PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY v. ROMANSHEK

No. 2004AP740.

281 Wis.2d 300 (2005)

2005 WI 67

697 N.W.2d 417

PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Richard P. ROMANSHEK, Defendant-Appellant, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD UNITED OF WISCONSIN, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief (in the court of appeals) by Charles H. Bohl, Michael R. Sarner and Whyte, Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Tamara Hayes O'Brien.

For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief (in the court of appeals) by Robert J. Lauer, Patti J. Kurth, and Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Robert J. Lauer.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Michael Riley and Axley Brynelson, LLP, Madison, on behalf of Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Noreen J. Parrett, James A. Friedman and LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance.


¶ 1. JON P. WILCOX, J.

This case is before the court on a motion to bypass, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 808.05 (2001-02)1 and Wis. Stat. § (Rule) 809.60. We are once again called upon to determine whether the phrase "hit-and-run" within the definition of "uninsured motor vehicle" in Wis. Stat. § 632.32(4)(a)2.b. requires an insurer...

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