Wisconsin Independent Contractor Law

<h1> United States of America v. Ross O. Schlomann </h1>

<h2><center>Green Bay, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bank Fraud and Money Laundering </center><center> Fremont Home Construction Contractor Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Bank Fraud and Money Laundering</h2></center> </h2></center> Ross O. Sch... More...

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Donald Powell v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company

Madison, Wisconsin employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an E.R.I.S.C. failure to pay benefits. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company is a leading provider of financial protection, absence management and supplemental health benefits solutions, driven by technology and an integrated customer experience. We distribute these solutions through independe... More...

$1 (02-01-2024 - WI)

State of Wisconsin v. Evan Zimmerman

;Evan Zimmerman appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict convicting him of first-degree intentional homicide and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Zimmerman raises several issues on appeal.2 He argues: (1) The evidence was insufficient to convict him; (2) the trial court erroneously allowed the State to rely on speculative evidence connecting him with the victim on th... More...

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United States of America v. Sarah Waggoner

Madison, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing controlled drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841 It shall be unlawful for any personâ€” (1) who is subject to the requirements of part C to distribute or dispense a controlled substance in violation of section 829 of this title; (2) who is a registrant to distribute or dispense a controlled ... More...

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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: (a) Liability for Certain Acts.â€” (1) In general.â€”Subject to paragraph (2), any person whoâ€” (A) knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval; (B) k... More...

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TRACY CONLEY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

<center><h2> Milwaukee, WI - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant or his participation in a "fake stash houseâ€ sting charge. </h2></center> Our opinion affirming Conley's convictions on direct apâ€ peal sets out the facts of his case. United States v. Conley, 875 F.3d 391 (7th Cir. 2017). Here we focus on the facts relevant to<... More...

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United States of America v. Frederick G. Kriemelmeyer

<center><h1> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a>VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services Call 918-582-6422 Today </h1></center> The United States of America charged Frederick G. Kriemelmeyer with tax evasion. A L... More...

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United States of America v. Mark F. Spindler

Milwaukee, WI - The United States of America charged Mark F. Spindler with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Mark F. Spindler of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Spindler is a certified public accountant (“CPA”) in the firm Komisar & Spindler, s.c. From the late 1990s to 2017, Spindler provided accounting services to B... More...

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Annie Laurie Gaylor v. Steven T. Mnuchin

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"> </center> Since the Founders crafted the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment, courts have grappled 2 Nos. 18-1277 & 18-1280 with the “play in the joints” between them. Walz v. Tax Comm. of City of N.Y., 397 U.S. 664, 669 (197... More...

$0 (03-16-2019 - WI)

United States of America v. Keycie A. Street

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/milwaukee_411890537990189369_1435166339101.jpg"> </center> On October 24, 2015, law enforcement officers in Pewaukee, Wisconsin were searching for two African‐American men who moments before had committed an armed robbery. The robbers had been tracked to the parking lot of a nearby Walm... More...

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Julio De Lima Silva v. State of Wisconsin, Department of Correction, et al.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"> </center> 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...

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Shonda Martin v. Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County (ï¿½Countyï¿½) 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 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 for Milwaukee County, David A. Hansher, Judge. Reversed and remanded. ¶1 DANIEL KELLY, J. Marquette University suspended a tenured faculty member because of a blog post criticizing an encounter between an instructor and a student. Dr. John McAdams took exception to his suspension, and brought a claim against the ... More...

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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...

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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...

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Highway J Citizens v. United States Department of Transportation, et al.

Wisconsin proposes to renovate a 7.5-mile stretch of Highway 164 (formerly known as Highway J), a two-lane road in southern Washington County. It was built in the 1960s with 5 to 6.5 inches of asphalt, a pavement expected to last 22 years, and resurfaced in 2000 with another 2.5 to 3.5 inches, expected to extend the road’s 2 No. 17-1036 life by 12 years. The new proje... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Jamal L. Williams

In April 2013, victim R.W. died during an attempted armed robbery of victim B.P. Williams was arrested and told police the following: Williams arranged to buy marijuana from B.P. and before meeting B.P. for the drug buy, Williams drove his car to pick up his brother, Tousani Tatum. When Tatum entered Williams' car, Tatum displayed a gun and disclosed his plan to ro... More...

