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KEITHLEY v. KEITHLEY

No. 79-550.

95 Wis.2d 136 (1980)

289 N.W.2d 368

John H. KEITHLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dorothy B. KEITHLEY, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Tinkham, Smith, Bliss, Patterson, Richards & Hessert, of Wausau, and oral argument by Peter L. Hessert.

For the respondent there was a brief by Terwilliger, Wakeen, Piehler, Conway & Klingberg, S.C., of Wausau, and oral argument by Douglas J. Klingberg.

Before Donlin, P.J., Foley, J., and Dean, J.

FOLEY, J.

John and Dorothy Keithley are the divorced parents of Kenneth Keithley, a minor who was killed in an automobile accident. The Keithleys accepted $21,000 in settlement of their claim for Kenneth's death but could not agree on a division of the settlement proceeds. John started this action claiming he was entitled to 50% of the society and companionship and pecuniary loss as a matter of law. The trial court ruled that division should be based upon the actual...

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