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23-CV-1543 Kayla Peterson v. Racine Unified School District

Decision and Order

The court granted a school district’s motion to dismiss a claim for wrongful discharge under Wisconsin law. The district terminated the plaintiff, who ran an after-school program in an elementary school, for refusing to comply with or enforce the district’s masking requirement for preventing the spread of COVID-19. In her wrongful-discharge claim, plaintiff alleged that terminating her for this reason violated a fundamental and well-established public policy. The court determined that enforcing a mask mandate in a school was not contrary to public policy. Plaintiff also alleged that requiring children to wear masks is a form of child abuse, and that therefore her termination was contrary to the public policy against child abuse reflected in the state’s criminal child-abuse laws. The court determined that no legal authority supported plaintiff’s allegation that mask wearing is a form of child abuse, and that plaintiff’s personal belief that mask wearing may harm children could not establish that the termination violated the public policy against child abuse.

File:
PDF icon 23-CV-1543 Kayla Peterson v. Racine Unified School District.pdf
Judge:
Lynn Adelman
Date:
Friday, March 22, 2024

23-CV-159 Hulce v. Zipongo Inc

Decision and Order

In a case alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s do-not-call regulation, the court determined that a call to the plaintiff urging him to utilize a free service available under his health insurance did not “encourage the purchase” of any good or service and therefore was not a “telephone solicitation” within the meaning of the Act.

File:
PDF icon 23-CV-159 Hulce v. Zipongo Inc.pdf
Judge:
Lynn Adelman
Date:
Monday, March 18, 2024

11-CV-560 United States of America et al v. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation et al

Decision and Order

The court decided a motion to reconsider rulings relating to the measure of damages in a case involving government contracting and the False Claims Act.

File:
PDF icon 11-CV-560 United States of America et al v. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation et al (357).pdf
Judge:
Lynn Adelman
Date:
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

11-CV-560 United States of America et al v. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation et al

Decision and Order

The court decided motions to exclude expert testimony in a case involving government contracting and the False Claims Act.

File:
PDF icon 11-CV-560 United States of America et al v. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation et al (358).pdf
Judge:
Lynn Adelman
Date:
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

23-CV-1175 Wisconsin State Senate et al. v. City of Green Bay et al.

Decision and Order Partially Granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss

This case arises out of Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich’s decision to install sensitive audio surveillance devices in certain areas of Green Bay City Hall where members of the public and elected officials would sometimes engage in private conversations about civic matters.  The Wisconsin State Senate, Senator André Jacque, and Anthony Theisen (Plaintiffs) brought this action against the City of Green Bay and Mayor Genrich (Defendants) for violations of their privacy under federal and state law.  The court partially granted Defendants’ motion to dismiss.  In particular, the court dismissed the Wisconsin State Senate for lack of standing and dismissed Plaintiffs’ claims for declaratory relief.  The motion was denied in all other respects.

File:
PDF icon 23-CV-1175 Wisconsin State Senate et al. v. City of Green Bay et al. (33).pdf
Judge:
William C. Griesbach
Date:
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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