SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN v. MITSUBISHI

No. 2005AP2017.

738 N.W.2d 87 (2007)

2007 WI App 185

SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PARK DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AMERICA, INC., HCH Miller Park Joint Venture, Hunt Construction Group f/k/a Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc., The Clark Construction Group, Inc. and Hunzinger Construction Company, Defendants-Respondents, Ove Arup & Partners California Limited and Federal Insurance Company, Intervenors-Defendants, Travelers Property Casualty Company of America f/k/a The Travelers Indemnity Company of Illinois, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant, Federal Insurance Company, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed July 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the intervenor-defendant-appellant Travelers Property Casualty Company of America f/k/a The Travelers Indemnity Company of Illinois, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Brady C. Williamson, Katherine Stadler and Jennifer L. Peterson of LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn, of Madison and Robert C. Johnson (pro hac vice) and William T. Barker of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP of Chicago, Illinois. There was oral argument by Brady C. Williamson.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District, the cause was submitted on the brief of Susan G. Schellinger of Davis & Kuelthau, S.C. of Milwaukee and John H. Hinderaker of Faegre & Benson LLP of Minneapolis, Minnesota. There was oral argument by John H. Hinderaker.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents HCH Miller Park Joint Venture, Hunt Construction Group, f/k/a Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc., The Clark Construction Group, Inc. and Hunzinger Construction Company, the cause was submitted on the brief of Craig W. Nelson of Nelson Connell Conrad Tallmadge & Slein, S.C. of Brookfield, David T. Dekker and Gregg N. Dulik of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP of Washington, D.C. and José M. Pienknagura of The Hunt Corporation of Scottsdale, Arizona. There was oral argument by David T. Dekker.

On behalf of the intervenor-plaintiff-respondent Federal Insurance Company, the cause was submitted on the brief of John A. Busch, Christopher C. Mohrman and Timothy M. Hansen of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP of Milwaukee and Edward B. Ruff III and Michael Clarke (pro hac vice) of Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered of Chicago, Illinois. There was oral argument by John A. Busch.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., the cause was submitted on the briefs of Dean P. Laing and William A. Wiseman of O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong S.C. of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Dean P. Laing.

Before WEDEMEYER, P.J., FINE and KESSLER, JJ.


¶ 1 KESSLER, J.

Travelers Property Casualty Company of America appeals from a judgment finding that it breached its duty to defend Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., HCH Miller Park Joint Venture and the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District, as well as the amount of attorney fees and costs for which it was ordered to reimburse Federal Insurance Company, which had paid Mitsubishi's, HCH's and the District's defense fees costs.

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