OAKLEY v. WIS. FIREMAN'S FUND

No. 89-1723.

162 Wis.2d 821 (1991)

470 N.W.2d 882

Frederic R. OAKLEY, Plaintiff-Co-Appellant, v. FIREMAN'S FUND OF WISCONSIN and Affiliated Carriage Systems, Inc., Defendants-Respondents, DANE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES and Meriter Hospital, Inc., Defendants, AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Colleen J. Reinke and American Family Mutual Insurance Company, Madison.

For the plaintiff-co-appellant there was a brief by David J. Schwartz and Louderman, Hayes, Van Camp, Priester, Strother & Schwartz, S.C., Madison.

There was an amicus curiae brief by Scott G. Pernitz and Winner, Wixson & Pernitz, Madison for Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin.

There was an amicus curiae brief by Mark L. Thomsen and Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Milwaukee for Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

There was an amicus curiae brief by Terry J. Booth and Fellows, Piper & Schmidt, Milwaukee for Wisconsin Health Insurers.


LOUIS J. CECI, J.

This case is before the court on a petition for review of a decision of the court of appeals, Oakley v. Fireman's Fund, 157 Wis.2d 77, 459 N.W.2d 461 (Ct. App. 1990). The majority of the court of appeals (Sundby, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) reversed an order of the circuit court for Dane county, Michael...

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