Wisconsin Dram Shop Law

<h1> United States of America v. Briante Banks </h1>

<h2><center> Madison, WI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Stolen Firearm as a Felon</h2></center><h2><center> La Crosse Man Sentenced to 2 Â½ Years for Possessing Stolen Firearm as a Felon </h2></center> Briante Banks, 31, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 2 Â½ years... More...

$0 (04-26-2024 - WI)

United States of America v. Nichole Genz

Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with wire fraud. Nichole Genz, age 41, of Evanswille, Wisconsin was indicted for wire fraud against her employer Park Towne Development Corporation (PTD). According to the indictment, PTD was a Madison-based real estate development and management company that focused its real estate efforts on commercial building... More...

$0 (12-06-2021 - WI)

Theresa Mason-Funk v. City of Neenah, et al.

Brian Flatoff’s decision to take individuals hostage at a motorcycle shop in Neenah, Wisconsin, had tragic consequences for Michael Funk. After managing to escape from Flatoff, Funk was shot and killed in the alleyway behind the shop by two officers of the Neenah Police 2 No. 17‐3380 Department (NPD), Craig Hoffer and Robert Ross. Unfortunately, they mistakenly... More...

$0 (07-17-2018 - WI)

Raymond Severson v. Healthland Woodcraft, Inc.

From 2006 to 2013, Raymond Severson worked for Heartland Woodcraft, Inc., a fabricator of retail display fixtures. The work was physically demand-ing. In early June 2013, Severson took a 12-week medical leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq., to deal with serious back pain. On the last day of his leave, he underwent back surgery, which 2 No. 15-3754<... More...

$0 (09-27-2017 - WI)

Gregory Luce and Nicholas Newman v. Town of Campbell, Wisconsin and Tim Kelemen

Interstate 90 runs through the Town of Campbell, Wisconsin. The speed limit on I-90 in the Town is 65 miles per hour. Two streets and one pedestrian overpass cross the highway within the Town. A traffic survey in 2008 found that between 23,000 and 29,000 trucks and cars pass through the Town on I-90 every day. 2 No. 15-2627 Gregory Luce and Nicholas Newman, two members ... More...

$0 (09-27-2017 - WI)

United States of America v. Jose Francisco Gomez-Jara

MADISON, WI - Jose Francisco Gomez-Jara, 32, Madison, Wis., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 60 months in federal prison for possession of 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute. Gomez-Jara pled guilty to this charge on November 12, 2014. Gomez-Jara was arrested on July 16, 2014, after a search warrant was executed at his home in Madison. In... More...

$0 (02-03-2015 - WI)

Catherine Conrad v. AM Community Credit Union

Catherine Conrad, the plaintiff, is a selfâ€employed singing and dancing entertainer (also a writer and motivational speaker, see "Bananaland,â€ www. bananalady.com/about.htm, visited on April 10, 2014, as were the other websites cited in this opinion). She calls herself the "Banana Ladyâ€ and performs wearing a costume in the shape of a giant banana. You can watch her dancing the "... More...

$0 (04-14-2014 - WI)

Shawano Gun & Loan, LLC, d/b/a Shawano Gun & Loan v. Mary Jo Hughes

Shawano Gun & Loan, LLC (Shawano) sells fishing equipment and firearms from its sporting goods store and pawnshop in northern Wisconsin. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) revoked Shawano's federal license to sell firearms in December 2008 after it rejected Shawano's administrative appeal from a hearing officer's finding that Shawano willfully violated record keeping req... More...

$0 (06-07-2011 - WI)

Yassin Hussein v. Village of Germantown Board of Zoning Appeals

The issue presented in this appeal is whether a conditional use permit (CUP) remains enforceable after a municipality amends its zoning code to remove from the zoning district at issue the conditional use that is the basis for the CUP. We hold that a revision to a municipality's zoning code that causes a property to become a legal nonconforming use results in the CUP losing its enforceability an... More...

$0 (05-26-2011 - WI)

Walter Tatera v. FMC Corporation

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals[1] that affirmed in part and reversed in part an order of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Judge Timothy G. Dugan presiding, which granted summary judgment to FMC Corporation (FMC) on the negligence and strict liability claims brought by Vicki Tatera and the Estate of Walter Tatera, her late husband (collectively Tatera). Tatera ... More...

$0 (07-20-2010 - WI)

Richard Wolff v. Second Wind Boat Works, L.L.C.

Second Wind Boat Works, LLC appeals pro se a circuit court order denying its motion to reopen a default judgment entered against it for failure to appear at a scheduling conference in Richard Wolff's small claims action against Second Wind.[2] After finding that Second Wind showed that its failure to appear was the result of excusable neglect, and that default judgment was too harsh a sanction in... More...

$0 (02-18-2010 - WI)

Lora Liskowitz v. Michael J. Astrue

Lora Liskowitz applied for disability insurance benefits more than eight years ago. An administrative law judge initially denied her claim, was reversed by the district court and subsequently denied her claim following a second administrative hearing. The district court affirmed the ALJ's second decision. Although this second decision is less clear than it might have been, the decision was support... More...

