CLE Books updates Governmental Claims & Immunities Handbook, a ‘must have’ for plaintiff and government attorneys
Do you know your way around the world of governmental tort litigation? If not, then you need the 2008 edition of the Wisconsin Governmental Claims & Immunities Handbook. With it, you will be able to identify sovereign, governmental, and discretionary immunity. You will learn to distinguish between absolute immunity and qualified immunity. You will never again be caught unaware by the notice requirements that are prerequisite to filing suit against the state. You will no longer be lost when venturing into the realm of claims against the federal government.
Written by seasoned governmental law practitioners and updated with the latest case law and statutory changes, the second edition of the handbook includes chapters on sovereign, governmental, and discretionary immunity; absolute and qualified immunity; local governmental immunity; recreational immunity; notice procedures; and the Federal Tort Claims Act. The handbook’s thorough table of cases, table of statutes, and index enhance its usefulness. In addition, this book is the first to compile all the relevant governmental immunity statutes, both state and federal, in one handy resource.
Required reading for both plaintiffs’ attorneys and government attorneys alike, the 2008 edition of the Wisconsin Governmental Claims & Immunities Handbook is an essential resource for anyone dealing with a claim against a governmental entity.
The authors are Joseph P. Guidote Jr., Appleton; Charles Hoornstra and Jennifer Sloan Lattis, both of Madison; and Rudolph M. Konrad, Jan A. Smokowicz, and John M. Vandlik, all of Milwaukee.
The book is available for $39 to members and $49 to nonmembers, plus tax and shipping. Subscribers to the State Bar’s automatic supplementation service will receive future updates at a 10 percent discount off the regular price.
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