MALONE v. FONS

No. 96-3326.

217 Wis.2d 746 (1998)

580 N.W.2d 697

Sarah MALONE, by her Guardian ad Litem, Lisa A. Bangert, Laurie Malone and Todd Malone, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Joseph FONS and Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Respondents, Barbara GARNER, Terrance Garner, and ABC Insurance Company, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the brief of Hope K. Olson and Lisa A. Bangert of Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, S.C., of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of G. George Lawrence and Steven W. Keane of Hinshaw & Culbertson, of Milwaukee.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Curley, JJ.


CURLEY, J.

Sarah Malone, by her guardian ad litem, and her parents, Laurie and Todd Malone (collectively, "the Malones"), appeal from summary judgment entered in favor of the respondents which dismissed all their causes of action against Joseph Fons and his insurance company. The causes of action were brought against Fons because a dog owned by his tenant bit Sarah Malone. The Malones contend the trial court erred because: Fons's conduct fell within the parameters...

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