FIELDS v. AMERICAN TRANSMISSION CO., LLC

No. 2009AP1008.

782 N.W.2d 729 (2010)

2010 WI App 59

Thomas L. FIELDS and Jo Ann Fields, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. AMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed March 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Steven M. Streck, Timothy M. Barber and Sara K. Beachy, of Axley Brynelson, LLP of Madison.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Ryan D. Scherz and Daniel D. Hannula of Hannula & Halom of Superior.

Before HOOVER, P.J., PETERSON and BRUNNER, JJ.


¶ 1 HOOVER, P.J.

American Transmission Company, LLC (ATC) appeals a judgment, entered after a jury trial, setting the amount of compensation due Thomas and Jo Ann Fields for ATC's condemnation of a new high-voltage transmission line easement across the Fields' property. ATC argues the circuit court erroneously excluded evidence of ATC's existing easement rights over the Fields' property.1 ATC contends the jury could not accurately...

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