Wisconsin Court of Appeals, 2016

117 opinions

Roderick N. Salfinger and Threshold Aeronautics, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Fairfax Media Limited, d/b/a Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media Publications Party Limited and Fairfax Digital Australia and New Zealand Party Limited, Defendants-Respondents, Ken Hardy, d/b/a Mafia Today, MinzEye Limited, Enom, Inc., Stuart Pigott Global Reisling, GMBH, Howell Brendan and John/Jane Does, Defendants 2016-01-20
Dennis A. Teague, Plaintiff-Appellant, Linda Colvin and Curtis Williams, Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J. B. Van Hollen, Walt Neverman, Dennis Fortunato and Brian OKeefe, Defendants-Respondents 2016-02-11
Wisconsin Department of Revenue, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Orbitz, L.L.C., Respondent-Respondent, Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission, Respondent 2016-02-11
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, William J. Hogan and First Student Management LLC, Defendants-Respondents. [Case No. 2014AP2928]; Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, Paul F. Baier and Weegan Landscape Inc., Defendants-Respondents. [Case No. 2014AP2929]; Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, Bret V. Maertz and Frontier Airlines Inc., Defendants-Respondents. [Case No. 2014AP2930]; Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, Gary D. Kluczynski, Dale D. Doberstein and Julie Doberstein, Defendants-Respondents. [Case No. 2014AP2931]; Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, Patrick C. VanEyck, Tidy View Dairy LLC and Locate Staffing Inc., Defendants-Respondents. [Case No. 2014AP2932]; Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, Mary B. Hembel and National Telecommuting Institute of Wisconsin Inc., Defendants-Respondents. [Case No. 2014AP2933] 2016-02-17
Jennifer R. Koenig and Jennys Bunch Home Day Care, Petitioners-Respondents, v. Pierce County Department of Human Services, Respondent-Appellant 2016-02-17
In the interest of C.R.: S. O., Petitioner-Respondent, v. T. R., Respondent-Appellant 2016-02-17
In the matter of the guardianship of B. C. L.-J.: M. L.-F., Appellant, v. Oneida County Department of Social Services, Respondent. [Case No. 2015AP553]; In the matter of the guardianship of B. N. L.-J.: M. L.-F., Appellant, v. Oneida County Department of Social Services, Respondent. [Case No. 2015AP554] 2016-02-23
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. and Fredrik Broekhuizen, M.D., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Brad D. Schimel, Ismael Ozanne, James Barr, Mary Jo Capodice, Greg Collins, Rodney A. Erickson, Suresh K. Misra, Kenneth B. Simons, Timothy Swan, Sridhar Vasudevan, Timothy W. Westlake, Michael Phillips, Russell Yale, Robert Zondag and Carol Ogland, Defendants-Appellants, Mitchell Williams, Intervenor 2016-02-24
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Gavin S. Hill, Defendant-Appellant 2016-03-01
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Anthony R. Owens, Defendant-Appellant 2016-03-01
D.B., a minor by his guardian, Trista Lee Recore, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. County of Green Lake, County of Green Lake Social Services and Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Co-Appellants, City of Berlin and City of Berlin Police Department, Defendants-Appellants 2016-03-02
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Todd Brian Tobatto, Defendant-Respondent 2016-03-08
Joshua Oddsen, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jason Thomas Oddsen, Carolyn Oddsen and Mark Oddsen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Elizabeth Henry and ABC Insurance Company, n/k/a State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, Defendants-Respondents, DEF Insurance Company, Brian Hoffman, GHI Insurance Company, JKL Insurance Company, Christopher Cavanaugh, MNO Insurance Company and PQR Insurance Company, Defendants 2016-03-16
In re the order for attorneys fees in In re the estate of Elizabeth Carpenter: John M. Kelly and John M. Kelly, Attorney at Law, LLC, Appellants, v. Paula Brown, Margaret Gerth, Helen Lira, Mary Carpenter-Kupsch and Kathleen McAllister, Respondents 2016-03-16
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jeffrey C. Denny, Defendant-Appellant 2016-03-23
State of Wisconsin ex rel. Gerald Earney, Cheryl Earney, The Mississippi Connection Land and Timber Company, LLC and Wisconsin Bluff Sands, LLC, f/k/a Badger Bluff Sands, LLC, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Buffalo County Board of Adjustment, Respondent-Respondent 2016-04-05
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Esequiel Morales-Pedrosa, Defendant-Appellant 2016-04-06
Voces De La Frontera, Inc. and Christine Neuman Ortiz, Petitioners-Respondents, v. David A. Clarke, Jr., Respondent-Petitioner-Appellant 2016-04-12
