TORT REPORT: State Supreme Court allows plaintiffs to continue to recover phantom damages
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in Orlowski v. State Farm Auto. Ins. Co. (2012 WI 21) that, like other personal injury cases, in those cases involving uninsured motorist coverage, the plaintiff is entitled to the full amount of past medical expenses, even those amounts that [...]
TORT REPORT: Discovery issues in bad faith claims
Discovery disputes typically come to the forefront of most bad faith litigation.
Tort reform passes Minnesota House
Four bills that Republicans say will reduce the cost and number of lawsuits in the state passed the Minnesota House of Representatives last week.
TORT REPORT: Is Wisconsin now just like everybody else?
The first two months of 2011 brought Wisconsin a new Legislature, a new governor and a wave of tort reform.
As lawyers wrestle with tort reform, state Democrats look to reverse changes
Tort reform laws passed earlier this year are starting to cause trouble for Milwaukee lawyer Lynn Laufenberg.
TORT REPORT: Common interest privilege allows free flow of communication
There may be times in litigation or pre-litigation settings where discussions between the attorneys or parties to a lawsuit that have similar interests in the litigation may claim a privilege as to the content of the conversations. The privilege is known in Wisconsin as the c[...]
TORT REPORT: Litigation concerns in the information age
Today, more than ever, electronic media is pervasive and readily accessible. In fact, some technology analysts estimate around 92 percent of created data is now stored electronically.
2010AP1758 Bollant Farms Inc., et al vs. Scenic Rivers Energy Cooperative and Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange
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