Wisconsin Fiduciary Duty Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Juwon Jacquez Madlock </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transferring ammunition of a felon, aiding and abetting the possession of stole good, possession of a machine gun and making false statements. Juwon Jacquez Madlock, age 30, , while serving as a Milwaukee Police Officer, provided ammunition to a felon; possessed an automatic weapon; helped a street gang hide it... More...
$ (04-06-2026 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Demarcus Parker </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving A Firearm While Under Felony Information .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Marion Man Sentenced To 50 Months In Federal Prison For Receiving A Firearm While Under Felony Information </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Dema... More...
$0 (04-01-2024 - WI)Richard Postma, et al. v. Delores J. Van Lanen and Auto Owners Insurance Company
Madison, Wisconsin personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on negligence theories.<br> <br> "Understanding negligence law in Wisconsin is crucial if you've been injured due to someone else's carelessness. Here's a breakdown of key elements:<br> <br> Duty of Care: Everyone in Wisconsin has a duty to act with reasonable care under the circumstances to avoid harming o... More...
$1 (11-06-2023 - WI)Paden Rothenberger v. Sysco Corporation, et al.
Green Bay, Wisconsin personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a semi-tractor-trailer accident.<br> <br> Overview of Wisconsin auto negligence law:<br> <br> Sure, here's an overview of Wisconsin auto negligence law, complete with some helpful visua... More...
$1 (12-05-2023 - WI)Patrick Fehlman v. James Mankowski
Madison, Wisconsin civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> Patrick Fehlman, a former member of the Neillsville, Wisconsin police department, sued Chief of Police James Mankowski, alleging the Chief retaliated against him for critiquing the Chief's leadership, in violation of the First Amendment.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> <br> Fehlman appe... More...
$0 (08-17-2023 - WI)Timothy Bodwin v. Humana Wisconsin Health Organization Insurance Corporation
Green Bay, Wisconsin insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants for failing and refusing to pay E.R.I.S.A. Employment retirement benefits.<br> <br> The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these... More...
$0 (04-18-2023 - WI)Josef C. Altenhofen and Laurie Altenhofen v. EMS Express, et al.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on auto negligence theories claiming to have suffered more than $900,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of EMS Express' driver's failure to exercise due care in the operation of Defendant's truck.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Circuit Court, Milwaukee County, Case No. 22-CV-003097, and was ... More...
$1 (03-16-2023 - WI)United States ex rel. GNGH 2, Inc. v. Birdsall Voss & Associates, Inc.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of violation the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729, which provides: <br> <br> (a) Liability for Certain Acts.—<br> <br> (1) In general.—Subject to paragraph (2), any person who—<br> <br> (A) knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval;<br> <br> (B) k... More...
$0 (10-13-2022 - WI)Andrew Albert v. Oshkosh Corporation, et al.
Green Bay, Wisconsin employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on violation of E.R.I.S.A.<br> <br> Andrew Albert claims that his former employer, a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, violated<br> the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by mismanaging its retirement plan. Albert alleges, among other things, that Defendants breached their fiduciary duties by authorizing th... More...
$0 (08-29-2022 - WI)Sheila A. Gard v. United States of America
Milwaukee, Wisconsin personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a car wreck caused by a federal government employee. <br> <br> <br> Sheila A. Gard testified at trial that on March 24, 2017, she was driving south on a country road wh... More...
$0 (06-24-2022 - WI)TRACY CONLEY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
<center><h2><font color="red"> Milwaukee, WI - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant or his participation in a "fake stash house†sting charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Our opinion affirming Conley's convictions on direct apâ€<br> peal sets out the facts of his case. United States v. Conley, 875<br> F.3d 391 (7th Cir. 2017). Here we focus on the facts relevant to<... More...
