OETZMAN v. AHRENS

No. 87-1748.

145 Wis.2d 560 (1988)

427 N.W.2d 421

Gary OETZMAN, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. David M. AHRENS, Wisconsin Council 40, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, and Local 3148, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Bruce M. Davey of Lawton & Cates, S.C., of Madison.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Robert M. Hesslink, Jr., and Rick Lance Packard of Hesslink Law Offices, S.C., of Madison.

Before Dykman, Eich and Sundby, JJ.


EICH, J.

David M. Ahrens, Wisconsin Council 40 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and AFSCME Local 3148, AFL-CIO, appeal from an order denying their motion for summary judgment dismissing Gary Oetzman's defamation action against them, and from the final judgment on the jury's verdict awarding Oetzman compensatory damages.

Oetzman, the personnel manager of the Sauk County Health Care Center, brought the action after...

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