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BURNS v. GERES

No. 86-0985.

140 Wis.2d 197 (1987)

409 N.W.2d 428

Ronald S. BURNS, Plaintiff-Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. Conrad F. GERES, Jr., and The Northwestern National Casualty Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants and cross-respondents, there were briefs filed by Eric J. Van Vugt and Michael J. Collard of Minahan & Peterson, S.C. of Milwaukee on behalf of Conrad F. Geres, Jr., and by Terry E. Johnson of Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C. of Milwaukee on behalf of Northwestern National Casualty Company. Oral argument by Eric J. Van Vugt and Terry E. Johnson.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent and crossappellant, there were briefs filed by Robert H. Bichler and Timothy J. Pruitt of Thompson & Coates, Ltd. of Racine. Oral argument by Robert H. Bichler.

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

SCOTT, C.J.

Conrad F. Geres, Jr. (Geres) and The Northwestern National Casualty Insurance Company (Northwestern) appeal a jury verdict in favor of Ronald S. Burns (Burns) in the amount of $71,900 in compensatory damages and $130,000 as punitive damages. Geres and Northwestern contend that the trial court erred when it applied Wisconsin law instead of Arizona law to a slip and fall case upon which a legal malpractice case was premised. In addition, Northwestern

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