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BENCH BLOG: Accrual of a legal malpractice claim
The Court of Appeals took the opportunity to again offer instruction regarding when a tort claim accrues for purposes of the statute of limitations.
Walker appoints judges to benches in Chippewa, Jefferson counties
Gov. Scott Walker has appointed a prosecutor and court commissioner to fill spots on benches in Chippewa and Jefferson counties.
Distributing settlement not enough to hold law firm accountable for lien
When Watertown Regional Medical Center filed a small claims lawsuit trying to collect on an outstanding hospital lien, the District 4 Court of Appeals court had to decide whether a law firm was just acting as a conduit for payment or as an actual payor when it disbursed a related personal injury settlement.
Gramling Perez heads list of Tuesday’s winners
Milwaukee County Court Commissioner Laura Gramling Perez easily bested her opponent Tuesday to become the new judge in Branch 32.
Five contested judicial races in Tuesday’s election
Forty-four judges’ seats are up for election Tuesday in Wisconsin.
Few challengers for spring judicial elections
Only one judge’s race in Milwaukee County will be contested during this spring’s election.
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- Attorney reprimanded over witness payments
- Animal rights activists set for trial in beagle raid case
- Wisconsin ballot curing lawsuit seeks uniform voter rules
- Kenosha couple loses appeal in Brewers 50/50 raffle case
- State lawsuit seeks electronic ballots for disabled voters
- Attorney disbarred after sexual assault conviction
- Wisconsin mom freed from ICE custody, speaks out
- Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs judicial recusal changes
- Toney eyes rematch with Kaul in AG race
- State Supreme Court to hear gerrymander case
- Former prison lieutenant fined $500 in inmate death case
- Officials worry about USPS speed with ballot delivery
Case Digests
- Involuntary Medication-Competency to Stand Trial
- Informer Privilege Statute-Clear Error
- Sixth Amendment-Third-Party Perpetrator Evidence
- Plea Withdrawal-Manifest Injustice
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Procedural Bar
- CHIPS Confidentiality-Remedial Versus Punitive Sanctions
- Insurance Law
- Breach of Contract-Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissal
- Constitutional Law-Qualified Immunity-First Amendment Retaliation
- Qualified Immunity-Excessive Force-Civil Rights
- Hostile Work Environment-Sexual Harassment
- Sufficiency of Evidence-McDonnell Douglas Framework
