1616+ pp.; 9th ed. 2022-2023
(Includes 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 supplements)
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The 2024–25 supplement includes a number of changes such as:
- A Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinion considering admission of certain financial evidence regarding a defendant for purposes of determining the amount of punitive damages to award to a plaintiff, and addressing—as a question of first impression in Wisconsin—the application of the statutory cap of Wis. Stat. § 895.043(6) on punitive damages
- Newly added information about how permanent disability benefits are paid, including the option for advance payment under Wis. Stat. § 102.32(6m)(b), which was added to the Wisconsin Statutes by 2023 Wis. Act 213
- A Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision considering when a misrepresentation is interwoven with a contract such that the fraud-in-the-inducement exception to the economic loss doctrine does not apply
- A Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinion discussing informed consent and its application to nurses and other health-care personnel who are not physicians
The 2023-2024 supplement includes a number of changes such as:
- The Wisconsin Court of Appeals issued an opinion discussing, for purposes of a defamation case, when a person becomes a limited-purpose public figure and what a limited-purpose public figure must prove to recover damages
- The Wisconsin Court of Appeals discussed the interrelationship of an unconscionability counterclaim and a direct action against a creditor
- The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin considered whether tortious interference with an adoption agreement is a cognizable claim
- The Wisconsin Supreme Court reviewed an unpublished Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinion regarding alleged legal malpractice
The 2022-2023 revision includes a number of changes such as:
- In a 2023 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court considered whether a county was liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a correctional officer’s alleged violation of a county jail inmate’s rights
- In 2022, the Wisconsin Legislature amended the statute governing the average weekly wage for part-time employees; the new calculation of average weekly wage applies to part-time employees injured on or after April 10, 2022
- Several federal and state courts addressed takings claims, and a 2022 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision explained how to calculate damages for the taking of a permanent easement
- In a 2022 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided whether a state Medicaid program can seek recovery from the part of a settlement allocated to future medical costs as well as amounts paid for past medical care
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