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RACINE COUNTY v. ORACULAR MILWAUKEE, INC.

No. 2007AP2861.

767 N.W.2d 280 (2009)

2009 WI App 58

RACINE COUNTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ORACULAR MILWAUKEE, INC., Oracular, Inc., Oracular of Minnesota, LLC and Oracular of Michigan, Inc., Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed April 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of and oral argument by Timothy S. Knurr of Schoone, Leuck, Kelley, Pitts & Knurr, S.C., Racine.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Jeffrey P. Aiken and Eric J. Meier of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Eric J. Meier.

Before BROWN, C.J., ANDERSON, P.J., and SNYDER, J.

¶ 1 ANDERSON, P.J.

Racine County appeals from the circuit court's decision that its contract with Oracular Milwaukee, Inc., was a contract for "professional services"; to recover, the County had to prove professional negligence; and expert testimony was required "as a matter of law." We reverse, because Oracular does not possess the indicia of a "professional"; the contract between the parties was a simple contract for "services"; and expert testimony is not...

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