AMERICAN FAM. MUT. INS. v. RECIPROCAL INS.

No. 82-616.

111 Wis.2d 308 (1983)

330 N.W.2d 223

AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RECIPROCAL INSURANCE SERVICE EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, Defendant, ADJUSTERS AUTO RENTAL OF WISCONSIN, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. and Robert R. Lippe, Third-Party Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of deVries, Vlasak & Schallert, S.C., by Stuart B. Eiche, of Milwaukee.

For the defendant and third-party plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Stanley H. Michelstetter II, of Milwaukee.

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


WEDEMEYER, J.

American Family Mutual Insurance Company (American Family) appeals from an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment against it and in favor of the defendant, Adjusters Auto Rental (Adjusters). We affirm the order of the trial court, because we determine that the phrase, "directly liable," found in sec. 344.51(2), Stats., does not make a lessor (in this case, Adjusters) liable to an insurer (American...

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