No. 2003, December 2003

Index

• Ambiguity not shown by negative implication.
• Appeals judge moves to Supreme Court bench.
• Badger Mutual Insurance: One year later.
• Board of Governors defeats mandatory pro bono reporting.
• Both breath, blood tests cannot be taken.
• Both Wisc. Supreme Court candidates will emphasize experience.
• Bush nominates Diane Sykes to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Citing unpublished decisions might not get approval.
• City can't get new trial after directed verdict.
• Commentary: Admitting too many prior convictions harmless.
• Commentary: Appellate book comprehensive, interesting.
• Commentary: Attorneys have no right to consult with witnesses.
• Commentary: Book offers insight into law firm Web sites.
• Commission will help with judicial selection.
• Commitment hearings must be held in 10 days.
• Conditional insurance agreement is not policy.
• Contempt finding requires evidentiary hearing.
• Conviction reversed due to many errors.
• Court adopts sophisticated user defense.
• Court considers insurance company's duty to defend.
• Court not required to approve jury waiver.
• Court of Appeals judge accepts challenge not to take political action committee donations.
• Court to consider duty to insure contractor.
• Courts can sanction unauthorized practice.
• Damage caps may need to be pled.
• Dane County Circuit Court judge enters WI Supreme Court race.
• DAs can't initiate Chapter 980 petitions.
• Defendants can't assert Vienna Convention.
• Diane Sykes expected to join Seventh Circuit.
• Divided Wisc. Supreme Court approves educational requirement for guardians ad litem.
• Evidence insufficient to support award of future health care expenses, court says.
• Failure to give Miranda warnings is intentional violation.
• Fee estimate proposal generates opposition.
• Fee reduction imposed for discovery abuse.
• Fee reduction imposed for discovery abuse.
• Former justice joins Michael Best & Friedrich.
• Franchisor not vicariously liable for negligence of franchisee.
• Gov. Doyle names judge to fill District IV Court of Appeals vacancy.
• Immunity applies to public parking lots.
• Insurance exclusions don't apply unless delivered.
• Insurer must defend property damage.
• Interest under sec. 807.01(4) can't be stacked.
• Judge's death leaves gap in coverage of Waukesha's Juvenile Court cases.
• Judge, law partner among winners of Innovator of the Year awards.
• Judicial candidates' responses to surveys.
• Kelley prepares to begin as bankruptcy judge for U.S. Eastern District of Wisconsin.
• Law partner offer tips to keep distribution house in order.
• Legislative privilege violates separation of powers.
• Leopold and Loeb murder trial portrayed in theater production.
• Longer sentence on remand violates due process.
• Low bail a 'thing of value'.
• Marquette professor takes presidency of Milwaukee Bar Assn.
• Meet Milwaukee's candidates for the State Bar of WI's Board of Governors race.
• Mental illness can toll time to sue for med mal.
• Municipal employee can file suit against co-worker.
• Narrow fraud-in-the-inducement exception adopted.
• New president takes helm of Milwaukee Bar Assn.
• Newly-retired Wisc. Supreme Court justice offers tips to lawyers.
• No recovery for slip and fall at arena.
• Only 3 ways to show lack of permission under financial responsibility law.
• Panel of attorneys discusses marketing and law firms.
• Part II: Panel of attorneys discusses marketing and law firms.
• Party can challenge service despite request.
• Patience Roggensack joins the Wisc. Supreme Court.
• Payment of distress claims clarified.
• Prior testimony admissible even if defendant wasn't a party.
• Proposal offers high court substitutes.
• Repudiation excuses exhaustion of remedies.
• Resignation can't help judge run for other office.
• Restitution for dismissed counts cannot be inferred.
• Right to bear arms trumps concealed weapon statute.
• Sen. Erpenbach discusses fix to open records law.
• Sentence after revocation can't exceed initial supervised release term.
• Service upon agent in lieu of service upon individual permissible.
• Seventh Circuit reinstates state court conviction.
• Shareholders, officers not liable for employee's discrimination.
• Slip and fall does not arise from employment.
• Special assessment for new road overturned.
• State Bar of WI plans to join amicus brief supporting U of MI Law School.
• State Bar of Wisconsin files amicus brief in UPL case.
• State Bar wants to file amicus brief in UPL case.
• State picks remedy for defective complaint.
• Supreme Court shifts to oppose citation of unpublished opinions.
• Three underinsured motorist cases remanded to appeals court.
• Twelve apply for 7th Circuit seat.
• U.S. Supreme Court uphold use of Interest on Lawyer Trust Account.
• Unlicensed driver has no standing to contest search.
• WI Court of Appeals rules insurer must defend negligent misrepresentation.
• WI Supreme Court considers statutes of repose, limitations.
• Wisc. Federal Nominating Commission suggests 4 candidates.
• Wisc. law firm enters Chinese market through joint venture.
• Wisc. Supreme Court selects director of state courts.
• Wisc. Supreme Court: Beloit subdivision meets public purpose doctrine.
• Wisconsin Court of Appeals rules that subjective intent controls contract.
• Wisconsin State Bar, courts celebrate past, future.
• Wisconsin Supreme Court on track to adopt Rule 11 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Wisconsin Supreme Court rules attorney can concede guilt as strategy.
• Worker can't sue for pain and suffering due to settlement with employer.