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Civil Digest

Sep 24, 2019

Sentence Credit

Levelt Dewarren Musgraves appeals the circuit court’s order denying his motion for sentence credit.

Sep 24, 2019

Search Warrant – Probable Cause

A jury convicted Kris Zocco of knowingly possessing sixteen recordings of child pornography.

Sep 24, 2019

Product Liability – Negligence

Dale Chapp, individually and as the personal representative of the Estate of Ruth Chapp, deceased, appeals from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to Colgate-Palmolive Company, the manufacturer of Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder, dismissing Chapp’s claims against it.

Sep 24, 2019

LIRC Review – Disability Benefits

Janet Mueller appeals a circuit court order affirming a decision by the Labor and Industry Review Commission (the Commission), which dismissed Mueller’s application for worker’s compensation temporary disability benefits.

Sep 24, 2019

Property Assessment

Ronald L. Collison, pro se, appeals the circuit court’s order affirming the Board of Review’s decision.

Sep 24, 2019

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Jose Anthony Guzman appeals from a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him on one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child less than sixteen years old.

Sep 24, 2019

Sentence Modification

John Doe appeals a judgment convicting him of second-degree sexual assault.

Sep 24, 2019

Insurance Claim – Coverage

This case is before us for the second time, on remand from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Sep 23, 2019

Summary Judgment – Jurisdiction

Lloyd Johnson brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various employees and officials of the Milwaukee County Medical Health Complex (“MHC”), MHC itself, Milwaukee County, and the County’s Department of Health and Human Services.

Sep 23, 2019

Sentencing Guidelines and Jury Instructions

Petitioner-appellant Stacy Haynes challenges three of his convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which imposes steep penalties on a defendant who uses a firearm during a “crime of violence.”

Sep 23, 2019

Prisoner – Mailbox Rule

Malcolm Cobb, Jr., an Indiana prisoner, brought a state-court negligence action against Aramark Correctional Services, LLC (“Aramark”) for failing to clean up a spill in the kitchen at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, causing him to slip and fracture his ankle.

Sep 23, 2019

2nd Amendment Violation

Two Cook County residents appeal the dismissal of their complaint, which raises a Second Amendment challenge to Cook County’s ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines.

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