FAB attorneys Thomas C. Lenz, James P. End, and Bryn I. Baker recently settled a wrongful death civil rights lawsuit in the Eastern District of Wisconsin for $1.5 million against a Wisconsin state employee who worked at a Wisconsin long term care facility. The plaintiff in the case was the estate of an incompetent adult with a seizure disorder who drowned after he had been left alone in a bathtub.

FAB attorneys James P. End, Alexa C. Bradley, and Bryn I. Baker recently settled a 4th amendment excessive force claim against the City of Waukesha after several police officers clubbed, tased, and punched an unarmed intoxicated man.

FAB attorneys represented many tort and personal injury victims in 2017-20, including intersection automobile injury cases, rear-end car accident cases, dog bite cases, insurance bad faith claims, civil theft, and disability insurance matters. Settlement value is particularized to individual cases and depends on many factors. Some of the cases settled for hundreds of thousands of dollars or in excess of one million dollars, but FAB also represents injured people even when the value of the case is more modest.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, and Alexa C. Bradley settled a wrongful death federal court civil lawsuit for $6.75 million in 2019 for the death of an inmate at the Milwaukee County Jail. The settlement was the largest known prison death settlement ever in Wisconsin and was the subject of national and international news coverage.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht and James P. End represented an employee in an Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Title VII discrimination and retaliation case which resolved in 2019.

FAB attorneys James P. End and Bryn I. Baker resolved a Fourth Amendment unlawful detention and excessive force claim against a local law enforcement agency in 2019. Attorneys End and Baker also resolved a related state Open Records dispute simultaneously.

FAB attorneys Thomas C. Lenz, Christopher G. Meadows, and Bryn I. Baker successfully resolved an inmate excessive force claim against the State of Wisconsin in 2018.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, Thomas C. Lenz, and Alexa C. Bradley resolved a Fourth Amendment claim against a local law enforcement agency in 2018.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, Thomas C. Lenz, and Alexa C. Bradley successfully resolved a prison sexual assault claim in 2018.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, Thomas C. Lenz, and Alexa C. Bradley successfully settled a prison lack of medical care and wrongful death case against State of Wisconsin prison officials in 2017.

FAB attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, Thomas C. Lenz resolved a prison lack of medical care and wrongful death case against a jail in Southeastern Wisconsin in 2017.

FAB Attorney Thomas C. Lenz won a conviction record discrimination case in front of the Equal Rights Division (ERD) for a client who was terminated from employment because of his conviction record. The Administrative Law Judge ordered the employer to re-hire the client and was ordered to pay over $160,000 in back pay, back benefits, attorney’s fees, and interest.

FAB Attorney Robert H. Blondis recovered in excess of $200,000 for an elderly worker at a restaurant who suffered a foot injury when a piece of metal fell off of a walk-in cooler and struck her. The restaurant insurance company refused to make any payments until FAB became involved. Part of the award to the client was a penalty against the insurance company for “bad faith.”

A jury awarded past and future medical bills and past and future pain and suffering to a client represented by FAB Attorney James P. End.  The judgment totaled more than three times the amount that the insurance company had offered to settle the case before trial.

FAB Attorney James P. End settled a claim against a Wisconsin municipality for a police officer’s unlawful search and seizure and an unlawful arrest while using excessive force.  The Fourth Amendment prohibits police officers from entering a home without a warrant, absent narrow exceptions.  Police officers also must not use excessive force when seizing or arresting an individual.  The case was resolved without litigation for $130,000 as a result of successful settlement negotiations.

FAB Attorney James P. End, with David C. Bangert as co-counsel, settled a personal injury case for $2.5 million dollars in January 2014.

FAB Attorney Robert H. Blondis, with James Galanis as co-counsel, settled a worker’s compensation claim for $250,000, in addition to all of the injury-related medical expenses, in January 2014. Robert Blondis has successfully represented a significant number of workers who have suffered both physical and emotional injuries in the workplace.

FAB Attorney Robert H. Blondis recovered compensation from the Wisconsin Work Injury Supplemental Benefit Fund for an worker who suffered a knee injury more than twelve years ago. The Wisconsin Work Injury Supplemental Benefit Fund is a state fund that pays worker’s compensation benefits to individuals or dependents under certain limited circumstances, including when certain meritorious claims are barred by the statute of limitations.

FAB Attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht and Thomas C. Lenz reached a significant settlement of a custodial medical care claim.

James P. End resolved a worker’s compensation shoulder injury case for $125,000 in April 2014.

On February 13, 2013, FAB Attorney Thomas C. Lenz won a conviction record discrimination case before the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division. As a result, FAB’s client was awarded back pay, interest, attorney’s fees, case costs, and injunctive relief. The award totaled over $75,000. Subject to some exceptions, Wisconsin law prohibits arrest and conviction record employment discrimination. Information about the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act is found on the Department of Workforce Development website. Arrest and conviction record discrimination may also violate federal law prohibiting race and national origin employment discrimination, as discussed here by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In 2012, FAB Attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, James P. End, and Thomas C. Lenz settled multiple sexual assault civil rights claims against State of Wisconsin correctional officials totalling almost $1 million dollars. Some of these claims were resolved without litigation as a result of successful negotiations with the Department of Justice.

FAB Attorneys Lawrence G. Albrecht, Jim End, and Thomas C. Lenz won a $1 million dollar jury verdict against Racine County, its former Sheriff, and a Deputy Sheriff on February 2, 2012. The case was tried before Judge Lynn Adelman in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. FAB represented the estate of an inmate who died of a heart attack while serving a twenty-day sentence at the Racine County Jail. During his incarceration, Racine County Jail failed to provide necessary medication for his known heart condition. An eight-person jury found that Racine County, its former Sheriff, and a Deputy Sheriff violated the Eighth Amendment by acting deliberately indifferent to the inmate’s serious medical needs. The jury also assessed punitive damages against the individual defendants after finding that they acted in reckless disregard of the inmate’s rights. After trial, the Racine County defendants were ordered to pay an additional $354,000 in attorneys fees and $22,000 in costs.