The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin is planning to upgrade to the Next Generation CM/ECF system (NextGen) in Spring 2019. There are two things that attorneys can do now to prepare for NextGen.
15-CV-1482 Alissa Juech v. Children's Hospital
Order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment
Case 07-CV-303 Burton v. American Cyanamid Co
07-CV-303 Burton v. American Cyanamid Co
Docket #1070 The court held, inter alia, that (1) white lead carbonate (WLC) manufacturers did not owe plaintiff a duty to warn , such that plaintiff's duty-to-warn claims could sound only in strict liability and not in negligence; (2) the bulk supplier doctrine applies such that manufacturers of WLC who sold their product to third-party manufacturers for integration into paint did not owe end consumers a duty to warn.
07-CV-303 , Burton v. American Cyanamid Co
Docket #1060 The court held that defendant manufacturers of white lead carbonate in a case proceeding under Wisconsin's risk-contribution theory of liability are entitled to present an exculpatory defense asserting that chemical analysis of paint chips found in plaintiff's home indicates that WLC manufactured by the defendant is not present.
15-CV-1496 Stocks et al v. DoAll Company
The court found that employee-plaintiff's failure to disclose wage-and-hour claim against employer in her Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding was product of inadvertence or mistake, such that she should not be judicially estopped from pursuing the claim.
For the immediate future, all proceedings will occur as normal during any government shutdown.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin will be closed on Monday, December 24, 2018, and Tuesday, December 25, 2018, in observance of the Christmas holiday. The court is closed on December 31, 2018 and January 1, 2019 in observance of the New Year Holiday.
In recognition of the President’s announcement of a National Day of Mourning for George H.W. Bush, the Wisconsin Eastern District court will be closed on Wednesday, December 5.