ZASTROW v. JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS

No. 2004AP0276.

718 N.W.2d 51 (2006)

2006 WI 72

David ZASTROW, the Employee Stockholders of Perry Printing, Larry J. Gocker, Neal C. Kopplin, Catherine Thompson and Eunice Weihert, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Respondents-Petitioners, v. JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Journal Employees Stock Trust (JESTA) and Trustees of Journal Employees Stock, Defendants-Respondents-Cross-Appellants, Perry Printing Division n/k/a Northstar Printgroup, Inc., Paul M. Bonaiuto, Keith M. Spore, Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc., Robert A. Kahlor, Steven J. Smith, Thomas M. Karavakis, Peter P. Jarzembinski and Douglas G. Kiel, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants-cross-respondents-petitioners there were briefs by Kevin Demet, Donal Demet, and Demet & Demet SC, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Kevin Demet.

For the defendants-respondents-cross-appellants there was a brief by Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., David W. Simon, and Foley & Lardner L.L.P., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Thomas L. Shriner, Jr.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Jennifer L. Peterson and LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, on behalf of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.


¶ 1 PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGENSACK, J.

In this review of a court of appeals decision that reversed and remanded to the circuit court1 to dismiss plaintiffs' claims for breach of fiduciary duty based on a statute of limitations defense, we are asked to determine whether a claim for breach of fiduciary duty of loyalty must be intentional, or whether it can also be based on negligence. We conclude that the circuit court found that the Trustees...

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