BRUEGGEMAN v. CONTINENTAL CAS. CO.

No. 86-0333.

141 Wis.2d 406 (1987)

415 N.W.2d 531

Mary C. BRUEGGEMAN, Leonard E. Brueggeman, and Rose E. Brueggeman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, and Riverview Boat Lines, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided August 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joseph P. Schaeve and Ken Hur's Legal Clinic, of Madison.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Todd Becker and Coyne & Neiss Law Office, of Madison.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Eich, JJ.


EICH, J.

Mary Brueggeman appeals from a summary judgment dismissing her complaint against Riverview Boat Lines and its insurer, Continental Casualty Company. She was injured when she fell while walking on a path on property owned by Riverview when a tree root gave way under her feet. The trial court held that the hazard causing the injury was "open and obvious, and ... of purely natural origin," and absolved Riverview of...

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