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SELTRECHT v. BREMER

No. 96-2065.

214 Wis.2d 110 (1997)

571 N.W.2d 686

Randall SELTRECHT and Sharon Seltrecht, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Christine A. BREMER, Grischke & Bremer, S.C., Rogers & Bremer, Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co., Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of J. Ric Gass, Thomas H. Koch and John D. Finerty, Jr., of Kravit, Gass & Weber, S.C., of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Terry E. Johnson and Peter F. Mullaney of Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., of Milwaukee.

Before Fine, Schudson and Curley, JJ.

FINE, J.

The main question presented by this appeal is: When a client is represented sequentially by two lawyers, both of whom were arguably negligent with respect to the same matter, can the first lawyer's alleged negligence be a cause of the client's damages if the client would not have sustained any damage if the second lawyer could have prevented the harm but did not? We conclude that the answer to this question is "no." Accordingly, we affirm the trial court...

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