$0 (03-24-2009 - WI)

Bruce A. Tammi v. Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

Bruce Tammi filed suit against Porsche Cars North America, Inc. ("Porscheâ€) in Wisconsin state court seeking damages for violations of the Wisconsin Lemon Law ("Lemon Lawâ€), Wisconsin Statute Section 218.0171, involving the 2003 Porsche 911 Turbo he leased from US Bank. Porsche removed the case to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction where the case proceeded to a jury t... More...

$0 (07-17-2008 - WI)

Hoyt Hilton v. The Get-Away Grill

Hoyt Hilton sued The Get-Away Grill on a dram shop negligence theory claiming that the restaurant negligently sold alcohol of 18-year-old Jon-Erik Hartfield who was later involved in an accident that severely injury Plaintiff on in July, 2003. Hartfield's blood alcohol level was reportedly three times the legal limit for driving when tested after the accident. ... More...

$10000000 (02-13-2007 - WI)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?submit=showbr&shofile=05-3462_017.pdf" target="_new">Steven Arnold v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart</a>

Steven Arnold applied for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income, claiming that his speed at performing tasks and his ability to cope with stress are impaired from brain damage he received at the time of his 1986 motorcycle accident. He also claimed that due to his accident he is prone to seizures and suffers from impaired short-term memory and headaches. The Soci... More...

$0 (01-22-2007 - WI)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/M60F0ZN9.pdf" target="_new">HALIMA ABDULLAHI, on her own behalf and as Administrator for the Estate of JAMAL MOHAMED, v. City of Madison</a>

Plaintiff Halima Abdullahi, mother of a man who died during (or shortly after) defendant police officers' attempts to subdue and arrest him, brought a Fourth Amendment Claim against the City of Madison and the police officers involved, alleging that one of the officers used excessive force during the arrest and that the other officers failed to intervene. The district court granted defend... More...

$0 (09-16-2005 - WI)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/IU0HRUG0.pdf" target="_new">Christopher M. Opsteen v. Keller Structures, Inc.</a>

A fall left Christopher Opsteen with serious cognitive shortcomings. He applied for and received disability benefits under both the Social Security program and his employer's ERISA plan. Both applications asserted that he was totally and permanently disabled from performing his former job as a laborer in Keller's steel shop, or indeed any other gainful employment. Notwithstanding these ... More...

$0 (05-19-2005 - WI)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=04-1834.PDF" target="_new">International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 139, AFL-CIO v. J.H. Findorff & Sons, Inc.</a>

J.H. Findorff & Son belongs to the Allied Construction Employers Association in Milwaukee. On behalf of its members, the Association negotiated a collective bargaining agreement with Local 139 of the Operating Engineers' Union. Members of the Association recognized Local 139 as the bargaining agent for "all heavy equipment operators and other workers in the jurisdiction 2 No. 04-1834... More...

$0 (01-03-2005 - WI)

<a href="http://www.wicourts.gov/html/ca/02/02-1413.htm" target="_new=">Gary Schonscheck v. Paccar,Inc.</a>

Kenworth Truck Company appeals a judgment finding it in violation of Wisconsin's lemon law, Wis. Stat. § 218.0171.1 Kenworth argues: (1) Gary Schonscheck's demand failed to satisfy the statutory requirements of the lemon law because it did not specifically indicate what form of relief was demanded; (2) Kenworth is not liable for components that it did not manufacture and that were excluded fr... More...

$0 (03-04-2003 - WI)

<a href="http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0210/c7012200.htm" target="_new">Angela Marie Nordstrom, et al. v. Connie J. Eaton d/b/a Lakeside Music Cafe</a>

When a creditor serves a garnishment summons on an insurer to collect insurance proceeds, the insurer serves a disclosure under Minn. Stat. § 571.79(a) (2000) denying that it is indebted to the debtor or possesses any money or other property belonging to the debtor, and the creditor fails to serve a motion within 20 days after the date of service of the disclosure for leave to serve a supplementa... More...

$0 (10-18-2002 - WI)

<a href="http://www.wisbar.org/res/capp/2002/01-1918.htm" target="_new">Schwigel v. Kohlmann</a>

1. David J. Kohlmann, his wife Jane, and their corporation, Kohlmann Tool & Design, Inc. (Kohlmann), appeal from a judgment confirming a jury verdict awarding Jeffrey Schwigel and his corporation, Classic Tool & Machine, Co. (Schwigel), a total of $562,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. Kohlmann argues that the form of the verdict was improper because it asked a single damage question relat... More...

$0 (04-17-2002 - WI)

<a href="http://www.wisbar.org/res/capp/2002/01-1885.htm" target="_new">Boyd v. Gesualdo</a>

2. Boyd took his automobile to Brookfield Motors, currently International Auto, Inc., for repairs on a faulty rear-passenger door lock.2 The repair shop discovered a problem with Boyd's alternator, which was replaced with Boyd's consent. Soon thereafter, the battery on Boyd's vehicle failed. Boyd replaced that battery, and ultimately, was forced to purchase a total of three new batteries for his v... More...

$11050 (01-29-2002 - WI)