Florian SCHMIDT and Donna Schmidt, Plaintiffs-Appellants-CrossRespondents,
v.
Blair SMITH and American Employers Insurance Company, Defendants-Respondents-Cross Appellants,
Gloria J. MAAS, and American Family Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Oral argument September 27, 1990.
Decided March 14, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For the plaintiffs-appellants-cross-respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Robert W. Swain of Herrling & Swain, S.C. of Appleton and oral argument by Robert W. Swain.
For the defendants-respondents-cross-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael R. McCanna of Michael R. McCanna & Associates, S.C., of Appleton and oral argument by Michael R. McCanna.
Brief of amicus curiae was filed by J. Robert Kaftan of Kaftan, Van Egeren, Gilson, Geimer & Gammeltoft,S.C. of Green Bay on behalf of Anthony and Dorothy Prokop.
Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Sundby, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.
DYKMAN, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment which reduced a jury verdict for loss of society and companionship under sec. 895.04(4), Stats. (1983-84),1 from $100,000 to $50,000. The issues are (1) whether the trial court lacked competency to act upon a motion which was not filed within twenty days of the verdict, as required by sec. 805.16(1), Stats.,2 and (2) whether this court should reduce the verdict pursuant...
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