NORTHWESTERN NAT. INS. CO. v. NEMETZ

No. 85-1762.

135 Wis.2d 245 (1986)

400 N.W.2d 33

NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, v. Walter A. NEMETZ, Hazel M. Nemetz, Defendants, AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE CO.,Defendant-Co-Appellant and Cross-Respondent, GERMANTOWN MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellant, Evelyn M. NELSON and Robert Nelson, d/b/a Nelson's Grocery, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents and Cross-Appellants, CRANDON INSURANCE CENTER, Third-Party Defendant, UTICA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., Third-Party Defendant and Cross-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For defendant-appellant, Germantown Mutual Insurance Co., there were briefs and oral argument by Dennis J. Verhaagh of Green Bay.

For defendant-co-appellant and cross-respondent, Auto-Owners Insurance Co., there were briefs and oral argument by Michael G. Grzeca of Everson, Whitney, Everson & Brehn, S.C. of Green Bay.

For defendants-third-party plaintiffs-respondents and cross-appellants, Evelyn M. Nelson, Robert Nelson, d/b/a Nelson's Grocery, a brief was submitted by Ronald S. Aplin of Johnson, Weis, Paulson & Priebe, S.C. of Rhinelander. Oral Argument by D.J. Weis.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.


CANE, P.J.

Germantown Mutual Insurance Company and Auto-Owners Insurance Company appeal a judgment awarding damages to Evelyn and Robert Nelson. Germantown and Auto-Owners contend that the trial court erred by construing their property insurance policies to afford liability coverage to Hazel Nemetz, whose husband, Walter, allegedly intended or expected the burning of a structure occupied by the Nemetzes' tavern and the Nelsons' adjoining hardware store. Auto-Owners...

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