NORTHWEST WHOLESALE LUMBER v. ANDERSON

No. 94-0319.

191 Wis.2d 278 (1995)

528 N.W.2d 502

NORTHWEST WHOLESALE LUMBER, INC., Plaintiff, v. Ed ANDERSON, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, Mary ANDERSON, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff, v. Jon P. MORTRUD, Third Party Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-third party plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joel Bruce Winnig of Madison.

For the third party defendant-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas J. Basting, Sr. and Margery M. Tibbetts of Brennan, Steil, Basting & MacDougall, S.C. of Janesville.

Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Sundby, J.


EICH, C.J.

The issues in this case center on the time within which motions for sanctions must be filed under § 814.025, STATS., the "frivolous action" statute, and § 802.05(1)(a), STATS., which requires attorneys and parties signing pleadings or other documents in the course of a lawsuit to first determine that the documents are well grounded in fact and law.

Ed Anderson, a building contractor, built a house for Jon Mortrud. Anderson sued Mortrud...

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