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MADISON NEWSPAPERS, v. PINKERTON'S

No. 95-0699.

200 Wis.2d 468 (1996)

545 N.W.2d 843

MADISON NEWSPAPERS, INC. and Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PINKERTON'S INC. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, Jeffrey J. BREUNIG and Economy Fire & Casualty Co., Third Party Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants the cause was submitted on the brief of William A. LeMire of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi of Minneapolis, Minnesota and John Walsh of Axley Brynelson of Madison.

For the defendants-third party plaintiffs-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Emile H. Banks, Jr., and Vicki L. Arrowood of Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, S.C. of Milwaukee.

Before Eich, C.J., Dykman and Sundby, JJ.

EICH, C.J.

Madison Newspapers, Inc. (MNI) appeals from an order for summary judgment dismissing an action in which it asserted claims in both contract and tort against Pinkerton's, Inc., for damage resulting from a fire set by a Pinkerton's employee while performing security services for MNI.

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The trial court ruled: (1) given the contractual relationship between the parties, MNI had no independent cause of action for negligence against...

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