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DOUGLAS v. DEWEY

No. 86-2086.

154 Wis.2d 451 (1990)

453 N.W.2d 500

Donald and Deena DOUGLAS, and Julie Ann Douglas, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Respondents, v. Vernon DEWEY, d/b/a Rustic Resort, and Threshermen's Mutual Insurance Co., a Wisconsin insurance corporation, Defendants-Respondents-Cross Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 25, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants-cross respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Herrling, Clark, Hartzheim & Siddall, Ltd. by Michael S. Siddall of Appleton.

For the defendants-respondents-cross appellants the cause was submitted on the brief of Kaftan, Van Egeren, Gilson, Geimer & Gammeltoft, S.C. by Jeffrey J. Gilson of Green Bay.

Before Eich, C.J., Dykman and Sundby, JJ.

SUNDBY, J.

This appeal involves application of sec. 895.52, Stats., Wisconsin's recreational activity immunity statute, to a recreational activity undertaken on privately-owned business property. In June 1984, Julie Ann Douglas was injured when she dove off Rustic Resort's dock into a shallow lake abutting the resort. In a special verdict, the jury found Rustic Resort's owner, Vernon Dewey, sixty-five percent negligent and Douglas thirty-five percent negligent and...

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