APPLETON PAPERS, INC. v. HOME INDEMNITY CO.

No. 99-1567.

235 Wis.2d 39 (2000)

2000 WI App 104

612 N.W.2d 760

APPLETON PAPERS, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. The HOME INDEMNITY COMPANY and The Home Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants, AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Royal Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Royal Indemnity Company, Agricultural Insurance Company, American National Fire Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, TIG Insurance Company, CIGNA Specialty Insurance Company, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Inc., Reliance National Indemnity Company, International Insurance Company, The Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, Federal Insurance Company, The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Agricultural Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, First State Insurance Company and Lexington Insurance Company, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Mark S. Nelson and Philip J. Tallmadge and Nelson, Dries, Connell & Kramer, S.C. of Brookfield, and Michael J. Duffy and Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess of Chicago, Illinois.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Robert P. Thavis and Steven P. Zabel of Leonard, Street & Deinard Professional Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Edwin F. Bush of Corporate Legal Services of Appleton.

Before Cane, C.J., Hoover, P.J., and Peterson, J.


¶ 1. HOOVER, P.J.

The Home Insurance Co. and the Home Indemnity Co. (Home) appeal an order enjoining Home from pursuing both its federal district court action to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA),1 and the arbitration proceedings it initiated against Appleton Papers, Inc.2 Home sought to arbitrate the number of deductibles and the amount of retrospective premiums it could charge...

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