SHANNON v. ALLIANCE FOR MENTALLY ILL

No. 93-0545.

189 Wis.2d 17 (1994)

525 N.W.2d 299

Jan Riordan SHANNON and Timothy Riordan and their children, Kari Ann Hauser, Shannon L. Neuens, John Riordan, Paul Riordan, Nathaniel Riordan, Andrew Riordan, Megan Marie Riordan and Matthew Riordan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The ALLIANCE FOR the MENTALLY ILL OF GREATER MILWAUKEE, William Otto, Board Members of AMI, Continental Casualty Company of Chicago, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Father Michael Barrett and St. Casimir Parish, Catholic Mutual Relief Society and Patricia Flannery, Defendants-Respondents, ST. FRANCIS HOME HEALTH SERVICES, Milwaukee County and Wisconsin Health Care Liability Insurance Plan, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Law Office of Timothy Riordan, with Timothy Riordan of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents St. Casimir Parish, Father Michael Barrett, Archdiocese of Milwaukee and Catholic Mutual Relief Society the cause was submitted on the briefs of Riordan, Crivello, Carlson, Mentkowski & Steeves, S.C., with Frank L. Steeves, and Nick G. Kotsonis of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents The Alliance For The Mentally Ill of Greater Milwaukee, William Otto, Board Members of AMI and Continental Casualty Company the cause was submitted on the briefs of Godfrey, Braun & Hayes, with W. Wayne Siesennop, and Marjorie M. Greene, of Milwaukee.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.


SCHUDSON, J.

Jan Riordan Shannon and Timothy Riordan and their children (collectively, "Riordan") appeal from the trial court judgment granting summary judgment and dismissing their complaint against two groups of defendants: (1) the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Greater Milwaukee (AMI), AMI's director, William Otto, AMI's board members, and AMI's insurer, Continental Casualty Company of Milwaukee (collectively, the ...

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