RENDLER v. MARKOS

No. 88-2095.

154 Wis.2d 420 (1990)

453 N.W.2d 202

James R. RENDLER, Jane Rendler, Thomas J. Rendler, Carolyn A. Rendler, Steven T. Rendler, Eugene R. Jones, Janet L. Jones, Larry D. Foster, Joan Foster, Raymond G. Beard, C. Mary Beard, Allen J. Schutt, Ann J. Schutt, Edward J. Walsh, Patricia G. Walsh, Gary M. Holberg, Heidi J. Holberg, Stephen C. Copps, Stephen B. Webster, Edward R. Winga, Seuk B. Kang, Young K. Lee, Edwin L. Overholt, Daniel J. Hoch, Patricia Hoch, Charlyne K. Palen, Nina Mickel, Arthur G. Barbier, Arne Frank, Eugenia R. Frank, Balaji Vishwanat, Judith P. Vishwanat, Anil K. Bouri, Manjeet K. Bouri, James T. Murphy, Margaret Akana Sword, Donald B. Comin, David Corser, Roger Roslansky, James E. Glasser, Thomas Terhorst, and Avis Suess, Plaintiffs-Co-Appellants, v. Thomas MARKOS, Defendant, Dennis RUSSELL, Defendant-Respondent, Edward RENDLER, Defendant-Appellant, John R. McDONALD, LTD., a Wisconsin Professional Corporation, f/k/a Hafner, McDonald, Thompson, Russell & Ludden, S.C., Northwestern National Casualty Company, Defendants-Respondents, HAWAIIAN MID-WEST MANAGEMENT CORPORATION d/b/a LaCrosse Apartments, Defendant, FORUM INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-co-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Parke, O'Flaherty & Heim, Ltd., by Gerard O'Flaherty, of La Crosse, and Bird & Jacobsen, by Charles Bird, of Rochester, and Hale, Skemp, Hanson & Skemp, by Thomas Horvath, of La Crosse.

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of LaFollette & Sinykin, by Linda Clifford and Thomas H. Taylor, of Madison.

For the defendant-respondent Dennis Russell the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jenswold, Studt, Hanson, Clark & Kauffmann, by John F. Jenswold and Jane F. Zimmerman, of Madison.

For the defendant-respondent John R. McDonald the cause was submitted on the briefs of Kluwin, Dunphy, Hinshaw, Culbertson, by Thomas R. Schrimpf and Jeffrey J. Liotta, of Milwaukee.

Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Sundby, J.


GARTZKE, P.J.

The investors in fourteen limited partnerships appeal from a summary judgment dismissing their claims for negligence, misrepresentation, and securities law violations against attorney Dennis Russell, his law firm John R. McDonald, Ltd., and their professional liability insurance carriers. Edward Rendler appeals from the dismissal of his identical cross-claims.

The issues are whether the complaint and...

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