WIS. TITLE SERVICE v. KIRKLAND & ELLIS

No. 91-1205.

168 Wis.2d 218 (1992)

483 N.W.2d 275

WISCONSIN TITLE SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent-Cross Appellant, v. KIRKLAND & ELLIS, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant-cross respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Steven P. Bogart of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent-cross appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Curtis A. Paulsen of Frisch Dudek, Ltd. of Milwaukee.

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


BROWN, J.

The issue is whether an attorney is personally liable for paying the premium of a title insurance policy regarding a loan refinancing for a client. The trial court held that Theuerkauf v. Sutton, 102 Wis.2d 176, 306 N.W.2d 651 (1981), the case holding attorneys responsible for the fees of experts hired in aid of litigation, applied...

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