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United States of America v. Ricky Olson

We do not know whether Ricky Olson entered a voluntary and intelligent guilty plea on September 9, 2016, because the district court never asked the right questions. Several weeks earlier, the court had granted Olson’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea and to proceed to trial. But matters did not rest there. Instead, on September 9 the district court brought the motion to withdraw the guilty ... More...

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S.V. Gopalratnam v. Hewlett-Packard

Plaintiffs’ son tragically perished in a fire at plaintiffs’ home in June 2010. Believing that the fire was caused by a defective lithium ion battery cell from their son’s laptop, plaintiffs filed a products liability suit against separate manufacturers of the laptop, battery pack, and indi-vidual battery cells. Plaintiffs supported their causation the-ory solely through testimony from two e... More...

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Thomas Edward Chapman v. Yellow Cab Cooperative and Ali Mohamed

Dennis Edwards owns a taxicab in Milwaukee. Yellow Cab Cooperative refers business to his cab; other arrangements between Edwards and Yellow Cab are not in the record. Edwards leased the cab to Parashu Giri, who subleased some of the time to Thomas Chapman. Apparently Giri and Chapman shared the cab so that it could be in service much of the day. Chapman received fares ... More...

$0 (11-16-2017 - 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 2 No. 15-3754<... More...

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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)

David Green v. Jonathan Newport

On November 26, 2014, around 8:30 p.m., Officer Jonathon Newport of the Milwaukee Police * Of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation. 2 No. 16-1536 Department and his partner, Officer Busshardt, responded to a suspicious person complaint made by an employee of the O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin... More...

$0 (08-27-2017 - WI)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

Union Pacific Railroad challenges the legal authority of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to continue an enforcement action after issuing a right to sue letter and subsequent resolution of the underlying charges of discrimination in a private lawsuit. The EEOC petitioned the district court to enforce its subpoena for Union Pacific’s employment records related t... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Raymond L. Nieves <table> <td>

On October 9, 2010, the State filed a criminal complaint charging Nieves and Maldonado with first-degree intentional homicide, as a party to the crime and with the use of a dangerous weapon, and attempted first-degree intentional homicide, as a party to the crime and with the use of a dangerous weapon. The complaint alleged that Nieves and Maldonado were involved in ... More...

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Pamela D. Ferrill v. Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District

Pamela Ferrill was hired as the principal of Edgewood Elementary School in the Oak Creek- Franklin Joint School District for an initial two-year term with an automatic third-year rollover unless the Board of Education opted out. Ferrill is black; the school district serves two predominantly white suburbs on the southern edge of Milwaukee County. During her tenure as princip... More...

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United States of America v. James E. Podolske, Jr.

Milwaukee, WI - Former Fire Chief of the U.S. Air Force Sentenced to Federal Prison for Procurement Violations and Wire Fraud James E. Podolske Jr. (age: 59) of Panama City, Florida, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for violations of Title 18 United States Code 1343, wire fraud, and the Procurement Integrity Act contrary to Title 41 United Stat... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Gary F. Lemberger <table> <td>

On April 5, 2014, at about 4:50 p.m., Officer Andrew Naylor ("Officer Naylor") of the City of Madison Police Department responded to multiple reports of an "erratic driver" on a highway in Dane County, "somebody who was yelling and swerving." Officer Naylor located the vehicle that had been described to him and followed it for about two minutes, but did not observe a... More...

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Braylon Seifert v. Kay M. Balink, M.D.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals.1 The court of appeals affirmed a judgment and an order of the Circuit Court for Grant County, Craig R. Day, Judge, in favor of the plaintiff, Braylon Seifert (by his guardian ad litem, Paul Scoptur, and his parents, Kimberly Seifert and David Seifert) and aga... More...

$1750000 (01-20-2017 - WI)

State of Wisconsin v. Patrick J. Lynch

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals2 that affirmed the Dodge County Circuit Court's3 findings that (1) Patrick Lynch ("Lynch"), the defendant, made an adequate showing for an in camera review of the complainant's privileged mental health treatment records and (2) the complainant's testimony must be excluded at trial because the complaina... More...

