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7th Circuit Digest

May 27, 2019

Insurance Claim – Malpractice

A jury found Surgery Center at 900 North Michigan Avenue, LLC (“Surgery Center”) liable in a medical malpractice action for $5.17 million.

May 27, 2019

Mootness

After an examination in 2015, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation assigned Builders Bank a CAMELS rating of 4, near the bottom of the scale.

May 27, 2019

Case No.: 18-3236

GEFT Outdoors, LLC began building a digital billboard on its property in the City of Westfield, Indiana without obtaining or applying for the requisite sign permit.

May 27, 2019

Immigration – Asylum

In September 2016, members of a Mexican drug cartel kidnapped, tortured, and threatened to kill petitioner Mauricio Gonzalez Ruano, who was living with his family in the Mexican state of Jalisco.

May 27, 2019

6th Amendment Violation – Confrontation Clause

A jury convicted Myshawn Bonds of bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. §2113(a), and a judge sentenced him to sixty months’ imprisonment plus three years’ supervised release.

May 27, 2019

Sentencing Guidelines

Rachel L. Kopp has a history of substance abuse and drug‐related convictions.

May 27, 2019

Jury Instructions

It appears that Laurance Freed did everything he could to keep his real estate business alive.

May 27, 2019

Personal Jurisdiction

Tai Matlin and James Waring appeal the district court’s dismissal of their suit against Spin Master Corporation, Spin Master Ltd., and Swimways Corporation for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue.

May 27, 2019

Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement

Tom Smith, III appeals the district court’s determination that he is a career offender under § 4B1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, and is eligible for the corresponding career‐offender sentencing enhancement.

May 21, 2019

Condemned Property – Forum Selection

This appeal is New West V in a saga that began in 2005 when Joliet proposed to condemn and raze the Evergreen Terrace apartments as a public nuisance.

May 20, 2019

Tax Lien – Foreclosure

Carroll V. Raines (“Raines”) and his wife, Lizzie Mae Raines, purchased their home in 1975 as joint tenants and not tenants in common.

May 20, 2019

Amended Opinion

The opinion of this court issued March 13, 2019, is amended as follows: Page 2, carryover paragraph, eighth line, “failing to a report a” is replaced by “failing to report a” Page 5, carryover paragraph, fifth line, “in custody until his December 3, 2012 trial—” is replaced by “in custody until his December 3, 2013 trial—”

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