Legislation Gov. Scott Walker signed this week means that Wisconsin parents no longer face possible unlimited liability when their children cause damage behind the wheel.
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Read More »Legislation Gov. Scott Walker signed this week means that Wisconsin parents no longer face possible unlimited liability when their children cause damage behind the wheel.
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Read More »11-1669 Parish v. City of Elkhart
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Read More »2011AP2860 Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation, et al. v. AMCO Insurance Company
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Read More »2011AP492 DSG Evergreen Family Limited Partnership v. Town of Perry
Tagged with: Civil Digest Constitutional Law Digest damages Takings WI Court of Appeals Digest
Read More »2011AP2489 Edlebeck v. OJBFC, et al.
Tagged with: Breach Civil Digest Contracts Digest damages et al. WI Court of Appeals Digest
Read More »2012AP50 Moioffer v. Stenberg
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Read More »2011AP1514 Kimble v. Land Concepts Inc., et al.
Tagged with: Bad faith Civil Digest Coverage damages Insurance Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest
Read More »2012AP710 Hambly v. Lewis
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Read More »2010AP968 Roupas v. Barkoulis, et al.
Tagged with: Civil Digest damages Tortious interference with contract Torts Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest
Read More »2011AP1048 Stark, et al. v. Hamblin, et al.
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Read More »11-2815 Malik v. Falcon Holdings, LLC
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Read More »2011AP213 Devine v. Germantown Mutual Insurance Co., et al.
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Read More »2010AP2432 Park Terrace LLC v. Transportation Insurance Company, et al.
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Read More »By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin state Senate passed a measure Thursday that attempts to limit the amount of fees attorneys can collect when damages are awarded to consumers who have been harmed. The Republican-backed ...
Tagged with: damages fees Fred Risser Rich Zipperer Robin Vos Vince Megna Wisconsin Association for Justice
Read More »A plaintiff who loses at trial can still recover costs if the defendant stipulated to damages that were undisputed at trial.
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Read More »Snatching defeat from the jaws of certain victory may be a cliché, but sometimes it is too apt not to use, as a recent opinion from the 7th Circuit demonstrates.
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Read More »Property Landlord-tenant; breach; damages; attorney fees
Tagged with: Attorney fees Breach Civil Digest damages Landlord-tenant Property Property Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest
Read More »Torts Nuisance; damages
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Read More »After a landlord has had her rental property returned through an eviction action or the tenant vacating of their own accord, a landlord has the option of pursuing the ex-tenant for money damages.
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Read More »By Sylvia Hsieh Dolan Media Newswires BOSTON, MA — When Carl Bettinger stepped up to the jury box in the summer of 2007 to make closing arguments in a nursing home abuse case, he reminded the jury that his client ...
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Read More »Torts Medical malpractice; negligence; causation; damages Peri Aldrich, M.D., and her employer, Bellin Health Systems, Inc., are co-appellants in this wrongful death medical malpractice case. A jury found them causally negligent in the death of Gustavo Espinal-Santos, who was treated ...
Tagged with: causation damages Medical malpractice Negligence Torts Digest
Read More »Torts Damages; lost earning capacity A jury found that Christopher Kamin’s negligence caused Connie Schwibinger’s injuries and that $71,000 would fairly compensate her. Schwibinger contends the trial court’s denial of her motion to amend the scheduling order precluded her from ...
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Read More »Property Rental agreement for self-storage space; damages; amendment of pleadings This action arises out of a rental agreement for self-service storage space between Penn Self Storage and Jane Low. After a jury trial on Low’s claim that Penn violated provisions ...
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Read More »Torts Forest fires; damages Section 26.21 does not mandate that double damages be awarded in situations where a private owner’s property is destroyed by a forest fire which occurred though negligence. “The legislature’s use of the words ‘may’ in subsection ...
Read More »Torts Damages; past medical expenses Unless the presumption in Rule 908.03(6m)(bm) has been rebutted, medical bills are sufficient to prove past damages. “Although it is clear that the document from Milwaukee Neurological Institute, SC, is, under Hart’s analysis, a ‘patient ...
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Read More »Employment Race discrimination; damages $500,000 is an excessive damage award for discrimination that resulted in no pecuniary loss. “We review the award under an abuse of discretion standard of review, and the district court heard all the testimony and declined ...
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Read More »Torts Medical malpractice; damages Autumn Worden and her parents (Worden) appeal a judgment awarding them damages in a medical malpractice action and an order denying their postverdict motions. Worden argues the jury awarded inadequate damages for her (1) past and ...
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