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7th Circuit Digest

Jan 22, 2019

Employment Discrimination – Retaliation Claim

For 25 years Gary Wrolstad worked at CUNA Mutual Life Insurance Society in Madison, Wisconsin, eventually becoming a financial reporting manager.

Jan 22, 2019

Insurance Claim – Malpractice

In 2002, thirty-six-year-old Vicki Bramlett died from complications following routine surgery.

Jan 22, 2019

Sufficiency of Evidence

Okoi Ofem committed suicide in a jail cell at a City of Chicago lockup.

Jan 7, 2019

8th Amendment Violation – Imminent Danger

On October 5, 2012, Kirk Horshaw was brutally beaten by other inmates at Menard Correctional Center, acting on the instructions of a gang leader who felt himself disrespected.

Jan 7, 2019

Sentencing Guidelines

Gregory Kuczora falsely represented to unwary investors that he could help them secure millions of dollars in financing.

Jan 7, 2019

Title VII Violation – Discrimination

For thirty-five years, plaintiff-appellant Gloria D. Terry worked as a teacher and an administrator for defendant-appellee Gary Community School Corporation (the “District”).

Jan 7, 2019

8th Amendment Violation

Plaintiff‐appellant Dylan Sinn was incarcerated within the Indiana Department of Corrections (“IDOC”) from June 2011 to February 2015.

Jan 7, 2019

Negligence Claim

A forklift backed over Stanley Hutchison’s foot while it was loading product onto his tractor‐trailer.

Jan 7, 2019

Sufficiency of Evidence

After Bruce and Barbara Betzner named Boeing as a defendant in their state court personal injury lawsuit, Boeing filed a notice of removal under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a), alleging a government contractor defense.

Jan 7, 2019

Res Adjudicata – Lack of Jurisdiction

After losing his motion for postconviction relief under 28 U.S.C. §2255, Quawntay Adams filed a motion to reopen the proceedings in the district court under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b).

Jan 7, 2019

Insurance Claim – Class Action – Dividend Provisions

Rick Ochoa and Irene Anderson hold participating life-insurance policies from State Farm Life Insurance Company and Country Life Insurance Company respectively.

Jan 7, 2019

Insurance Claim- Coverage

Martinsville Corral, Inc. d/b/a Martinsville Texas Corral, Victor A. Spina, and William Spina (collectively, “MCI”), held a business owners insurance policy with an “Employment-Related Practices Liability Endorsement” (“Endorsement”) from Society Insurance (“Society”).

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