REYES v. GREATWAY INS. CO.

No. 97-1587.

227 Wis.2d 357 (1999)

597 N.W.2d 687

Leon M. REYES, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. GREATWAY INSURANCE COMPANY, a domestic insurance corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Aaron S. ROTHERING, Defendant-Co-Appellant, Cheryl L. ROTHERING, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, a foreign insurance corporation, Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a foreign insurance corporation, and Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Chris G. Halverson and Schoone, Fortune, Leuck, Kelly & Pitts, S.C., Racine and oral argument by Timothy S. Knurr.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief by Arthur P. Simpson and Simpson & Deardorff, Milwaukee and oral argument by Arthur P. Simpson.


¶ 1. DAVID T. PROSSER, J.

Cheryl Rothering (Cheryl) sponsored her minor son Aaron when he applied for his driver's license. A year or so later, while driving his car, Aaron fired a shotgun in the direction of Leon Reyes (Reyes), hitting Reyes in the face, neck, left hand, right shoulder, and ribs, and causing permanent blindness in his left eye. The issue presented in this case is whether Cheryl Rothering is liable under Wis. Stat. § 343.15(2)(b) (1993-94...

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