SANDS v. MENARD

Nos. 2012AP2377, 2015AP870.

887 N.W.2d 94 (2016)

2016 WI App 76

Debra K. SANDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John R. MENARD, Jr., Menard, Inc., Menard Thoroughbreds, Inc., Webster Hart as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr.2002 Trust and Related Trusts, Angela L. Bowe as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr.2002 Trust and Related Trusts and Alphons Pitterle as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr.2002 Trust and Related Trusts, Defendants-Respondents, Midwest Manufacturing Co., Wood Ecology Inc., Countertops Inc., Team Menard Inc., Menard Engine Group, Menard Competition Technologies LTD, MC Technologies Inc., Menard Engineering LTD, UltraMotive LTD and Merchant Capital LLC, Defendants. Debra K. Sands, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Respondent, v. John R. Menard, Jr., Menard, Inc., and Menard Thoroughbreds, Inc., Defendants-Respondents-Cross-Appellants, Webster Hart as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr.2002 Trust and Related Trusts, Angela L. Bowe as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr.2002 Trust and Related Trusts, Alphons Pitterle as Trustee of the John R. Menard, Jr.2002 Trust and Related Trusts, Midwest Manufacturing Co., Wood Ecology Inc., Countertops Inc., Team Menard Inc., Menard Engine Group, Menard Competition Technologies LTD, MC Technologies Inc., Menard Engineering LTD, UltraMotive LTD and Merchant Capital LLC, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed September 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant-cross-respondent the cause was submitted on the combined briefs of Charles K. Maier , Daniel R. Shulman and Richard C. Landon of Gray , Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, and Mel C. Orchard, III of The Spence Law Firm, LLC, Jackson, WY.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, Webster Hart , Angela L. Bowe and Alphons Pitterle , the cause was submitted on the briefs of Todd Wind of Fredrikson & Byron, PA. of Minneapolis MN, and G. Richard White of Weld Riley, S.C., Eau Claire.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents-cross-appellants, the cause was submitted on the combined brief of Michael D. Freeborn , Brian P. Norton and Andrew C. Nordahl of Freeborn & Peterson, LLP, Chicago, IL, and G. Richard White of Weld Riley, S.C. of Eau Claire.

Before STARK, P.J., HRUZ and SEIDL, JJ.


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