PARADINOVICH v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY

No. 93-0762.

189 Wis.2d 184 (1994)

525 N.W.2d 325

James R. PARADINOVICH and Stephen A. Parks, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Richard E. Artison, Bernard Tesmer, Gary Kasza, Mark Warichak, Dale Paetow and Carol Haeflinger, Defendants-Appellants, Gale V. COLEMAN, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren Norris & Rieselbach, S.C., with Scott W. Hansen, Anne Willis Reed, and Kathleen S. Donius, of Milwaukee.

For the plaintiffs-respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Walter F. Kelly, of Milwaukee.

For the defendant-respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Inc., with James M. Brennan, and James A. Walrath, of Milwaukee.

Amicus Curiae brief was filed by Whyte, Hirschboeck Dudek, S.C., with Charles H. Bohl, and Kathryn M. West, of Milwaukee, for Wisconsin Counties Association.

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


SCHUDSON, J.

Milwaukee County appeals from the final judgment of the trial court, following a jury verdict, awarding compensatory damages, punitive damages, costs and attorney fees to James R. Paradinovich and Stephen A. Parks, and further ordering that Milwaukee County indemnify Gale V. Coleman as to all recoveries against her for damages, costs, and attorney fees. The County also appeals from the trial court's award of...

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