AMERICAN FAMILY MUT. INS. CO. v. POWELL

No. 91-2686.

169 Wis.2d 605 (1992)

486 N.W.2d 537

AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gordon Dwayne POWELL, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Susan Schleif Gherty of Gherty & Gherty, S.C. of Hudson.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of William E. Jepsen of Karon, Jepsen & Daly, P.A. of St. Paul, Minnesota.

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


CANE, P. J.

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