Free Newsletter
Insurance company not liable for hunter’s injuries
An insurance company isn't liable for the injuries a hunter suffered after being accidentally shot in the head nearly four years ago.
High court: Recreational immunity statute doesn’t protect contractor from lawsuit
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has found that the state’s recreational-immunity law cannot shield a contractor from being sued over a death that occurred while it was trimming trees for a customer.
Justices grappling with whether tree-trimming contractor liable for woman’s death
Should the state’s recreational-immunity statute protect a tree-trimming contractor from liability even after it caused the death of a woman by cutting down a branch? That question is at the heart of John Westmas v. Selective Insurance Co., a case in which the state’s Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday. The occasion gave the […]
BENCH BLOG: Appeals court finds tree service not entitled to recreational immunity
Is a tree-cutting service entitled to recreational immunity when cutting trees on a conference center’s property that has a public path? The Court of Appeals says “no,” relying on a Wisconsin Supreme Court case from earlier this year on recreational immunity.
Torts — recreational immunity
2011AP1013 Waller, et al. v. Zurich Insurance Company, et al.
Recreational immunity in swimming death lawsuit
A lawsuit over the swimming death of a 16-year-old boy has been dismissed in Chippewa County.
2010AP316 Milton, et al. v. Washburn County, et al.
Torts Recreational immunity A snowmobile club’s failure to remove a directional sign is not a malicious act resulting in the loss of recreational immunity. “Milton and Hoffman argue the Club’s conduct was so certain to cause injury that a jury could infer they were aware injury was practically certain to result. We disagree. Our supreme […]
2010AP762 Kleemann, et al. v. Emerson, et al.
Torts Recreational immunity Mark E. Kleemann appeals from a summary judgment decision that dismissed his negligence action against Scott Emerson and Emerson’s insurer for injuries Kleemann suffered when a hockey puck shot by Emerson hit Kleemann in the face. Kleemann challenges the trial court’s determination that the recreational immunity statute applied and its refusal to […]
Polls
Loading ...Legal News
- Protests erupt on college campuses throughout Midwest, and U.S. over war in Gaza
- Newly filed report with federal court seeks Havana Syndrome transparency
- Questions of transparency, leadership responsibility linger over State Bar trust
- Firm demands $4.3M in dispute with Wisconsin client
- Chesebro among those charged with interfering in 2020 election
- FTC hits Williams-Sonoma with ‘record civil penalty’ for Made in America claims
- Harvey Weinstein due back in court, while a key witness weighs whether to testify at a retrial
- Flight attendant indicted in attempt to record minor in airplane bathroom
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
WLJ People
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Russell Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Benjamin Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dustin T. Woehl
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Katherine Metzger
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Joseph Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – James M. Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dana Wachs
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Mark L. Thomsen
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Matthew Lein
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Jeffrey A. Pitman
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – William Pemberton
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Howard S. Sicula
