TOWN OF FIFIELD v. STATE FARM INS. CO.

No. 82-1444.

119 Wis.2d 220 (1984)

349 N.W.2d 684

TOWN OF FIFIELD, a municipal and political corporation of Price County, Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance corporation, Elmer V. Halverson and Gary V. Halverson, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there was a brief (in court of appeals) by DeBardeleben & Snyder, Park Falls, and oral argument by Daniel F. Snyder.

For the defendants-appellants there were briefs (in court of appeals) by Douglas J. Klingberg, Richard W. Zalewski and Terwilliger, Wakeen, Piehler, Conway & Klingberg, S.C., Wausau, and oral argument by Douglas J. Klingberg.


HEFFERNAN, C.J.

This is a review of a court of appeals published decision1 which reversed a damages judgment of the circuit court for Price county, David A. Clapp, Circuit Judge. We reverse the court of appeals and reinstate the jury verdict and the circuit court judgment.

The Town of Fifield owned and maintained a bridge within the town boundaries which crossed a stream that separated one portion of the town from the rest.

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