BROWN v. MAXEY

No. 83-2325.

124 Wis.2d 426 (1985)

369 N.W.2d 677

J.T. BROWN, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Louis MAXEY, d/b/a Apollo Village, and State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there was a brief by Michael J. Donovan, Charles J. Hausmann and Hausmann, McNally & Hupy, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Donovan.

For the defendants-appellants there was a brief by Richard H. Schulz and Schulz & Schapekahm, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Richard H. Schulz.


LOUIS J. CECI, J.

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals filed on October 25, 1984, affirming in part and reversing in part a judgment and order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, David V. Jennings, Jr., circuit judge. The court of appeals affirmed the jury's award for compensatory damages but reversed the award of $200,000 in punitive damages. After reviewing the history of punitive...

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