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MAYNARD v. CITY OF MADISON

No. 80-210.

101 Wis.2d 273 (1981)

304 N.W.2d 163

Julie MAYNARD, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CITY OF MADISON, David Couper, James Scrivner and American Home Assurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants there was a brief by Schlothauer, Johnson, Mohs, McDonald & Widder of Madison, and Henry A. Gempeler, city attorney, and Robert E. Olsen, assistant city attorney, and oral argument by Robert E. Olsen, assistant city attorney.

For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief by Carroll Metzner and Bell, Metzner & Gierhart, S.C. of Madison, and oral argument by Carroll Metzner.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Bablitch, J. and Dykman, J.

GARTZKE, P.J.

Defendants appeal from a judgment on a special verdict which found the City of Madison, Police Chief Couper and Police Captain Scrivner negligent as to maintaining the confidentiality of plaintiff's identity as a paid police informer, and awarded plaintiff $21,800 damages. We affirm the judgment as to the city and reverse the judgment as to defendants Couper and Scrivner.

The facts are largely undisputed. Plaintiff became a paid informer for...

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