2011AP453 Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company v. City of Waukesha

I recently received a very nice letter from Chief Justice Abrahamson, thanking me for my service on the Supreme Court’s committee to study citation to unpublished opinions.

2011AP1351 Schoh v. New Glarus Brewing Company

2011AP479 Le v. Tjoe, et al.

10-3722 & 10-3925 Sherman v. Quinn

2011AP537 Ameritech Publishing Inc. v. Integrity Construction Group Inc.

Civil Procedure Default judgment; excusable neglect

Civil Procedure Default judgment; excusable neglect

Civil Procedure Excusable neglect

Wisconsin Court of Appeals CRIMINAL UNPUBLISHED Motor Vehicles Implied consent; motions to reopen; excusable neglect; competency Jesse M. Schaefer’s operating privileges were revoked after he failed to request a refusal hearing within the 10-day time limit set forth in Wis. Stat. ß 343.305(10). Schaefer requested that the municipal court reopen the proceedings based on excusable neglect. The municipal court denied ...

Civil Procedure Excusable neglect Where a sophisticated bank failed to timely submit a claim after notification from the receiver of assets, the district court properly denied its untimely claim. “Andbanc’s negligence went beyond the omission of Mora’s name on the account statement. Its casual assumption, when it learned that Lake Shore’s assets had been frozen, that it need do nothing ...

Civil Procedure Default judgment; motions to reopen; excusable neglect Paul Smith appeals the order denying his motion to reopen the case, in which a default judgment for replevin of his vehicle had been entered. He argues that his failure to appear at the initial hearing was caused by excusable neglect and, if the case were reopened, he would prevail. We ...