Attorney Timothy S. Jacobson's Legal Cases

Environmental and natural resources

Krueger v. AllEnergy Hixton, LLC, 2018 WI App 60, 918 N.W.2d 458 (2018).

Aug 09, 2018

OUTCOME: Case resulted in a published Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision confirming the viability of anticipatory nuisance claims in the context of frac sand mining facilities adjacent to residential properties.

Residential homeowners sued AllEnergy Hixton, LLC, under the legal theory of anticipatory nuisance relating to a proposed frac sand mine. AllEnergy filed a motion to dismiss, contending that Wisconsin ... case law on that issue no longer recognized such a claim.

Environmental and natural resources

In re StarLink Corn Products Liability Litigation (Kramer et al. v. Aventis CropScience USA Holdings, Inc.

Apr 07, 2003

OUTCOME: The federal district court in Chicago approved a $110,000,000 settlement in favor of the plaintiff farmers.

Class action / federal court Multi-District Litigation by commercial corn producers against Aventis as a result of damages sustained as a result of the sale or distribution of StarLink corn seeds (a ge ... netically-modified organism a/k/a "Frankenfood") by Aventis.

Employment and labor

Clements v. Gamblers Supply Management Company, 610 N.W.2d 847 (Iowa 2000).

Apr 26, 2000

OUTCOME: The employees obtained victory before the Iowa Supreme Court and defeated the employer's petition for certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court.

In this admiralty/employment law situation, two employees who held U.S. Coast Guard "master's licenses" (captain's licenses) had their employment terminated. They sued their former employer for wrongfu ... l termination, alleging that their terminations were due to refusals to violate the law.

Personal injury

Broadhead v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 217 Wis. 2d 231, 579 N.W.2d 761 (Ct. App. 1998).

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OUTCOME: Jury verdict in favor of the injured person was upheld on appeal.

Jacobson represented the injured plaintiff, Ms. Brodhead, in the appeal of a personal injury verdict against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. State farm appealed a judgment awarding Broa ... dhead damages and costs for personal injuries she sustained as a result of an automobile accident with State Farm's insured. State Farm claimed the trial court erred when it refused to permit a former juror in the case to testify as a witness. State Farm also cited as error the admission, as "learned treatises" under § 908.03(18), STATS., of excerpts from two medical journals. The Wisconsin Court of Appeals concluded that the trial court did not erroneously exercise its discretion when it refused to allow the former juror to testify. The court also concluded that the admission of the medical journal excerpts as "learned treatises" was error, but that the error was harmless. Accordingly, the Court of Appeals affirmed the circuit court judgment.

Timothy S. Jacobson's Legal Cases (4)

Krueger v. AllEnergy Hixton, LLC, 2018 WI App 60, 918 N.W.2d 458 (2018).

In re StarLink Corn Products Liability Litigation (Kramer et al. v. Aventis CropScience USA Holdings, Inc.

Clements v. Gamblers Supply Management Company, 610 N.W.2d 847 (Iowa 2000).

Broadhead v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 217 Wis. 2d 231, 579 N.W.2d 761 (Ct. App. 1998).