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STATE v. AMERICAN FAMILY MUT. INS. CO.

No. 03-2295.

278 Wis.2d 656 (2005)

2005 WI App 23

693 N.W.2d 79

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 13, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the intervenor-defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of David J. Pliner of Corneille Law Group, L.L.C., Madison.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Charlotte Gibson, assistant attorney general, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager, attorney general.

Before Dykman, Lundsten and Higginbotham, JJ.

¶ 1. LUNDSTEN, J.

The question raised by this appeal is whether a standard homeowner's insurance policy, issued to a landowner by American Family Insurance Company, provides coverage for costs incurred by the State of Wisconsin in suppressing a forest fire that started on the owner's land. We conclude that American Family's policy provides coverage.

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