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Wisconsin Court of Appeals Issues Important Decision under “Borrowing” Statute

If your work involves civil litigation in Wisconsin, you’ve likely run across Wis. Stat. § 893.07, the state’s borrowing statute, which governs the application of foreign statutes of limitations to cases filed in Wisconsin....more

7/30/2018 / Borrowing Statutes , Cause of Action Accrual , Medical Malpractice , Petition for Review , Statute of Limitations , Summary Judgment

“You Can’t Beat Something with Nothing”: 7th Cir. Explains the Importance of Disclosing Experts

Some cases present issues that are difficult for the parties to litigate or for the courts to decide. But those cases tend to be the exception. Much of litigation—at least when practiced successfully—requires the mastery of a...more

6/15/2017 / Admissible Evidence , Discovery , Exclusion Orders , Expert Testimony , FRCP 26 , Inadmissible Evidence , Physicians , Summary Judgment , Toxic Exposure , Young Lawyers

Much Ado About Nothing: The Defense of Judge Posner’s Internet Research

All the briefs are filed, and the next step in the saga of Rowe v. Gibson, No. 14-3316 (Aug. 19, 2015), is for the nine judges in regular active service on the Seventh Circuit to cast their votes in favor of or against...more

11/11/2015 / En Banc Review , Evidence , Petition For Rehearing , Research Tools , Summary Judgment

Judicial Internet Research: Does the First SCOTUS Decision of OT 2015 Bode Ill for Dr. Posner?

Regular readers of our blog likely are familiar with the Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Rowe v. Gibson, No. 14-3316 (Aug. 19, 2015), and the considerable controversy that Judge Richard Posner created regarding the...more

10/8/2015 / Appellate Courts , Eighth Amendment , En Banc Review , Maryland v Kulbicki , Public Information , Research Tools , SCOTUS , Summary Judgment

Does Wisconsin’s Four-Corners Rule Govern an Insurer’s Duty to Defend?

Those who follow the work of the Wisconsin appellate courts might recognize this question as one that District II of the Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court nearly five years ago in Wilkinson v. Arbuckle, 2011 WI...more

10/5/2015 / Breach of Duty , Commercial Insurance Policies , Denial of Insurance Coverage , Duty to Defend , Four-Corners Rule , Insurance Industry , Insurance Litigation , Policy Exclusions , Summary Judgment

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