DIPASQUALE v. AMERICAN FAMILY INS. CO.

No. 91-2023.

168 Wis.2d 75 (1992)

483 N.W.2d 231

Nunzio DIPASQUALE, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Bette Dipasquale, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Susan Schleif Gherty of Gherty and Gherty, S.C. of Hudson.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Delton J. Thorson of Augusta.

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


CANE, P.J.

American Family Insurance Company appeals a summary judgment in favor of the insured, Nunzio Dipasquale, for medical expenses that he incurred for his wife's treatment. American Family contends that the costs incurred for the treatment of alcoholic cirrhosis and its related conditions are excluded from coverage under its health insurance policy exclusion for charges relating to "alcoholism . . . or complications thereof." We agree. The judgment is reversed...

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