$0 (07-26-2021 - WI)MONDELEZ GLOBAL LLC, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD and BAKERY, CONFECTIONARY, TOBACCO WORKERS AND GRAIN MILLERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 719, AFL-CIO
<center><h2><font color="red"> Milwaukee, WI - Labor lawyer represented defendant with a unfair labor practices charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Mondelez, an Illinois corporation, makes Ritz crackers, <br> Oreo cookies, and other baked goods at its production plant <br> in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.1 Local 719—a chapter of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Mil... More...
$0 (07-26-2021 - WI)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GILBERT MANNING
<center><h2><font color="red"> Milwaukee, WI - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and distribution of marijuana charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Manning pleaded guilty in 2013 to conspiracy to distribute <br> and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, see 21 U.S.C. <br> § 841(a)(1), (b... More...
$0 (07-26-2021 - WI)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KASHAWN MORROW
<center><h2><font color="red"> Milwaukee, WI - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a nine-count indictment: three counts of Hobbs Act robbery, three counts of use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, one count of conspiracy to use a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and one count of transporting a firea... More...
$0 (07-26-2021 - WI)The Estate of Swannie Her v. Craig Hoeppner, Park Director for the City of West Bend
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-edwi/fieldable-panel-panes/image-panes/images/2014/12/30/court.gif"><br> </center><br> <br> A June afternoon in Wisconsin took a tragic turn when six-year-old Swannie Her was found unresponsive on the bottom of a man-made swimming pond operated by the City of West Bend. She never regained consciousness and died a f... More...
$0 (09-27-2019 - WI)Christopher Jozefyk v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/milwaukee_411890537990189369_1435166339101.jpg"><br> </center><br> Christopher Jozefyk applied for Disability In-surance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income, claiming disability based on several physical and mental conditions, including degenerative changes in his cervical spine, lumbar strain, obesity, affective d... More...
$0 (05-08-2019 - WI)United States of America v. Keycie A. Street
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/milwaukee_411890537990189369_1435166339101.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> On October 24, 2015, law<br> enforcement officers in Pewaukee, Wisconsin were searching<br> for two African‐American men who moments before had<br> committed an armed robbery. The robbers had been tracked<br> to the parking lot of a nearby Walm... More...
$0 (03-03-2019 - WI)Julio De Lima Silva v. State of Wisconsin, Department of Correction, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Plaintiff-appellant Julio de Lima Silva, a Brazilian citizen who self-identifies as Latino, worked as a correctional sergeant for the State of Wisconsin, Depart-ment of Corrections (“DOC”). His use of force on an inmate triggered ... More...
$0 (02-24-2019 - WI)Linda Reed v. Columbia St. Mary's Hospital
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/milwaukee_411890537990189369_1435166339101.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Plaintiff‐appellant Linda Reed alleges<br> that she suffered discrimination on the basis of her disabilities<br> while she was a patient at defendant‐appellee Columbia<br> St. Mary’s Hospital in March 2012. Among other things,<br> she c... More...
$0 (02-12-2019 - WI)Mark Fritz v. Tony Evers
Wisconsin requires public<br> officials to report certain events or suspicions about teachers<br> to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Wis. Stat.<br> §115.31(3)(a). When a qualifying report is made, the state<br> lists the teacher on a public website as “under investigation”.<br> Wis. Stat. §115.31(6)(b). Such a report was made about Mark<br> 2 No. 17-2955<br> Frid in March 2012. In ... More...
$0 (10-27-2018 - WI)Shonda Martin v. Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County (�County�) hired Xavier Thicklen in late 2012 to work as a corrections officer in its jail. County has a zero-tolerance policy forbidding corrections officers from having any sexual<br> contact with inmates. County repeatedly instructed Thicklen not to engage in any such contact and trained him to avoid it. Thicklen gave answers to quizzes indicating he understood the tr... More...
$0 (09-17-2018 - WI)John McAdams v. Marquette University
APPEAL from a judgment and an order of the Circuit Court<br> for Milwaukee County, David A. Hansher, Judge. Reversed and<br> remanded.<br> ¶1 DANIEL KELLY, J. Marquette University suspended a<br> tenured faculty member because of a blog post criticizing an<br> encounter between an instructor and a student. Dr. John McAdams<br> took exception to his suspension, and brought a claim against<br> the ... More...
