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	<title>Wisconsin Civil Justice Council, Inc.</title>
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	<description>Promoting Fairness and Equity in Wisconsin</description>
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		<title>Another Campaign Ad Falsely Claims Law Protecting Equal Pay for Women Repealed</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/05/17/another-campaign-ad-falsely-claims-that-gov-walker-repealed-a-law-protecting-equal-pay-for-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/05/17/another-campaign-ad-falsely-claims-that-gov-walker-repealed-a-law-protecting-equal-pay-for-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE &#8211; May 17, 2012   
Contact Information &#8211; Bill G. Smith &#8212; (608) 255-6083/Andrew Cook &#8211; (608) 258-9506
Madison – The Greater Wisconsin Political Fund has released an ad targeting
Gov. Scott Walker that falsely alleges that he repealed a law making it “easier for corporations to pay women less money than men.”
Opponents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Phony “War on Women” Mantra Continues Despite Numerous News Outlets Calling Such Claims False</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/05/15/the-phony-%e2%80%9cwar-on-women%e2%80%9d-mantra-continues-despite-numerous-news-outlets-calling-such-claims-false/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opponents of Senate Bill 202 (2011 Wisconsin Act 219), which repeals punitive and compensatory damages under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, continue to make false claims that the law has taken away women’s right to equal pay and thus is part of an overall “war on women.”
Most recently, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who will face [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Supreme Court Decides Neither Employees nor Employers Have a Right to Cross Examine State Appointed Physician in Worker’s Compensation Cases</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/05/15/wisconsin-supreme-court-decides-neither-employees-nor-employers-have-a-right-to-cross-examine-state-appointed-physician-in-worker%e2%80%99s-compensation-cases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/05/15/wisconsin-supreme-court-decides-neither-employees-nor-employers-have-a-right-to-cross-examine-state-appointed-physician-in-worker%e2%80%99s-compensation-cases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Supreme Court last week issued a little noticed decision (Aurora Consolidated Health Care v. Labor &#38; Industry Review Commission, 2012 WI 49) involving worker’s compensation that could negatively affect Wisconsin’s employers.
In a 5-1 decision – authored by Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, joined by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, and Justices Patrick Crooks, Annette Ziegler [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Issues Split Decision Expanding Liability of Physicians</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/04/17/supreme-court-issues-split-decision-expanding-liability-of-physicians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/04/17/supreme-court-issues-split-decision-expanding-liability-of-physicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical Malpractice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 17, issued a split decision which greatly expands the liability of physicians in medical liability cases. The case involved the scope of a physician&#8217;s duty to inform a patient, often referred to as &#8220;informed consent.&#8221;
The three-Justice majority decision was authored by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, joined by Justice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opponents of SB 202 Continue to Receive False Ratings for Misstatements of the Law</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/04/10/opponents-of-sb-202-continue-to-receive-false-ratings-for-misstatements-of-the-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/04/10/opponents-of-sb-202-continue-to-receive-false-ratings-for-misstatements-of-the-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opponents of Senate Bill 202 (2011 Wisconsin Act 219), which repeals punitive and compensatory damages under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, continue to make claims that the law has taken away employees’ rights to sue for employment discrimination.
For the second time, PolitiFact (which is part of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) has determined that this argument [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation Repealing Punitive and Compensatory Damages under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act Officially Becomes Law</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/04/06/legislation-repealing-punitive-and-compensatory-damages-under-the-wisconsin-fair-employment-act-officially-becomes-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/04/06/legislation-repealing-punitive-and-compensatory-damages-under-the-wisconsin-fair-employment-act-officially-becomes-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tort Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a victory for Wisconsin businesses, Gov. Scott Walker signed into law Senate Bill 202, which repeals punitive and compensatory damages under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act.
In 2009, Gov. Jim Doyle signed into law 2009 Wisconsin Act 20, which for the first time imposed punitive and compensatory damages in discrimination cases under the Wisconsin Fair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Providing Immunity to School Boards for Recreational Activities and Immunity for Volunteers Signed into Law</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/04/05/bill-providing-immunity-to-school-boards-for-recreational-activities-and-immunity-for-volunteers-signed-into-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/04/05/bill-providing-immunity-to-school-boards-for-recreational-activities-and-immunity-for-volunteers-signed-into-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The same day he signed the Ski Hill Liability Protection legislation, Gov. Scott Walker also signed into law 2011 Wis. Act 162, which provides immunity from liability to schools for a death or injury that occurs on school grounds when the death or injury results from a recreational activity held on the school grounds pursuant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Signs Ski Hill Liability Protection Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/04/05/governor-signs-ski-hill-liability-protection-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/04/05/governor-signs-ski-hill-liability-protection-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, April 2, Gov. Scott Walker signed into law 2011 Wis. Act 199, which expands the “assumption of risk” doctrine to protect ski operators who follow certain safety protocols from lawsuits.
The assumption of risk doctrine provides that when an individual engages in a potentially dangerous activity, that person does so with the knowledge that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules that Default Judgment Was Void Due to Plaintiff’s Failure to Name Proper Corporate Defendant</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/03/27/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-that-default-judgment-was-void-due-to-plaintiff%e2%80%99s-failure-to-name-proper-corporate-defendant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/03/27/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-that-default-judgment-was-void-due-to-plaintiff%e2%80%99s-failure-to-name-proper-corporate-defendant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Supreme Court today issued its decision in  Johnson v. Cintas Corp. No. 2, et al., 2012 WI 31, which is the latest in a number of recent cases accepted by the Court dealing with default judgments. (Oral arguments can be viewed on WisconsinEye.)
The issue is in the case was whether a default judgment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Current and Former Justices Discuss Judicial Turmoil</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/03/22/current-and-former-justices-discuss-judicial-turmoil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/03/22/current-and-former-justices-discuss-judicial-turmoil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Supreme Court has been in the news lately, not for its opinions, but for its inner workings and interpersonal conflicts. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices Janine Geske and Jon Wilcox were recent guests on Wisconsin Eye’s Legally Speaking, where they offered their opinions on many issues facing the courts. Current Justice Michael Gableman [...]]]></description>
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