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PEIFFER v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 109.

51 Wis.2d 329 (1971)

187 N.W.2d 182

PEIFFER, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by O'Meara & O'Meara of West Bend, and oral argument by Stephen O'Meara.

For the respondent there was a brief by Fulton, Menn & Nehs, attorneys, and Peter S. Nelson of counsel, all of Appleton, and oral argument by Mr. Nelson.

ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

Analysis of the impact of the partial settlement and release upon the rights and liabilities of the parties litigant begins with the Bielski Case,1 where this court held that, in the establishment of contribution rights between joint tort-feasors, damages were to be ratably allocated in proportion to the percentage of causal negligence attributable to each joint tort-feasor. Before Bielski, the percentage...

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