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Wisconsin conservatives challenge liberal Supreme Court's explanation for redistricting
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Wisconsin conservatives are fighting the state Supreme Court’s attempt to redraw legislative voting districts after a liberal majority threw out existing maps over so-called “municipal islands” that have existed for decades and were upheld by the court as recently as 2022. -
Too late, Wisconsin court tells widow of man who died in corn trailer
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - The widow of a man who fell into a trailer attached to a semi-tractor and suffocated in corn gluten missed her chance to sue, as a Wisconsin appeals court has found his death involved a motor vehicle. -
Chief justice accuses new liberal majority of Wisconsin Supreme Court of power-grab
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - A behind-the-scenes power struggle at the Wisconsin Supreme Court has made its way public, as Chief Justice Annette Ziegler is alleging the new liberal majority is attempting to rewrite the way business is conducted. -
No right to court-ordered Ivermectin, Wisconsin Supreme Court says in COVID case
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - A judge was out of line when he ordered a Wisconsin hospital to provide a patient dying of Covid-19 with the controversial anti-parasite drug Ivermectin, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled, upholding an appellate decision reversing the order. -
Conservative justice cries 'tyranny' as Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects medical records fee
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Wisconsin law prohibits hospitals from charging a fee for electronic medical records, the state’s highest court ruled, drawing a fierce dissent from conservative justices who invoked John Locke to accuse their liberal colleagues of a “remarkable misconception of democracy” and upholding “tyranny.” -
Wisconsin just elected a 'serial liar' to its Supreme Court, defeated conservative says
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Liberal Janet Protasiewicz will be Wisconsin's newest Supreme Court justice after prevailing in the most expensive judicial election in America's history. -
Liberal candidate in key race has 'anti-American' response to critics' political ads, group says
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Days before a contentious Wisconsin Supreme Court election that has drawn the attention - and dollars - of people nationwide, liberal candidate Janet Protasiewicz's campaign attempted to have rival groups' political ads pulled from the air. -
Kelly attacks Protasiewicz's sentencing history during debate for future of Wisconsin Supreme Court
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - The one and only debate in this year's record-settingly expensive Wisconsin Supreme Court race saw the two candidates often attack each other's honesty. -
Liberal judge's preference for probation for violent offenders an issue during Wisconsin Supreme Court race
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - The sentencing pattern of Milwaukee judge Janet Protasiewicz, a candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court who would create a liberal majority with a victory, reflects a light touch that creates problems in her community, the executive director of a conservative organization says. -
Soros-backed fund spends millions to turn Wisconsin Supreme Court liberal
A political committee backed by billionaire George Soros is spending millions of dollars to defeat the conservative candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in hopes of placing Judge Janet Protasiewicz on the bench and flipping the court majority to the liberal side. -
Supreme court cash pours into Wisconsin from wealthy coastal liberal superdonors
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - More than 60 Democrat donors on the coasts - two of whom have welcomed Barack Obama to their home for a six-figure-per-plate fundraiser - threw $330,501 into the Midwest to support liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz in the weeks before her February primary. -
Bribery allegations fly as libs try to take Wisconsin Supreme Court majority
Wisconsin Takes Action is allegedly offering residents up to $250 to vote liberal -
Balance of Wisconsin Supreme Court hinges on April 4 election
Conservative Dan Kelly advanced out of the Feb. 21 primary -
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate fights soft-on-crime allegations
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz' record as a Milwaukee County judge has drawn the scrutiny of conservative critics who highlight a pair of egregious sex crimes where she handed down light sentences. -
Injured utility worker can sue over pole-lifting tongs
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Ruling for the first time on a products liability statute passed in 2011, the Wisconsin Supreme Court said a utility worker can sue the company that made the tongs he used to lift a telephone pole that fell and injured him. -
Wisconsin restaurants lose key COVID ruling over insurance
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Wisconsin restaurants that were prohibited from providing in-person dining during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown can’t access insurance policies that protected against business losses due to physical damage or “contamination,” the state’s highest court ruled. -
Wrongful death law protecting health care providers no help to company that operates hospital
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – A company that operates a nursing home in Wisconsin can’t hide behind legal protections for those types of facilities from wrongful death lawsuits. -
Glock-toting Wisconsin judge suspended by Wisconsin Supreme Court; Dissenters blame fear of guns
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - A judge who repeatedly berated defendants and twice brandished a Glock handgun in his courtroom deserved sanctions for his behavior, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. -
Families in Wis. county likely to succeed in getting kids back to school, despite stay-home order
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – Wisconsin’s highest court won’t keep Dane County kids out of their classrooms while a challenge to one of the county’s health orders continues. -
Trial lawyers get win in slip-and-fall case that reached Wisconsin Supreme Court
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has given slip-and-fall plaintiffs a boost, ruling that they don’t need to pinpoint the exact moment a liquid is spilled – only that it was there long enough that the defendant had constructive notice of the spill.