HARTFORD ELEVATOR, INC. v. LAUER

No. 77-340.

94 Wis.2d 571 (1980)

289 N.W.2d 280

HARTFORD ELEVATOR, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LAUER, and wife, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Charles O'Meara and O'Meara, O'Meara & Eckert of West Bend.


SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.

The question on appeal is whether an employer can recover from an employee, in addition to damages for misappropriation, all compensation paid to the employee during that period of employment in which the employee misappropriated funds belonging to the employer. The trial court awarded the employer $45,252.34, which was the entire salary and bonuses paid to the employee during the period in question. We reverse the judgment and remand the...

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