WERDEHOFF v. GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY CO.

No. 98-1932.

229 Wis.2d 489 (1999)

600 N.W.2d 214

Douglas R. WERDEHOFF, Sarah L. Werdehoff, David R. Smith and Sarah Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Pacific Insurance Company, a foreign corporation, Elkhart Lake's Road America, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and CCS-RMS, Inc., a foreign corporation, Defendants-Respondents, GREAT WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Co-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Virginia M. Antoine of Habush, Habush, Davis & Rottier, S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of W. Patrick Sullivan, Mary Susan Maloney, and Jane F. Carrig of Hannan, Siesenop & Sullivan of Milwaukee.

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


NETTESHEIM, J.

Douglas R. Werdehoff and David R. Smith were injured during a motorcycle race at Road America racetrack. The race was sanctioned by CCS-RMS, Inc. Douglas and David and their respective wives, Sarah L. Werdehoff and Sarah Smith (the plaintiffs), sued Elkhart Lake's Road America, Inc., CCS-RMS and its insurers (the defendants) alleging negligence and a violation of the safe place statute, § 101.11, STATS. They additionally alleged that the defendants...

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