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MERACLE v. CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOC.

No. 87-0457.

143 Wis.2d 476 (1988)

421 N.W.2d 856

Quentin MERACLE and Nancy Meracle, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, a Wisconsin corporation and American Home Assurance Co., a foreign corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided February 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Habush, Habush & Davis, S.C., by Charles F. Stierman and Virginia M. Antoine, of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Frisch, Dudek and Slattery, Ltd., by Stephen P. Juech and Jay R. Starrett, of Milwaukee.

Before Moser, P.J., Wedemeyer and Sullivan, JJ.

MOSER, P.J.

Quentin and Nancy Meracle (the Meracles) appeal from a summary judgment granted to Children's Service Society of Wisconsin (CSS) and its insurer, American Home Assurance Company, dismissing the Meracles' cause of action because it was time barred under sec. 895.54(1), Stats.1 We reverse.

In September 1978, the Meracles applied with CSS, an adoption agency, seeking to adopt a child. The Meracles specifically requested...

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