May 1, 2019
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging a firearms website that enabled a man to illegally purchase the pistol he used in a mass shooting at a suburban Milwaukee spa six years ago is liable in the killings, …
October 31, 2018
The state Supreme Court is limiting an insurance company’s payout in a massive northwestern Wisconsin wildfire. Logging equipment owned by Ray Duerr Logging LLC sparked the Germann Road Fire in Douglas County in May 2013. The fire consumed about 7,442 …
June 28, 2018
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the state’s cap on noneconomic medical malpractice damages on June 27, reversing an appellate ruling that awarded $15 million to a woman who had all four limbs amputated after a mishandled infection. The court ruled …
January 2, 2018
The founder of the Menards building supply stores doesn’t owe his former fiancĂ©e compensation for professional work she said she performed for his multibillion-dollar company and other business ventures during their nine-year relationship, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. Debra …
July 29, 2016
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has put to a rest a case in which an insured alleged breach of faith when the insurance company that wrote his professional liability errors and omissions insurance policy denied coverage due to a policy exclusion. …
May 13, 2016
A woman can’t sue a state worker for allegedly injuring her in a car accident because she had her claim hand-delivered to the attorney general’s office instead of sending it by certified mail, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. Chief …
March 2, 2016
Hormel Foods Corporation owes hundreds of workers at its Beloit canning plant back wages for the time they spent putting on and taking off required clothing and equipment, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled. The high court ruled in a 4-2 …
July 23, 2014
A Memorial Day parade that led to a traffic jam blocking railroad tracks in a Milwaukee suburb did not amount to a specific hazard that could make the railroad company liable for striking a minivan, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has …
February 10, 2014
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled against State Farm Insurance Co. in a case that deals with tapping uninsured motorists coverage on up to three vehicles to collect more in claims. The unanimous court upheld a 2013 state appeals court …
November 12, 2012
Noted lemon law attorney Vince Megna, who in recent months has posted numerous satirical videos online lampooning Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans, told The Associated Press that he is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Megna, known nationally for …