OHIO CASUALTY INS. CO. v. NAUTH


5 Wis.2d 518 (1958)

OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent, v. NAUTH and another, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Dougherty, Ryan & Campbell, and oral argument by James E. Brennan, all of Janesville.

For the respondent there was a brief by Regez & Johnson of Monroe. and oral argument by Herbert T. Johnson.


CURRIE, J.

In Wm. H. Heinemann Creameries v. Milwaukee Automobile Ins. Co. (1955), 270 Wis. 443, 452a, 71 N.W.2d 395, 72 N.W.2d 102, this court held:

"... where A and B are parties to an accident, and B makes a compromise settlement of A's claim for his damages arising from such accident, B is estopped from later asserting a claim for his own damages arising from such accident...

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