LOEHRKE v. WANTA BUILDERS, INC.

No. 88-0463.

151 Wis.2d 695 (1989)

445 N.W.2d 717

Neal LOEHRKE and Weyauwega Well Drilling, Inc., n/k/a Valley Well Drilling, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. WANTA BUILDERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Gary R. McCartan and Gary R. McCartan, S.C., of Wausau.

For the plaintiffs-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Michael J. Backes and Alan D. Eisenberg, S.C., of Milwaukee.

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


GARTZKE, P.J.

Wanta Builders, Inc. (the prime contractor) appeals from a judgment in favor of Neal Loehrke and Weyauwega Well Drilling, Inc. (the subcontractor) for $20,672.70 compensatory and punitive damages, interest and costs. The prime contractor contends the trial court erred as a matter of law when it submitted the issue of punitive damages to the jury and that it abused its discretion by awarding preverdict interest on the compensatory damage award.

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