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Civil Digest

Aug 15, 2018

Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings

The Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Stephanie C. Stoltman have filed a stipulation pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 that Attorney Stoltman should be publicly reprimanded, as discipline reciprocal to that imposed by the Supreme Court of Arizona.

Aug 15, 2018

Property Assessment

Palisades Properties, Inc. (“Palisades”) appeals from a judgment dismissing its complaints against the Town of Menasha.

Aug 15, 2018

PFC Procedure

The City of Fond du Lac and its police chief, William Lamb, appeal from a judgment directing the reinstatement of one of its police officers, Curt Beck, who the City had discharged without following the Police and Fire Commission (PFC) procedure set forth in WIS. STAT. § 62.13(5) (2015-16).

Aug 15, 2018

Declaratory Judgment – Tolling – Statute of Limitations

Plaintiffs Richard A. Mueller and Joseph L. Ford, III, appeal an order granting TL90108, LLC’s (TL) motion to dismiss their complaint, filed in 2017, seeking replevin and declaratory judgment.

Aug 15, 2018

Prisoner Involuntary Commitment

B.A.G. appeals orders of the Rock County Circuit Court entered pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.20(1)(a)2.e. subjecting him to involuntary commitment due to mental illness and directing involuntary administration of medication.

Aug 14, 2018

Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

The State appeals a decision of the Dane County Circuit Court granting Julian Thomas’s motion to suppress evidence collected during a search of Thomas’s living quarters by probation agents. The circuit court concluded that the search was an unconstitutional police search rather than a probation search.

Aug 14, 2018

Court Error – Abuse of Discretion

Laura Mandujano appeals pro se from an order denying her motion to reopen a default judgment dismissing her case with prejudice and awarding attorney’s fees to Jose Mendoza for her failure to appear at trial.

Aug 14, 2018

Abuse of Discretion – Division of Property

Arline A. Brogli appeals from an order adopting a referee’s recommendation for the division of property interests, asserting various procedural problems with the court’s adoption of the referee’s amended report.

Aug 14, 2018

Sufficiency of Evidence

Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC and Transportation Insurance Company (collectively, Harley-Davidson) appeal an order of the circuit court affirming a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) that found Robert Schulfer incurred an 84.67% hearing loss as a result of his employment at Harley-Davidson.

Aug 14, 2018

Negligence – Damages

Paul Halderson, Lyn Halderson, and Arctic View Farms, LLC, (collectively, the Haldersons) filed this lawsuit against Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy Services, Inc., (NSP) alleging that “stray voltage” attributable to NSP caused damage to the health and productivity of the Haldersons’ dairy herd.

Aug 14, 2018

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Ronald Kupsky appeals an amended criminal judgment convicting him of four felonies, including bail jumping, and also an order denying his postconviction motion for a new trial.

Aug 14, 2018

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Bobby Smith appeals an amended judgment convicting him of two felonies arising from a fatal traffic accident.

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