TAHTINEN v. MSI INS. CO.

No. 83-954.

122 Wis.2d 158 (1985)

361 N.W.2d 673

Rudolph TAHTINEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MSI INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Steven J. Ledin, David M. Weiby and Davis, Witkin, Weiby, Maki & Durst, S.C., Superior, and oral argument by Mr. Ledin.

For the plaintiff-appellant there was a brief by Daniel D. Hannula and Ashley & Hannula, Superior, and oral argument by Daniel D. Hannula.

Amicus curiae briefs were filed by Steven J. Caulum, Thomas A. Lockyear and Bell, Metzner & Gierhart, S.C., Madison, for the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance; and, by William C. Gleisner III, David L. Nichols and Weiss, Steuer, Berzowski, Brady & Donahue, Milwaukee, for the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.


WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

MSI Insurance Company seeks review of a decision of the court of appeals which held that an insurer is required to stack1 coverage from each policy of uninsured motorist coverage it issues to the same insured even though each of the policies contains a reducing clause2 prohibiting stacking of coverage. We hold that the court of appeals correctly...

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