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ZAWISTOWAKI v. KISSINGER

No. 90-1553.

160 Wis.2d 292 (1991)

466 N.W.2d 664

William ZAWISTOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold KISSINGER, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of William Schroeder of Sommer, Olk & Schroeder of Rhinelander.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of John F. O'Melia, Jr. and Lawrence J. Wiesneske of O'Melia, Schiek & McEldowney, S.C. of Rhinelander.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.

CANE, P.J.

William Zawistowski appeals a judgment entered after a jury found that Harold Kissinger did not make the statements alleged in Zawistowski's defamation action. Zawistowski contends that the trial court erred by: (1) ordering bifurcation of the trial to first address the issue of whether Kissinger made the alleged statements before proceeding to trial on the issue of defamation; (2) dismissing his cause of action for libel based on statements published in...

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