204+ pp; 4th edition; 2020-21
(Includes 2022-23 Supplement)
Summary of Developments
Foreword
About the Authors
How to Cite This Book
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Sovereign, Governmental, and Discretionary
Immunities/li>
- Absolute and Qualified Immunity
- Local Governmental Immunities
- Recreational Immunities
- Notice Procedures
- Federal Tort Claims Act
Appendix: Selected Governmental Immunity Statutes and
Constitutional Provisions
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes, Regulations, and Rules
Index
The 2022-2023 supplement includes a number of changes, such as:
- A decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit determining whether the justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court could claim judicial immunity when joined as defendants in a challenge to mandatory State Bar membership and compulsory dues
- A 2021 opinion by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals deciding if an interlocutory appeal of a denial of qualified immunity was proper after a factual dispute prevented the resolution of a qualified immunity defense at the district court level
- A Wisconsin Court of Appeals analysis of whether a Department of Revenue decision not to prosecute an offense was ministerial or discretionary
- A 2022 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin describing compliance with the notice-of-claims statute’s disallowance requirement
The 2020-2021 revision discusses a number of recent developments, such as the following:
- The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals discussed the meaning of “clearly established” for purposes of qualified immunity in a 2019 opinion
- In a 2019 opinion, the Wisconsin Supreme Court discussed pleading issues regarding the notice-of-claim statute
- In a case involving a child’s drowning during a day camp activity, the Wisconsin Supreme Court analyzed the distinction between discretionary immunity and ministerial immunity
- In a 2020 opinion, the Wisconsin Supreme Court discussed its analysis method for determining whether a person or an entity is an “agent” of the owner for purposes of applying the recreational immunity statute
Developments reported on separate supplement pages have been integrated into the chapters, and topical discussions have been updated throughout the book.
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