HOFFMANN v. WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.

No. 00-2703.

262 Wis.2d 264 (2003)

2003 WI 64

664 N.W.2d 55

Allan HOFFMANN and Beverly Hoffmann, Plaintiffs-Respondents-Cross-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-cross-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Owen Thomas Armstrong, John A. Casey, and Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, and Terrence C. Thom and Quale, Feldbruegge, Calvelli, Thom & Croke, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Owen Thomas Armstrong.

For the plaintiffs-respondents-cross-appellants there was a brief by Lynn R. Laufenberg and Laufenberg & Hoefle, S.C., Milwaukee, and Scott Lawrence and Lawrence & Des Rochers, S.C., St. Nazianz, and oral argument by Lynn R. Laufenberg and Scott Lawrence.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by H. Dale Peterson, Heather L. Boudreau, and Stroud, Willink & Howard, LLC, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Cooperative, the National Farmers Organization, and the Dairy Business Association.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by David A. Ludwig, Madison, on behalf of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Trevor J. Will, G. Michael Halfenger, Eric L. Maassen, and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, on behalf of the Wisconsin Utilities Association.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Naomi E. Soldon, Jill M. Hartley, and Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, S.C., Milwaukee, on behalf of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 2150, AFL-CIO.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Stuart G. Mondschein and Wheeler, Van Sickle & Anderson, S.C., Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by William C. Gleisner, III, and Law Offices of Williams C. Gleisner, III, Milwaukee, and Rhonda L. Lanford and Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C., Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by George Burnett, Sara Ramaker, and Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C., Green Bay, on behalf of the Six Districts of the Granton Amish Community and the Spencer Amish Church.


¶ 1. WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO) petitioned this court for review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals,1 which upheld a jury's verdict in favor of Wisconsin farmers, Allan and Beverly Hoffmann. At issue is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict that the Hoffmanns' dairy herd was harmed by electrical current resulting from a deteriorated WEPCO electrical...

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