BAUMANN v. ELLIOTT

No. 2004AP2177.

286 Wis.2d 667 (2005)

2005 WI App 186

704 N.W.2d 361

Edward BAUMANN and Elite Protection Specialists, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. Matthew F. ELLIOTT and Security Arts Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, CINCINNATI INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervenor-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joseph J. Voelkner of Olsen, Kloet, Gunderson & Conway of Sheboygan.

On behalf of the intervenor-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Stephanie L. Dykeman of Litchfield Cavo of Brookfield.

Before Anderson, P.J., Brown and Nettesheim, JJ.


¶ 1. BROWN, J.

This case comes to us on summary judgment. The court found that an insurer had no duty to indemnify its insured or to provide him with a defense in an action for defamation of character because the policy required an "occurrence" to trigger coverage for "personal injury." The defendant claims the court should have limited its duty-to-defend analysis to the...

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