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SELL v. THOMPSON & COSTES, LTD.

No. 89-1328.

163 Wis.2d 765 (1991)

472 N.W.2d 834

Gregory SELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THOMPSON & COATES, LTD., Susan Perry, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, and Kenosha County, a municipal corporation, Defendants-Respondents, RACINE COUNTY, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff, Jerry DELCORE, and ABC Insurance Company, Third Party Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Walter W. Stern of Stern, Caviale & Stern of Kenosha.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Charles H. Bohl and Rebecca Leair of Frisch Dudek, Ltd. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent Kenosha County, the cause was submitted on the brief of Lynn M. Bureta, assistant corporation counsel.

Before Nettesheim, P.J. Brown and Scott, JJ.

SCOTT, J.

Gregory Sell was arrested and jailed pursuant to a writ of body attachment for failure to appear at a child support modification hearing. He then sued Attorney Susan M. Perry, who applied for the writ, for abuse of process and false imprisonment, and sued Kenosha and Racine counties for false imprisonment. The trial court ruled that all of the defendants were immune from liability and granted separate summary judgments in their favor. We agree and affirm...

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