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Andrew G. Chitwood, Defendant-Appellant 2016-04-13
Lela M. Operton, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, Defendant-Respondent, Walgreen Co. Illinois, Defendant 2016-04-14
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Russell C. Troka, Defendant-Appellant 2016-04-21
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Ernesto E. Lazo Villamil, Defendant-Appellant 2016-04-21
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Joshua Java Berry, Defendant-Petitioner 2016-04-26
Klismets 3 Squares Inc., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Navistar, Inc., Defendant-Appellant 2016-05-05
New Richmond News and Steven Dzubay,Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. City of New Richmond, Defendant-Appellant 2016-05-10
Taft Parsons, Jr. and Carol Parsons, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Associated Banc-Corp, Defendant-Respondent, XYZ Insurance Company, Defendant 2016-05-10
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Keith A. Wiedmeyer, Defendant-Appellant 2016-05-18
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Bradley L. Kilgore, Defendant-Appellant 2016-05-18
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael W. Bryzek, Defendant-Respondent 2016-05-18
St. Croix Trading Company/Direct Logistics, LLC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Regent Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant 2016-05-24
Milwaukee Deputy Sheriffs Association, Plaintiff, David A. Clarke, Jr., Sheriff of Milwaukee County, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Milwaukee County, Defendant-Respondent 2016-06-01
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Daniel L. Schmidt, Defendant-Appellant 2016-06-07
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert Lavern Cameron, Defendant-Appellant 2016-06-07
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Brian R. Corvino, Defendant-Appellant 2016-06-14
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Karl L. Quigley, Defendant-Appellant 2016-06-15
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Antonio D. Barbeau, Defendant-Appellant 2016-06-22
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. James D. Heidke, Defendant-Appellant 2016-06-28
Nancy A. Johnson, Jacklyn F. Hansen, Kenneth S. Johnson and Darrin P. Johnson, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Kevin W. Johnson, Defendant-Appellant, Rick E. Johnson, Defendant 2016-07-06
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Lewis O. Floyd, Jr., Defendant-Appellant 2016-07-06
Unity Bayer by her guardian ad litem, Vincent R. Petrucelli, Leah Bayer and Andrew Bayer, Plaintiffs-Respondents, John Alden Life Insurance Company, Involuntary-Plaintiff, v. Brian D. Dobbins, M.D., MMIC Insurance, Inc., Prevea Clinic, LLC and DEF Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants, Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, Defendant-Co-Appellant 2016-07-06
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Giancarlo Giacomantonio, Defendant-Appellant 2016-07-12
Benjamin Romero and Maria Guallpo, Plaintiffs, v. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company and Badger State Auto Auction, Inc., Defendants-Respondents, Addison Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant, Ford Motor Company and TJL Properties, LLC, Defendants; Kyle S. Witz, Plaintiff, v. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company and Badger State Auto Auction, Inc., Defendants-Respondents, Ford Motor Company, Defendant, Addison Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant; George Kucharas and Lynn Rucharas, Plaintiffs, v. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company and Badger State Auto Auction, Inc., Defendants-Respondents, Addison Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant, Ford Motor Company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin, American Family Mutual Insurance Company and Dairyland Insurance Company, Defendants 2016-07-13
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jason R. Cooper, Defendant-Appellant 2016-07-27
David A. Noyce, Plaintiff-Co-Appellant, Department of Workforce Development Uninsured Employers Fund, Involuntary-Plaintiff-Appellant, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Grievant-Co-Appellant, v. Aggressive Metals, Inc. and Labor and Industry Review Commission, Defendants-Respondents 2016-07-28
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Adam M. Blackman, Defendant-Respondent 2016-08-03
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Markus S. Holcomb, Defendant-Appellant 2016-08-03
Dean McConley, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T. C. Visions, Inc. and Thomas G. Reichenberger, Defendants-Respondents 2016-08-04
Estate of Stanley G. Miller c/o Genevieve Miller, Personal Representative, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Diane Storey, Defendant-Appellant 2016-08-16
