STRENKE v. HOGNER

No. 03-2527.

279 Wis.2d 52 (2005)

2005 WI 25

694 N.W.2d 296

LeRoy M. STRENKE and Juanita M. Strenke, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Levi HOGNER and NAU Country Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants, AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 18, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants there were briefs by Karen J. Kingsley and Kingsley Law Office, P.A., St. Paul, MN, and oral argument by Karen J. Kingsley.

For the plaintiffs-respondents there were briefs by Owen R. Williams and Owen R. Williams Trial Lawyers, Amery; and Lynn R. Laufenberg and Laufenberg & Hoefle, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Lynn R. Laufenberg.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Bruce R. Bachhuber and Hanaway Ross, S.C., Green Bay; and by William C. Gleisner, III, and Law Offices of William C. Gleisner, III, Milwaukee, on behalf of the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Richard G. Niess and Coyne, Niess, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, SC, Madison, on behalf of Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin.


¶ 1. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

This case is before the court on certification from the court of appeals.1 The defendants-appellants, Levi Hogner and NAU Country Insurance, assert that there was insufficient evidence to allow the issue of punitive damages to go to the jury. Additionally, they contend that the jury's award of punitive damages was excessive...

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