NOVAK v. PHILLIPS

No. 00-2416.

246 Wis.2d 673 (2001)

2001 WI App 156

631 N.W.2d 635

Lorie NOVAK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Reginald PHILLIPS and Gunville Trucking Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Paul D. Poulson and Moum & Celello, P.C. of Iron Mountain, MI.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent Reginald Phillips, the cause was submitted on the brief of Craig T. Maxwell of Green Bay. On behalf of the defendant-respondent Gunville Trucking, Inc., the cause was submitted on the brief of John W. Zawadsky and Jill D. Hamill and Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C. of Madison.

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


¶ 1. HOOVER, P.J.

Lorie Novak appeals an order dismissing her case for failure to properly sign and file her summons and complaint, contrary to WIS. STAT. §§ 801.09(3) and 802.05(1)(a).1 She contends that a rubber-stamped imprint of her counsel's handwritten signature satisfies the statute. Alternatively, she argues that even if it does not satisfy the statute, counsel timely corrected the error. Further, if the error was...

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