead, pro se, appeals from the circuit court’s denial of his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18)1 postconviction motion without a hearing.
Plea & Sentencing
A grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Wade Bonk and his two codefendants, Darcy Kampas and Timothy Wood, with conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(b)(1)(A), and with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A).
Insurance – Total-loss Claim
Nathan Sigler totaled his 2001 Dodge Ram and filed a claim with GEICO, his auto insurer, for the loss.
Negligence Claim – Summary Adjudication
Plaintiff Moses Perez was driving a sport‐utility vehicle when he apparently hit a patch of ice, lost control, and was then hit from behind by defendant Kiara Wharton driving a tractor‐trailer.
Sentencing Guidelines – First Step Act
Vincent Corner violated the conditions of his supervised release, and he was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment followed by 42 months’ supervised release.
Punitive Damages
After experiencing virulent anti-Semitic abuse at the hands of Sergeant Lawrence Knasiak, Officer Detlef Sommerfield of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) filed a lawsuit against Knasiak and the City of Chicago in which he alleged discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on his German national origin and his Jewish ethnicity.
Due Process Violation and Equal Protection Claims
“In our society,” the Supreme Court has said, “liberty is the norm, and detention prior to trial or without trial is the carefully limited exception.”
Sentencing Guidelines
Jason Wells was sentenced in Illinois for two drug offenses: he received two years’ imprisonment for the first and one year for the second, to run consecutively.
Sanctions
After our decision on the merits, Quincy Bioscience, LLC v. Ellishbooks, 957 F.3d 725 (7th Cir. 2020), we later granted Quincy Bioscience, LLC’s (“Quincy”) motion for sanctions.
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