L.M.S. v. ATKINSON

No. 2005AP1450.

718 N.W.2d 118 (2006)

2006 WI App 116

L.M.S., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. William Earl ATKINSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed May 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Marie A. Stanton and Andrew W. Erlandson of Hurley, Burish & Milliken S.C., Madison.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Scott K. McCarthy of Roethe Krohn Pope LLP, Milton.

Before LUNDSTEN, P.J., DEININGER and HIGGINBOTHAM, JJ.


¶ 1 DEININGER, J.

William Atkinson appeals a judgment awarding $103,000 plus costs to L.M.S., with whom the court found Atkinson had "numerous sexual contacts ... over a period of at least two years" while she was a minor. Atkinson claims the circuit court, in denying his motion for a continuance and other pre-trial relief, wrongly penalized him for his attorneys' failures. He also claims the circuit court erred by...

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