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RISTOW v. THREADNEEDLE INS. CO., LTD.

No. 97-0309, 97-0678.

220 Wis.2d 644 (1998)

583 N.W.2d 452

Fred W. RISTOW and Susan M. Ristow, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THREADNEEDLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., Crawford and Company Insurance Adjusters, Inc., Lee Pitillo, and Society Insurance f/k/a Threshermen's Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Respondents. Fred W. RISTOW and Susan M. Ristow, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CRAWFORD AND COMPANY INSURANCE ADJUSTERS, INC., and Lee Pitillo, Defendants-Respondents, THREADNEEDLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., and Society Insurance, f/k/a Threshermen's Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 24, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Leonard W. Schulz and Gregory K. Miller of Big Bend.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Hugh S. Balsam of Lord, Bissell & Brook of Chicago, Illinois, and Jeffrey A. Schmeckpeper and Christine D. Bakeis of Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, S.C. of Milwaukee.

Before Snyder, P.J., Nettesheim and Anderson, JJ.

ANDERSON, J.

Fred W. and Susan M. Ristow (the Ristows) appeal from three separate judgments dismissing their complaints against Threadneedle Insurance Company, Ltd., Crawford and Company Insurance Adjusters, Inc. and Lee Pitillo. On appeal, the Ristows ask us to extend the scope of Wisconsin's tort of bad faith against an insurance company to include actions against insurers by third-party claimants. This claim is foreclosed by the supreme court's decision in Kranzush...

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