MARTEN TRANSPORT, LTD. v. RURAL MUT. INS. CO.

No. 95-1730.

198 Wis.2d 738 (1995)

543 N.W.2d 541

MARTEN TRANSPORT, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jeffrey Jay Strande of Terwilliger, Wakeen, Piehler & Conway, S.C. of Wausau.

On behalf of defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Mark A. Seidl of Mark A. Seidl, S.C. of Wausau.

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


LaROCQUE, J.

Marten Transport, Ltd., a settling defendant in an earlier Illinois negligence action, appeals a summary judgment that dismissed its Wisconsin contribution action against Rural Mutual Insurance Company. Marten seeks contribution on grounds that Rural's insured was a joint tortfeasor in the auto accident that injured Jeanna Teske in Illinois. The circuit court dismissed Marten's contribution action on a theory that Illinois law applies because Teske brought...

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