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BELL v. COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 84-2171.

134 Wis.2d 25 (1986)

396 N.W.2d 328

Bernard W. BELL and Sandra Bell, Plaintiffs, Kenneth J. DUNLAP, Guardian ad Litem for Minor Children, Stacey Lea Bell, Kimberly Ann Bell and Barbara Lynn Bell, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners, v. COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE, a municipal corporation, Impleaded Plaintiff-Respondent, COUNTY OF FOND DU LAC, a municipal corporation, Mollie E. Lookatch, Personal Representative of the Estate of Bernard R. Lookatch, P.E., Deceased, District Chief Maintenance Engineer, Transportation District No. 2. of the State of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Power and Light Company, Adela Benson, Douglas S. Young and Florence Taylor Young, Defendants-Respondents, WISCONSIN POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, a domestic corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, Ronald E. HOLUP, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants-petitioners there were briefs by George P. Kersten, Ann L. Muchin, Kenneth J. Dunlap and Dunlap & Cybulski, Milwaukee, Kersten & McKinnon, Milwaukee, of counsel, and oral argument by Ms. Muchin.

For the defendants-respondents, County of Fond du Lac and Wisconsin Power and Light Company, there was a joint brief by Daniel R. Riordan, Nancy J. Meissner and Riordan, Crivello, Carlson, Mentkowski & Henderson, Milwaukee, and James C. Herrick, Bruce A. Schultz, Paul W. Schwarzenbart and Brynelson, Herrick, Bucaida, Dorschel & Armstrong, Madison, and oral argument by Ms. Meissner and Mr. Schwarzenbart.

DAY, J.

This is a review of an order of the court of appeals, summarily affirming an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee County, Honorable Elliot N. Walstead, Circuit Judge, granting defendants' motions for summary judgment on Stacey Lea, Kimberly Ann and Barbara Lynn Bell's claim for loss of society and companionship arising from negligent injury to their father, Bernard W. Bell. The issue on review is whether this Court's decision in Theama v. City of Kenosha...

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