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Bi-Weekly Newsletter of the State Bar of Wisconsin
March
2012
Volume
4
Number
5

March 05, 2012

Recent jury verdicts, bench decisions, settlements, and arbitration awards

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March 7, 2012 – As a service to its members, the State Bar of Wisconsin has entered into an alliance agreement with West, a Thomson Reuters business, to provide award information on Wisconsin civil jury trials, bench trials, settlements, and arbitrations. West’s editorial staff selects a few key Wisconsin cases from Westlaw’s^® West’s Jury Verdicts – Wisconsin Reports to highlight in each issue of WisBar InsideTrack.

This edition's featured cases

Burch v. Union Pacific R.R. (Rock County)
Railroad - Settlement: $2,200,000
Turner v. Injured Patients and Families Comp. Fund (Milwaukee County)
Medical Malpractice - Settlement: $360,000
In re Perez (Dane County)
Vehicle Negligence - Settlement: $47,500

Featured case highlights

Burch v. Union Pacific R.R. (Wis. Cir. Ct. - Rock County)
Employee Receives $2.2M for Railcar Brake Failure

Case Summary: 2011 WL 6808343
Free "Case of the Month" Case Summary
Plaintiffs' amended complaint: 2009 WL 8494510
Plaintiffs' expert witness Smolarski's affidavit: 2009 WL 8513989
Order: 2011 WL 5295279

Turner v. Injured Patients and Families Comp. Fund (Wis. Cir. Ct. - Milwaukee County)
$360K Settlement for Birth Injury

Case Summary: 2011 WL 6808348
Request 1 Free Case Summary by E-mail at west.juryverdicts@thomsonreuters.com
Plaintiffs'complaint: 2009 WL 8480991
Defendants' expert witness Chauhan's affidavit: 2011 WL 5902722
Petition for settlement apporval: 2011 WL 5014598
Order: 2011 WL 5024975

In re Perez (Wis. Cir. Ct. - Dane County)
State farm pays $47.5K UIM

Case Summary: 2011 WL 6808344
Request 1 Free Case Summary by E-mail at west.juryverdicts@thomsonreuters.com
Petition for settlement approval: 2011 WL 4707118
Plaintiff's expert witness Shaver's affidavit: 2010 WL 7746549
Order: 2011 WL 4738240

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