WAUKESHA COUNTY v. JOHNSON

Nos. 81-573, 81-826.

107 Wis.2d 155 (1982)

320 N.W.2d 1

WAUKESHA COUNTY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert and Martha JOHNSON, Defendants-Appellants. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Alberta BADE, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants the cause was submitted on the brief of John A. Hamell, Jr., and Mary Jan Rosenak of Rausch, Hamell, Ehrle & Sturm, S.C., of Milwaukee. [Case No. 81-573.]

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Terence P. Cahill, assistant corporation counsel. [Case No. 81-573.]

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Peter M. Donohue of Phillips & Bloch, S.C., of Milwaukee. [Case No. 81-826.]

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Stanley A. Miller, Milwaukee county institutions. [Case No. 81-826.]

Before Decker, C.J., Moser, P.J., and Randa, J.


MOSER, P.J.

We have consolidated these cases only for purposes of disposition of appeal pursuant to sec. 809.10(3), Stats. In each case, the trial court granted summary judgment to the county, finding that under sec. 49.651 the county was entitled to be reimbursed for medical assistance payments from the proceeds of an insurance settlement obtained by the defendant. We affirm.

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