SOCIETY INSURANCE v. LINEHAN

No. 00-0195.

238 Wis.2d 359 (2000)

2000 WI App 163

616 N.W.2d 918

SOCIETY INSURANCE, a Mutual Company, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Phil LINEHAN, d/b/a Linehan's Old Coach Tavern, Defendant-Co-Appellant, Jeffrey LITVINOFF, Patricia L. Litvinoff and Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Defendants, Dakota LITVINOFF, by his Guardian ad Litem, Michael E. Sias, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Gregory R. Wright of Gregory R. Wright Law Offices, S.C., Montello.

On behalf of the defendant-co-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Shane J. VanderWaal of Kelley, Weber, Pietz & Slater, S.C., Wausau.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James W. Mohr, Jr. of Mohr & Anderson, S.C., Hartford.

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


¶ 1. PETERSON, J.

Phil Linehan, Dakota Litvinoff, Jeffrey Litvinoff, Patricia L. Litvinoff, and the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (collectively Linehan) appeal a summary judgment in favor of Society Insurance finding no coverage under a business liability insurance policy for a dog bite. Linehan argues that he is insured under the terms of his policy for any liability due to an animal kept in the...

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