Tort Law
Damages
- WI Claims Board
Considers claims for money damages against Wisconsin state agencies. Includes claim forms and instructions. Recent decisions available.
The Law
The Wisconsin Statutes contain numerous references to damages. Examples of possible word or phrase searches include: damages ; treble damages ; double damages ; exemplary damages ; punitive damages ; damages limitation ; noneconomic damages
The Wisconsin Administrative Code also contains numerous references to damages. Example of a possible word search: damages
Remember: Additional laws, regulations & opinions may also contain relevant information about damages.
Personal Injury
- ABA
Family Legal Guide: Personal Injury (American Bar Association)
Claims due to negligence; automobile accidents; injuries at your home, property or others' property; emotional distress; medical malpractice; product liability; intentional wrongs; etc. - Illustrative Forms
of Class Action Notices (Federal Judicial Center)
Examples which illustrate how attorneys and judges might comply with a change to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(c)(2)(B). - Keeping the Pressure on in Litigation Cases (Legal Assistant Today, 2007)
Information and "practice-tested forms".
- Personal Injury: Answering Your Legal Questions (State Bar of WI)
- Traffic Accidents
- Forms
- Notice of Injury and Claim (WI Dept. of Justice)
Claims against state employees for injury, damage or death.
- Notice of Injury and Claim (WI Dept. of Justice)
The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
- WI Statutes: ch. 895 "Damages, Liability, and Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Actions in Courts"
- WI Constitution: Art. I, sec. 9 "Remedy for Wrongs"
- U.S. Code: 28 USC 2671-2680 "Tort Claims Procedure"
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Products Liability
- Manual for Complex Litigation 4th ed.
Approaches trial judges have found helpful in managing class actions and mass torts. - Products Liability: A Legal Overview (Congressional Research Service, 2005)
The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
- WI Statutes: s. 100.42 "Product Safety"
- WI Statutes: s. 426.110 "Class Actions; Injunctions; Declaratory Relief"
- WI Statutes: s. 803.03 "Joinder of Persons Needed for Just and Complete Adjudication"
- WI Statutes: s. 803.08 "Class Actions"
- WI Statutes: s. 895.045 "Contributory Negligence"
- U.S. Code: 15 USC 2301-2312 "Consumer Product Warranties"
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Related Topics
- Civil Law & Procedure
- Consumer Complaints
- Consumer Protection
- Contract Law
- Evidence
- Insurance Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Legal Assistance
- Traffic Accidents
- Victims & Witnesses
Law Review Articles
- Causal Nexus Doctrine: a Further Limitation on the Employer's ADA Duty of Reasonable Accomodation in the Seventh Circuit
Marquette L. Rev. 91:3 (Spring 2008) - Fighting City Hall: Municipal Immunity in Wisconsin
73 Wis Lawyer 12 (Dec 2000) - New Era: Products Liability Law in Wisconsin
84 Wis Lawyer 7 (July 2011) - Out of the Dark: an Emergence of Toxic Mold Litigation
75 Wis Lawyer 3 (Mar 2002) - Reaffirming Strict Liability for Product Design Cases
Trial 44:11 (Nov 2008) - Reining in Municipalities: How to Tame the Municipal Immunity Monster
Wis. L. Rev. 2004:6 (Nov-Dec 2004) - Tort Reform in America: Abrogating the Collateral Source Rule Across the States
Defense Counsel Jnl 75:4 (Oct 2008) - Wisconsin Caps on Noneconomic Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases
Marquette L. Rev. 89:3 (Spring 2006)
Library Resources
- Civil Procedure Forms
- Elements of an Action
- Handling motor vehicle accident cases
- Handling the Auto Injury Claim
- Tort Actions & Civil Damages
- Toxic Tort Litigation
- Virtual Law: Navigating the Legal Landscape of Virtual Worlds
- Wisconsin Civil Litigation Forms Manual
- Wisconsin Governmental Claims and Immunities Handbook
Journals & Legal Databases
- HeinOnline
- Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation
- Litigation
- Personal Injury Law Journal
- Review of Litigation
- Tort & Insurance Law Journal
- Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal