PER CURIAM . 1 We review the report and recommendation of Referee Richard C. Ninneman that Attorney Jevon Jones Jaconi's petition for reinstatement of his license to practice law in Wisconsin be granted. Upon careful of review of the matter, we agree that Attorney Jaconi's license should be reinstated. We also agree with the referee that Attorney Jaconi should be required to pay the full costs of this reinstatement proceeding, which are $2,830.82 as of August 29, 2016. 2 Attorney Jaconi...
ON BYPASS FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON , J. 1 This is an appeal from a judgment and an order of the circuit court for Iowa County, Craig R. Day, Judge. This judgment and order arose in response to the 2013 directions of the court of appeals to the circuit court to enter judgment in favor of Lands' End, Inc., the plaintiff, and against the City of Dodgeville, the defendant, for $724,292.68 "plus statutory interest and other interest or costs to which Lands' End may...
DAVID T. PROSSER , J. 1 This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals 1 affirming judgments entered in favor of Assurance Company of America 2 (Assurance) against its insured, Fontana Builders, Inc. 3 (Fontana), and Fontana's lender, AnchorBank, FSB (AnchorBank). 2 The case involves a complicated insurance coverage dispute arising out of a 2007 fire that destroyed portions of a high-end custom home that was still under construction in Lake Geneva. The fire...
DAVID T. PROSSER , J. 1 This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's judgment convicting Stephen LeMere (LeMere) of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13 and affirming its order denying his postconviction motion to withdraw his plea. 1 2 In Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S.Ct. 1473 , 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Sixth Amendment requires defense counsel...
MICHAEL J. GABLEMAN , J. 1 This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals 1 affirming the Dane County circuit court's 2 grant of summary judgment in favor of Peggy Z. Coyne, Mary Bell, Mark W. Taylor, Corey Otis, Marie K. Stangel, Jane Weidner and Kristin A. Voss ("Coyne"). Coyne sought a declaratory judgment that 2011 Wisconsin Act 21 ("Act 21") is unconstitutional as applied to the Superintendent of Public Instruction ("SPI") and the Department of Public Instruction...
ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS PER CURIAM . 1 The court is equally divided on whether to affirm or reverse the decision of the circuit court for Milwaukee County. Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack, Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson, and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley would affirm. Justice David T. Prosser, Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler, and Justice Michael J. Gableman would reverse. Justice Rebecca G. Bradley did not participate. 2 This court accepted jurisdiction over...
ANN WALSH BRADLEY , J. 1 Petitioners, Patti and David Roberts, seek review of an unpublished court of appeals decision that affirmed the circuit court's order for summary judgment, dismissing their claims. 1 The court of appeals determined that Wisconsin's recreational immunity statute barred the petitioners' claims because Patti Roberts was engaged in the recreational activity of hot air ballooning at the time she was injured. 2 2 Roberts argues that the respondents, Sundog...
ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON , J. 1 This is an appeal from a judgment and order of the circuit court for Rock County, Michael R. Fitzpatrick, Judge, in favor of United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1473 (and various individuals 1 ), the plaintiffs, against Hormel Foods Corporation, the defendant. The court of appeals certified the appeal to this court pursuant to Wis. Stat. 809.61 (2013-14). 2 2 This is a "donning and doffing" wage and...
PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGENSACK , Chief Justice . 1 We review a published decision of the court of appeals 1 reversing an order of the Ozaukee County Circuit Court 2 that granted summary judgment to The Netherlands Insurance Company (Netherlands) and Evanston Insurance Company (Evanston). Our review centers on a coverage dispute between the insurers and their respective insureds, Jeneil Biotech, Inc. (Jeneil) and Nebraska Cultures of California, Inc. (Nebraska Cultures). The underlying claims...
ANN WALSH BRADLEY , J. 1 Petitioner, Millers First Insurance Company ("Millers First"), seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals that reversed the circuit court's order for summary judgment. 1 The circuit court determined that Millers First no longer had a continuing duty to defend Menard after the plaintiff, Kenneth Burgraff ("Burgraff"), reached a settlement with Millers First for its proportionate share of the plaintiff's claim. In reversing, the court of appeals...
ANNETTE KINGSLAND ZIEGLER , J. 1 This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, State v. Matalonis, No. 2014AP108-CR, unpublished slip op., 2014 WL 7271620 (Wis.Ct. App. Dec. 23, 2014), which reversed the Kenosha County circuit court's 1 judgment of conviction and order denying defendant Charles V. Matalonis's ("Matalonis") motion to suppress evidence of marijuana production in Matalonis's home. Police obtained this evidence while investigating the source of...
