JANKEE v. CLARK COUNTY

No. 95-2136.

222 Wis.2d 151 (1998)

585 N.W.2d 913

Emil E. JANKEE and Mary Jankee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CLARK COUNTY, Wisconsin Health Care Liability Insurance Plan, Defendants-Respondents-Cross-Appellants, CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO., Hammel, Green & Abrahamson, Inc., Defendants-Respondents-Cross-Appellants-Cross-Respondents, WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INS. CO., J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc., St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., and Wausau Metal Corp. d/b/a Milco, Defendants-Respondents-Cross-Respondents, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Ronald G. Tays and Hope K. Olson of Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents-cross-appellants Clark County and Wisconsin Health Care Liability Insurance Plan, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Timothy F. Mentkowski and Mary E. Nelson of Crivello, Carlson, Mentkowski & Steeves, S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents-cross-appellants-cross-respondents Continental Casualty Co. and Hammel Green and Abrahamson, Inc., the cause was submitted on the briefs of Timothy R. Murphy of Askegaard & Robinson, P.A. of Brainerd, Minnesota.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents-cross-respondents Wausau Underwriters Ins. Co. and J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc., the cause was submitted on the brief of Wayne R. Luck of Law Offices of Stilp and Cotton of Appleton.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents-cross-respondents St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. and Wausau Metals Corp., d/b/a MILCO, the cause was submitted on the brief of John P. Richie of Misfeldt, Stark, Richie & Wickstrom of Eau Claire.

Before Vergeront, Roggensack and Deininger, JJ.


VERGERONT, J.

Emil Jankee1 sustained serious injuries when he fell while attempting to escape through a window on the third floor of the Clark County Health Care Center (CCHCC) where he was involuntarily confined under Chapter 51, STATS., the Mental Health Act. He appeals the summary judgment dismissing his complaint against Clark County, the architectural firm that renovated CCHCC, the general contracting firm, and the subcontractor that...

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