$0 (07-07-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Steven T. Delap <table> <td>
This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming a judgment of conviction of the Circuit Court for Dodge County, Steven G. Bauer, Judge.1 Steven Delap, the defendant, was convicted of obstructing an officer in violation of Wis. Stat. § 946.41(1) and possession of drug paraphernalia in violation of Wis. Stat. § 961.573(1), both as a repeater. ¶2 In the cir... More...
$0 (07-04-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Anthony R. Pico <table> <td>
A jury convicted Anthony R. Pico of sexually assaulting a young girl.1 Mr. Pico believes there is a reasonable probability that, absent his trial counsel's alleged constitutional ineffectiveness, this conviction would not have occurred. The circuit court agreed, and so set aside his 1 The Honorable William J. Domina, Waukesha County Circuit ... More...
$0 (07-04-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Joseph T. Langlois <table> <td>
The events of February 4, 2014, are not subject to significant dispute.3 Langlois, then 17 years old, had stayed home from school that day, and Jacob, then 20 years old, was home packing some things before leaving for the military.4 When Karen, their mother, came home from work at about 1:40 p.m., they were both in their rooms. She checked on Langlois first, who told her that Jacob was pa... More...
$0 (07-04-2018 - WI)Cintas Corp. No. 2 v. Becker Property Services LLC <table> <td>
Becker Property Services LLC ("Becker") and Cintas Corporation No. 2 ("Cintas") executed a contract containing indemnification and choice-of-law provisions. A dispute arose over whether the contract entitles Cintas to indemnification for damages caused by its own negligence. To answer that question, we must also resolve a threshold dispute: As between Wisconsin and Ohio, which law provid... More...
$0 (07-04-2018 - WI)Tamara M. Loertscher v. Eloise Anderson, et al.
Tamara M. Loertscher brought this<br> action under 42 U.S.C. � 1983 challenging the constitutionality<br> of 1997 Wisconsin Act 292 (�Act 292� or �the Act�), a legislative<br> measure designed to address the effects of prenatal substance<br> abuse. Act 292 brings unborn children and their mothers<br> within the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts if the mothers<br> exhibit... More...
$0 (06-27-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Anthony R. Pico <table> <td>
<center> A jury convicted Anthony R. Pico of <br> sexually assaulting a young girl.1 Mr. Pico believes there is a <br> reasonable probability that, absent his trial counsel's alleged <br> constitutional ineffectiveness, this conviction would not have <br> occurred. The circuit court agreed, and so set aside his <br> 1 The Honorable William J. Domi... More...
$0 (06-18-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Anton R. Dorsey <table> <td>
In a criminal action by the State, Dorsey was charged <br> with four crimes relating to his domestic violence toward his <br> then-girlfriend, C.B.: one count of strangulation and 1 The Honorable Paul J. Lenz presided. <br> No. 2015AP648-CR <br> <br> 2 <br> <br> suffocation under Wis. Stat. § 940.235(1) (2013-14)2;3 one count <br> of misdemeano... More...
$0 (01-27-2018 - WI)Ryan Boucher v. Finance System of Green Bay, Inc.
Plaintiffs sued defendant, a debt col-lection agency, for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Prac-tices Act (“FDCPA”). Specifically, plaintiffs allege that de-fendant’s dunning letters were false and misleading because they threatened to impose “late charges and other charges” that could not lawfully be imposed. The district court dis-missed plaintiffs’ claims because the challenge... More...