$0 (07-13-2016 - WI)

State of Wisconsin v. Eric L. Loomis

In 2007, the Conference of Chief Justices adopted a resolution entitled "In Support of Sentencing Practices that Promote Public Safety and Reduce Recidivism."1 It emphasized that the judiciary "has a vital role to play in ensuring that criminal justice systems work 1 Conference of Chief Justices, Conference of State Court ... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Richard J. Sulla

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals,1 which reversed the Jefferson County Circuit Court's2 order denying Richard Sulla's ("Sulla") postconviction motion to withdraw his no contest pleas. ¶2 This case requires us to examine the circumstances under which a circuit court may deny a defendant's ... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. James Elvin Lagrone

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, State v. Lagrone, No. 2013AP1424-CR, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. Apr. 7, 2015), which affirmed the Milwaukee County circuit court's judgment of conviction and order denying defendant James Elvin Lagrone's ("Lagrone") postconviction motion for an evidentiary hearing and a new trial on the question ... More...

$0 (05-31-2016 - WI)

State of Wisconsin v. Stephen LeMere

The charges against LeMere arose out of events that occurred after a gathering in the City of Eau Claire on Friday evening, May 13, 2011, at the home of J.C. and his wife, A.C. LeMere was then 24. During the gathering, LeMere and another visitor drank the majority of two 30 packs of beer, in addition to other alcohol in the house. LeMere also took a narcotic pain ... More...

$0 (05-31-2016 - WI)

Wisconsin Pharmacal Company, LLC v. Nebraska Cultures of California, Inc

We review a published decision of the court of appeals1 reversing an order of the Ozaukee County Circuit Court2 that granted summary judgment to The Netherlands Insurance Company (Netherlands) and Evanston Insurance Company (Evanston). Our review centers on a coverage dispute between the insurers and their respective insureds, Jeneil Biotech, Inc. (Jeneil) and Nebraska C... More...

$0 (03-01-2016 - WI)

STATE OF WISCONSIN V. JEANETTE M. JANUSIAK

Janusiak was charged with first-degree intentional homicide following the death of a four-month old baby while in Janusiak’s care. The State sought a pretrial ruling that statements that Janusiak made to police during an interview while Janusiak was in police custody would be admissible at trial.1 Janusiak argued that the statements were involuntary, and therefore inadmissible. ¶3 It i... More...

$0 (02-20-2016 - WI)

State Of Wisconsin v. Peterson

These cases arise from a John Doe proceeding originally initiated in Milwaukee County, and subsequently expanded to four additional counties, Iowa County, Dodge County, Dane County, and Columbia County. Though not consolidated, these proceedings have been overseen by a single John Doe judge and organized by a single special prosecutor (Francis Schmitz). For the sake of clarity, we will refer to al... More...

$0 (01-03-2016 - WI)

State Of Wisconsin v. Keith D. McEvoy

On January 30, 2015, McEvoy was arrested for allegedly operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, fifth offense, in violation of WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(a). The arresting officer read McEvoy the “Informing the Accused” form as required under WIS. STAT. § 343.305(4) and asked McEvoy to submit to a chemical test of his blood. McEvoy refused. The officer obtained an... More...

$0 (12-30-2015 - WI)

State Of Wisconsin v. Shannon E. Parker

A jury found Shannon E. Parker guilty of robbery with use of force, second-degree sexual assault with use of force, false imprisonment, identity theft, and battery, all as a repeater. He contends the trial court erred when it denied his motions to suppress the victim’s in- and out-ofcourt identifications of him and to change venue. We disagree and affirm. ¶2 On July 23, 2011, a man forc... More...

$0 (12-16-2015 - WI)

Robert Lee Stinson v. James Gauger

Robert Lee Stinson spent 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. He was exonerated by DNA evidence and now sues the lead detective and two forensic odontologists who investigated the murder and later testified at trial. The odontologists were the key witnesses for 2 Nos. 13-3343, 13-3346 & 13-3347 the prosecution. They testified that bite marks on the victim’s<... More...

$0 (08-25-2015 - WI)