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KEHL v. ECONOMY FIRE & CASUALTY CO.

No. 88-0144.

147 Wis.2d 531 (1988)

433 N.W.2d 279

Diane KEHL, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ECONOMY FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, a foreign corporation, and Jayne M. Milkie, Defendants-Appellants, BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD UNITED OF WISCONSIN, a domestic corporation, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For defendants-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Capwell, Berthelsen, Nolden, Casanova, Pitts & Kallenbach, Ltd., by David J. Nolden and Rose M. Goeb of Racine.

For plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of O'Connor & Willems, S.C., by Robert I. DuMez of Milwaukee.

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

FINE, J.

Economy Fire & Casualty Company and its insured, Jayne M. Milkie, appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding punitive damages. The specific question presented by this appeal is one of first impression in this state: Can punitive damages be awarded for conduct that, though related to the transaction underlying a plaintiff's recovery for actual damages, did not cause or contribute to the plaintiff...

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