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AB 183
Colon
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Tax Modification for Jury Service
Summary: In determining Wisconsin adjusted gross income (AGI), an
individual called for jury duty may subtract from federal AGI $125 for each day
that the individual appears before the court for jury duty and, if selected as a
juror, for each day of his or her service on a jury.
Status: Introduced Mar. 19, 2007; Referred to Corrections and Courts; |
AB 147
Kramer
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Product Liability
Summary: Establishes the criteria to determine if a product manufacturer,
distributor, or seller is liable to a person injured by the manufactured product
based on a claim of strict liability.
Status: Introduced Mar. 5, 2007; Referred to Judiciary and Ethics; |
AB 128
Honadel
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Litigation Reform
Summary: This bill provides that a manufacturer, distributor, seller, or
promoter of a product generally may be held liable for damages only if the
injured party proves, in addition to the causation, damages, and other elements
of the claim, that the specific product that caused the injury was manufactured,
distributed, sold, or promoted by the defendant.
Status: Introduced Mar. 5, 2007; Referred to Judiciary and Ethics; |
AB 121 Support
Suder
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Expert Opinion Evidence
Summary: Establishes standards for experts and expert testimony.
Status: Introduced Feb. 22; Referred to Corrections and Courts; Public
hearing held Mar. 8; |
AB 53 Support
Gielow
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Condolence as Evidence of
Liability
Summary: Expression of condolence by health care provider is not
admissible as evidence of liability in civil action against provider.
Status: Introduced Jan. 30; Referred to Judiciary and Ethics; |
AB 38
Monitor
Owens
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Driver Distraction and Liability
Summary: Requires DOT to report whether a cell phone was being used by a
driver at the time of an accident. This bill also creates a new traffic offense.
If a driver is primarily at fault for causing an accident and use of a cell
phone contributed to causing the accident, the person is subject to various
penalties and may be required to pay restitution for any loss suffered because
of the accident. The bill creates a rebuttable presumption that using a cell
phone at the time of an accident contributed to the accident.
Status: Introduced Jan. 30, 2007;
Referred to Transportation; |
AB 14
Monitor
Schneider
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Admissibility of Digitally
Produced Media
Summary: Allows the introduction of digital photograph, film, motion
picture, audio, or video for purposes of proving content only if that content
has not been altered and is in a format that includes bits representing a
watermark scattered within the file in such a way that they cannot be identified
or manipulated and that shows that the digital representation has not be altered
from its original representation..
Status: Introduced Jan. 12, 2007;
Referred to Judiciary and Ethics; |
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Senate Bills |
SB 85
Grothman
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Damages for Frivolous Claims
Summary: Under this bill, in civil actions, a party or his or her
attorney is subject to damages for actions done solely for the purpose of
harassing or maliciously injuring another knowing there was no reasonable basis
in law for the conduct or no good faith argument for an extension, modification,
or reversal of the law.
Status:
Introduced Mar. 8, 2007; Referred to Judiciary and Corrections; |
SB 61
Kanavas
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Litigation Reform - Risk
Contribution
Summary: This bill provides that a manufacturer, distributor, seller, or
promoter of a product generally may be held liable for damages only if the
injured party proves, in addition to the causation, damages, and other elements
of the claim, that the specific product that caused the injury was manufactured,
distributed, sold, or promoted by the defendant.
Status:
Introduced Feb. 21, 2007; Referred to Judiciary and Corrections; |
SB 60
Support
Kanavas
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Evidence of Lay and Expert
Witnesses
Summary: This bill adds that facts or data that are otherwise
inadmissible may not be disclosed to the jury unless the court determines that
their value in assisting the jury to evaluate the expert’s testimony outweighs
their prejudicial effect.
Status:
Introduced Feb. 21, 2007; Referred to Judiciary and Corrections; |
SB 59
Support
Kanavas
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Product Liability
Summary: Establishes the criteria to determine if a product manufacturer,
distributor, or seller is liable to a person injured by the manufactured product
based on a claim of strict liability.
Summary:
Status:
Introduced Feb. 21, 2007; Referred to Judiciary and Corrections; |
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Put
state on camera (opinion): Madison Capital Times, Feb. 20, 2007.
Wisconsin has been slow to recognize the full potential that this state
has as a setting for movies, television programs and advertising
vehicles. |
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