The Manitowoc Company, Inc., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. John M. Lanning, Defendant-Appellant 2016-08-17
Daniel Wall, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marion Pahl, Jacquelyn Schimke and Gundersen Lutheran Health System, Inc., Defendants-Respondents 2016-08-30
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Anthony Darnell Davis, Defendant-Appellant 2016-08-30
Fischer v. City of Prairie du Chien 2016-09-01
Lakewood Credit Union, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Theodore Goodrich, Defendant-Appellant 2016-09-07
State v. Lancaster 2016-09-07
Morgan v. Wisconsin DWD 2016-09-07
State v. Taylor 2016-09-07
State v. Carter 2016-09-07
State v. Bivens 2016-09-07
State v. Dallman 2016-09-07
Fenley v. Fenley 2016-09-07
State v. Siekierzynski 2016-09-07
State v. Zinda 2016-09-07
State v. Valenti 2016-09-07
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jose Alberto Reyes Fuerte, Defendant-Appellant 2016-09-08
Hosto v. Rebhan 2016-09-08
State v. Wand, III 2016-09-08
Bob Ewers Contracting LLC v. Jacobean Enters., LLC 2016-09-08
State v. Salaam 2016-09-13
Baldwin Area Med. Ctr. v. Bengtson 2016-09-13
State v. Giese 2016-09-13
State v. Vice 2016-09-13
State v. Kerk 2016-09-13
Burney v. Steiner 2016-09-14
Gomez v. Leszczynski 2016-09-14
State v. Heath 2016-09-15
Nahmens v. Zimmermann 2016-09-15
Debra K. Sands, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John R. Menard, Jr., Menard, Inc., Menard Thoroughbreds, Inc., Webster Hart as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr. 2002 Trust and Related Trusts, Angela L. Bowe as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr. 2002 Trust and Related Trusts and Alphons Pitterle as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr. 2002 Trust and Related Trusts, Defendants-Respondents, Midwest Manufacturing Co., Wood Ecology Inc., Countertops Inc., Team Menard Inc., Menard Engine Group, Menard Competition Technologies LTD, MC Technologies Inc., Menard Engineering LTD, UltraMotive LTD and Merchant Capital LLC, Defendants. [Case No. 2012AP2377]; Debra K. Sands, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Respondent, v. John R. Menard, Jr., Menard, Inc., and Menard Thoroughbreds, Inc., Defendants-Respondents-Cross-Appellants, Webster Hart as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr. 2002 Trust and Related Trusts, Angela L. Bowe as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr. 2002 Trust and Related Trusts, Alphons Pitterle as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr. 2002 Trust and Related Trusts, Midwest Manufacturing Co., Wood Ecology Inc., Countertops Inc., Team Menard Inc., Menard Engine Group, Menard Competition Technologies LTD, MC Technologies Inc., Menard Engineering LTD, UltraMotive LTD and Merchant Capital LLC, Defendants. [Case No. 2015AP870] 2016-09-20
Fisher v. Compassionate Doctors, Inc. 2016-09-20
State v. Grady 2016-09-20
State v. Flowers 2016-09-20
State v. Weathersby 2016-09-20
State ex rel. Brown v. Hayes 2016-09-20
State v. Burchette 2016-09-20
Town of Grand Chute v. Kowalewski 2016-09-20
State v. McNeal 2016-09-20
Ray v. Town of Kinnickinnic 2016-09-20
State v. Steinhardt 2016-09-21
State v. Carney 2016-09-21
Gerhartz v. Town of Lomira 2016-09-22
State v. Johnson 2016-09-22
Bach v. LIRC 2016-09-22
State v. Amato 2016-09-22
State v. Jackson 2016-09-22
R. J. M. v. M. R. H. 2016-09-22
Florence County, Wisconsin v. WERC 2016-09-27
State v. Hill 2016-09-27
State v. Sisson 2016-09-27
Napper v. Smart Dollar Auto 2016-09-27
State v. Nelson 2016-09-28
Valley Pest Control, Inc. v. Campbell 2016-09-28
Harp v. Department of Health Services 2016-09-28
State v. Lay 2016-09-28
Simonson v. Vaira 2016-09-28
Jessica Pierce, Brenden Pepper, a minor by his Guardian ad Litem, James P. Scoptur and Zachary Pierce, a minor by his Guardian ad Litem, James P. Scoptur, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mid-Century Insurance Company, Defendant-Respondent, Amanda Swedlund, Defendant; Mid-Century Insurance Company, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Briliey Swedlund, Mason Swedlund, Christopher Swedlund, Wendy Burris, George Burris, Wilson Mutual Insurance Company and Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Third-Party Defendants; Joann K. Kohn, individually, and as the Executor of the Estate of John G. Kohn, deceased, Plaintiff, v. Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company, Mid-Century Insurance Company and Amanda Swedlund, Defendants 2016-09-29
State v. Smith 2016-09-29
Helgerson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 2016-09-29
State v. Asboth, Jr. 2016-09-29
Mueller v. Palan 2016-09-29
Dane County DHS v. C. N. 2016-09-29
State v. Grafton 2016-09-30
State v. Hill 2016-09-30
State v. Wakefield 2016-09-30
State v. Lilek 2016-10-04
State v. Masarik 2016-10-04
State v. Hall 2016-10-04
Woznicki v. Moberg 2016-10-04
State v. J. B. 2016-10-04