WHITE v. GENERAL CAS. CO. OF WISCONSIN

No. 83-303.

118 Wis.2d 433 (1984)

348 N.W.2d 614

James WHITE, Cindy White, Jennifer White, a minor, and Julie White, a minor, by their Guardian ad Litem, Michael J. Donovan, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Respondents, v. GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN, a domestic corporation, Lisa M. Kowalski and Jerome Kowalski, Defendants-Respondents and Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants and cross-respondents, there were briefs by Michael J. Donovan and Mark Schroeder of Hausmann, McNally & Hupy, S.C. of Milwaukee. Oral argument by Michael J. Donovan.

For the defendants-respondents and cross-appellants, there was a brief and oral argument by James R. Sommers of Hunter & Sommers of Waukesha.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.


SCOTT, C.J.

The Whites appeal from that part of a judgment denying them additional interest and double costs. The primary issue before us is whether sec. 807.01 (3) and (4), Stats.,1 applies to a joint settlement offer made on behalf of individual family members in a personal injury lawsuit. We hold that the additional interest and double costs provisions of this statute do not apply to a joint...

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