$0 (01-17-2018 - WI)Betco Corporations, Ltd. v. Malcolm D. Peacock, Marily Peacock, B. Holdings, Inc. and E. Holdings, LLC
Betco Corporation purchased the assets<br> of two bioaugmentation companies from Marilyn and<br> Malcolm Peacock. The Asset Purchase Agreement included<br> the sale of equipment at the Peacocks’ Beloit, Wisconsin plant.<br> Betco asked Malcolm to remain at the Beloit plant after the<br> sale as president. Eventually, Betco discovered that the Beloit<br> plant was delivering defective products to... More...
$0 (11-27-2017 - 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<br> 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<br> the Town of Campbell, Wisconsin. The speed limit on I-90 in<br> the Town is 65 miles per hour. Two streets and one pedestrian<br> overpass cross the highway within the Town. A traffic<br> survey in 2008 found that between 23,000 and 29,000 trucks<br> and cars pass through the Town on I-90 every day.<br> 2 No. 15-2627<br> Gregory Luce and Nicholas Newman, two members ... More...
$0 (09-27-2017 - WI)United States of America v. Zachary Schmelzer
Madison, WI - Madison Man Sentenced for Bank Embezzlement<br> <br> Zachary Schmelzer, 20, Madison, Wis., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to one month of imprisonment, a $5,000 fine, and four months of home detention following his incarceration, for embezzling from a bank. Schmelzer pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzlement by bank employee on June 26, 2017.<br> <br> Schme... More...
$0 (09-17-2017 - WI)In re: Subway Footlong Sandwich Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
In January 2013 an Australian teen-ager measured his Subway Footlong sandwich and discov-ered that it was only 11 inches long. He photographed the sandwich alongside a tape measure and posted the photo on his Facebook page. It went viral. Class-action litigation soon followed. Plaintiffs’ lawyers across the United States sued<br> 2 No. 16-1652<br> Subway for damages and injunctive relief under s... More...
$0 (08-27-2017 - WI)Ashton Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 Board of Education
Ashton (“Ash”) Whitaker is a 17<br> year‐old high school senior who has what would seem like a<br> simple request: to use the boys’ restroom while at school.<br> 2 No. 16‐3522<br> However, the Defendants, the Kenosha Unified School District<br> and its superintendent, Sue Savaglio, (the “School District”)<br> believe that the request is not so simple because Ash1 is<br> a tra... More...
$0 (06-06-2017 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Gary F. Lemberger <table> <td>
On April 5, 2014, at about 4:50 p.m., Officer Andrew <br> Naylor ("Officer Naylor") of the City of Madison Police <br> Department responded to multiple reports of an "erratic driver" <br> on a highway in Dane County, "somebody who was yelling and <br> swerving." Officer Naylor located the vehicle that had been <br> described to him and followed it for about two minutes, but did <br> not observe a... More...
$0 (04-22-2017 - WI)<b>Braylon Seifert v. Kay M. Balink, M.D.</b>
This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals.1 The court of <br> appeals affirmed a judgment and an order of the Circuit Court <br> for Grant County, Craig R. Day, Judge, in favor of the <br> plaintiff, Braylon Seifert (by his guardian ad litem, Paul <br> Scoptur, and his parents, Kimberly Seifert and David Seifert) <br> and aga... More...
$1750000 (01-20-2017 - WI)<b>State of Wisconsin v. Patrick K. Kozel</b>
On August 20, 2013, at about 2:10 a.m., while "sitting <br> stationary" at the Greenfield Town Hall in Sauk County, <br> Wisconsin, Deputy Brian Slough ("Deputy Schlough") of the Sauk 2 All subsequent references to the Wisconsin Statutes are to the 2011-12 version unless otherwise indicated. <br> County sheriff's department allegedly observed a veh... More...
$0 (01-16-2017 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Patrick J. Lynch
This is a review of a <br> published decision of the court of appeals2 that affirmed the <br> Dodge County Circuit Court's3 findings that (1) Patrick Lynch <br> ("Lynch"), the defendant, made an adequate showing for an in <br> camera review of the complainant's privileged mental health <br> treatment records and (2) the complainant's testimony must be <br> excluded at trial because the complaina... More...
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