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Civil Digest

Mar 28, 2018

Substitution of Counsel

Timothy Ryan was convicted of possessing, receiving, and distributing child pornography.

Mar 27, 2018

Fee Reward

George McLaughlin represented Dustan Dobbs in a products liability suit against DePuy Orthopaedics.

Mar 27, 2018

Sufficiency of Testimony

With the assistance of a cooperating informant, law enforcement surveilled multiple heroin sales involving Lance Dillard and Gregory Chester.

Mar 27, 2018

Pension Plan – Successor in Interest

For a second time in this case, we consider whether defendant‐appellee ManWeb Services, Inc. is a successor in interest to a defunct employer that owes withdrawal charges to a multiemployer pension plan.

Mar 27, 2018

Sentencing Guidelines

Jaimie Pankow pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1).

Mar 27, 2018

Jurisdiction and Attorney’s Fees

In this classic case of chutzpah, Aaron Rosenberg, a former employee of Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. (RTSI), seeks a share of the proceeds his former employer paid the City of Chicago to settle the case against it arising out of the fraud Rosenberg helped perpetrate.

Mar 27, 2018

Standing

The National Organic Standards Board, an advisory committee, has 15 members, all appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Mar 26, 2018

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

David Willie McLemore appeals a circuit court order denying his Chapter 980 petition for discharge, as well as an order denying his motion for postdisposition relief.

Mar 26, 2018

Court Error – Damages

This case is before us for the second time. Kim Westrich fell while sedated following a colonoscopy at Memorial Health Center, Inc. (“the Hospital”).

Mar 26, 2018

Refusal of Breath Test – OWI

Daniel McKee appeals a judgment revoking his privilege to operate a motor vehicle after he refused to submit to a breath test.

Mar 26, 2018

Sufficiency of Evidence – Malpractice

David MacLeish, Hayden MacLeish, Kay MacLeish, and Robin MacLeish (collectively, the MacLeish children) appeal a summary judgment dismissing their legal malpractice action against Boardman & Clark, LLP, Quale Hartman, S.C., Continental Casualty Company, and OneBeacon Insurance Company (collectively, the Respondents).

Mar 26, 2018

Postconviction Motion Denied

James Lumpkin appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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