Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Civil Digest

Jan 31, 2022

Statutory Interpretation – Limitation Act

Donald Sarter drowned after the vessel Monark #2 capsized in Lake Superior.

Jan 31, 2022

Sufficiency of Evidence

Steven Tyrone Bratchett appeals his judgment of conviction for burglary, armed robbery, and attempted third-degree sexual assault, with various penalty enhancers and as a party to a crime.

Jan 31, 2022

Prisoner – 8th Amendment Violation

William Dean developed kidney cancer while incarcerated at Taylorville Correctional Center in central Illinois.

Jan 31, 2022

Issue of Material Fact – Child Trespasser Exception

Khiley Johnson appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of Marshfield Clinic Health System, Inc. (Marshfield Clinic) and its insurer, Proassurance Casualty Company.

Jan 26, 2022

Termination of Parental Rights – Abuse of Discretion

In these consolidated appeals, B.J. challenges the circuit court’s entry of partial summary judgment in the grounds phase of a termination of parental rights (TPR) proceeding as to his three minor children, “Ben,” “Mary,” and “George.”

Jan 26, 2022

OWI – Implied Consent – Suppression of Evidence

Terence S. O’Haire appeals a revocation judgment for unlawfully refusing to submit to an implied consent test (the “refusal”), a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, first offense (the “OWI” offense), and a judgment of conviction for possession of an open intoxicant in his motor vehicle (the “open intoxicant” offense).

Jan 26, 2022

Sufficiency of Evidence

Mario T. Ostrum appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child.

Jan 26, 2022

Warrantless Search – Emergency Aid Exception

Laverne Ware appeals a judgment of the Dodge County Circuit Court convicting him of first-degree intentional homicide, hiding a corpse with intent to conceal a crime, incest, and possession of a firearm as a felon.

Jan 26, 2022

ADA Violation – Employment Classification

Benjamin Dykman seeks judicial review of a decision by the provost of the University of Wisconsin, which affirmed a decision by the university’s office of compliance, which denied Dykman’s disability discrimination complaint.

Jan 26, 2022

Probable Cause – Reasonable Suspicion

Russell Hierl appeals a judgment, entered upon his guilty plea, convicting him of one count of operating under the influence of an intoxicant (OWI), as a seventh offense.

Jan 26, 2022

Brady Violation

Quentin L. Rogers appeals from a judgment convicting him after a jury found him guilty of three counts of retail theft as a repeater.

Jan 26, 2022

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Robert J. Stynes appeals the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of second-degree reckless homicide.

Polls

What kind of stories do you want to read more of?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Legal News

See All Legal News

WLJ People

Sea all WLJ People

Opinion Digests