KNUTSON v. MUELLER

Nos. 466, 467.

68 Wis.2d 199 (1975)

228 N. W. 2d 342

KNUTSON and wife, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. MUELLER, Executrix, and another, Defendants and Respondents: AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. RAJCHEL, Individually and as Special Administratrix, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MUELLER, Executrix, and others, Defendants and Respondents: AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Prosser, Wiedabach, Lane & Quale, S. C. of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Jack R. Wiedabach.

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief by Stewart G. Honeck, attorney, and Robert G. Blazek and Honeck, Mantyh & Arndt of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Stewart G. Honeck.


WILKIE, C. J.

Julius T. Mueller, founder, president, chairman of the board, and majority stockholder of the Mueller-Krus Corporation, was killed on July 22, 1970, when the 1968 Oldsmobile he was driving collided with a car driven by Elmer Knutson. Knutson was severely injured in the crash and his passenger, Paul J. Rajchel, was killed. Seeking total damages of $850,000, Knutson and his wife sued Mueller's estate, Mueller's personal liability insurer, Allstate Insurance...

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