Municipal Law Newsletter
May/June 2017 Issue
Brian P. Goodman, Julia Potter | 06.01.17
Articles in this issue
Supreme Court Finds Private Contractor Immune from Liability as Agent of Governmental Entity
In its recent decision in Melchert v. Pro Electric Contractors, 2017 WI 30 (April 7, 2017), the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that a privately owned…
Wisconsin Supreme Court Clarifies Substantial Fault Standard for Unemployment Benefits
Brian P. Goodman
On May 4, 2017, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that an employee who committed eight cash-handling errors over the course of 80,000 transactions was not…This newsletter is published and distributed for informational pur-
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