DOANE v. HELENVILLE MUT. INS. CO.

No. 97-1420.

216 Wis.2d 345 (1998)

575 N.W.2d 734

Bruce A. DOANE and Joanne M. Doane, Plaintiffs-Appellants, STOUGHTON TRAILERS EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, Involuntary-Plaintiff, v. HELENVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Ronald W. Ehle, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, SKELGAS, INC. and Worthington Cylinder, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, The COLEMAN COMPANY, INC., and Coleman Outdoor Products, Inc., Defendants, v. CONSOGAS, INC., Third-Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants and defendants-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jerome Konkel of Vlasak, Britton & Konkel, S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-third-party-plaintiffs-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Daniel G. Jardine of Otjen, Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb & Weir, S.C. of Madison.

Before Eich, C.J., Vergeront and Roggensack, JJ.


ROGGENSACK, J.

Bruce and Joanne Doane and two product manufacturers appeal a summary judgment dismissing Ronald Ehle and his insurer from the Doanes' negligence action against Ehle and the product manufacturers. They claim the circuit court erred when it held that Ehle was immune from liability under Wisconsin's recreational immunity statute for an accident which occurred while Bruce Doane was ice fishing with Ehle in his portable shanty. Because we conclude that...

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