HERITAGE FARMS, INC. v. MARKEL INS. CO.

No. 2010AP355.

810 N.W.2d 465 (2012)

339 Wis.2d 125

2012 WI 26

HERITAGE FARMS, INC., Audrey Bunchkowski, Russell Bunchkowski, Ruth Dutcher, Howard Dutcher, Sally Freitag, Amy Holzwart, James Holzwart, Kathleen Khin, Glenwood Zellmer, Daryl Lloyd, Donald Lloyd, Judy Maas, Jeffrey Maas, Carolyn Mueller, Lois Rucich, George Rucich, Donna Semrow, Harland Semrow, Beverly Singer, Norman A. Singer Trust, Joan Singer, Gordon Singer, Singer Living Trust, Inga Stoellinger, Otto Stoellinger, Catherine Swanton, Swanton Family Trust, Christine Toliver, Alan Toliver, Krista Zimmer and Norman Zimmer, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners, Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, Auto-Owners Insurance Company, Safeco Insurance Company of America and Acuity, a mutual insurance company, Involuntary-Plaintiffs, v. MARKEL INSURANCE COMPANY, J.J.J. Recreation Corporation d/b/a Lake of the Woods Campground, American Family Mutual Insurance Company and Jeffrey Knaack, Defendants-Respondents. Ted Schwochert, Paul B. Schwochert, Helen Schwochert and Sue Schroeder, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners, v. Markel Insurance Company, J.J.J. Recreation Corporation d/b/a Lake of the Woods Campground, American Family Mutual Insurance Company and Jeffrey Knaack, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants-petitioners there were briefs filed by Mark L. Thomsen , Sarah F. Kaas and Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Brookfield, Clay R. Dutcher and Dutcher Law Office, L.L.C., Wautoma and George W. Curtis , Brian P. Beisenstein and Curtis Law Office, Oshkosh and oral argument by Mark Thomsen .

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief filed by John V. McCoy , Brian D. Parish and McCoy Law Group, S.C., Waukesha, Mark S. Henkel and First Law Group, Stevens Point and oral argument by John V. McCoy .


ANNETTE KINGSLAND ZIEGLER, J.

¶ 1 This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Heritage Farms, Inc. v. Markel Insurance Co., 2011 WI App 12, 331 Wis.2d 64, 793 N.W.2d 896, that affirmed an order by the Waushara County Circuit Court1 granting in part and denying in part the plaintiffs' motion for payment of double damages and reasonable costs for legal representation under...

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