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LASSA v. RONGSTAD

No. 2004AP377.

718 N.W.2d 673 (2006)

2006 WI 105

Julie M. LASSA, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Todd RONGSTAD and The Valkyrie Group, LLC, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, Does 1-5, in their individual capacities, Defendants, American Family Insurance Company, Intervenor, v. Alex Paul, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 13, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-third-party plaintiffs-appellants there were briefs by Michael P. Crooks and Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Michael P. Crooks.

For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief by Edward R. Garvey, Pamela R. McGillivray, and Garvey & Stoddard, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Pamela R. McGillivray and John Skilton.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Brady C. Williamson, Kendall W. Harrison, Brian A. Dillon, and LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, on behalf of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Wisconsin Newspaper Association, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation, Wisconsin Realtors Association, Wisconsin Bankers Association, and Wisconsin Builders Association, and there was oral argument by Brady C. Williamson.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by David C. Bender and Bender Law Offices, Madison, on behalf of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Inc. and Madison Teachers, Inc.

ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS

¶ 1 ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

This case comes to us on certification from the court of appeals. It requires that we address the propriety of discovery and contempt sanctions. Although the underlying defamation lawsuit has been dismissed with prejudice, we must nevertheless address on appeal issues that arose while the defamation case was pending.

¶ 2 The underlying defamation suit was brought by Julie...

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