Archived Editions

Summer 2018

President’s Message: Thank You and Farewell
Authors: Fred Strampe, President, Wisconsin Defense Counsel
Play Ball! Wisconsin’s Contact Sports Immunity Statute
Authors: James T. Murray, Jr., and Kevin Fetherston, von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
The Breaching Defender? - Navigating Wisconsin’s Breach of Duty to Defend Jurisprudence When an Insurer Provides a Defense
Authors: Dieter J. Juedes, Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols, SC
The Unwritten Exclusion: The Fortuity Principle
Authors: H. Ben Levy, Levy & Levy, SC
Effective Claim Investigation: Winning the Litigation Battle Before It’s Fought
Authors: Jennifer Muellenbach, Claims Specialist, NSI, a division of West Bend Mutual Insurance and Michael D. Aiken, McCoy Leavitt Laskey LLC
Applying the Independent Concurrent Cause Rule
Authors: Joshua Greatsinger and Justin Wallace, Nash, Spindler, Grimstad & McCracken LLP

Spring 2018

President’s Message: The Disappearing Defense Lawyer: Still Here After 20 Years
Authors: Fred Strampe, President, Wisconsin Defense Counsel
Seventh Circuit Deals Significant Blow to Copyright Trolling in Residential House Plans
Authors: John Healy, Corneille Law Group, LLC
Trial Practice Series: To Expert or Not To Expert: That is the Question
Authors: Michael P. Crooks, von Briesen & Roper, s.c. and William R. Wick, Nash, Spindler, Grimstad & McCracken, LLP
A Second Opinion Can Be Helpful, Or Not.
Authors: James J. Mathie, Mathie Mediation Services
Defense Cost Issues Under D & O Policies
Authors: Thomas R. Schrimpf, Mollie T. Kugler, and Andrew P. Trevino, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Is Your Reducing Clause Valid? An Individual Case Study.
Authors: William Salmonowicz, Winner, Wixson & Pernitz, LLC
News from Around the State: Trials and Verdicts

Winter 2017

President’s Message: Ask Not What WDC Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do for WDC!
Authors: Fred Strampe, President, Wisconsin Defense Counsel
Children (Usually) Have No Claim for Wrongful Death Benefits When A Parent’s Death was Caused by the Negligence of the Surviving Spouse
Authors: Vincent J. Scipior, Coyne, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, S.C.
Trial Practice Series - Protecting the Record: To Object or Not to Object, That Is the Question
Authors: Monte Weiss, Weiss Law Office, S.C. and William R. Wick, Nash, Spindler, Grimstad & McCracken, LLP
Making a Millionaire? The Civil Implications for Overturning the Brendan Dassey Conviction
Authors: Benjamin E. Reyes, McCoy, Leavitt, Laskey, LLC
Pleading the Fifth – Civilly Speaking
Authors: David Piehler and Alyson Dieckman, Piehler & Strande, S.C. and Monte Weiss, Weiss Law Office, S.C.
News from Around the State: Trials and Verdicts