BROWN v. ACUITY

No. 2011AP0583.

833 N.W.2d 96 (2013)

2013 WI 60

Marilyn M. BROWN and Delores M. Schwartz, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners, Dean Health Insurance, Inc., Conseco Insurance Company and Kathleen Sebelius, Involuntary-Plaintiffs, v. ACUITY, A Mutual Insurance Company, Parnell P. Burditt, American Alternative Insurance Company and Okauchee Fire Department, Defendants-Respondents, Utica Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants-petitioners, there were briefs by Don C. Prachthauser , Keith R. Stachowiak , and Murphy & Prachthauser, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Keith R. Stachowiak.

For defendants-respondents American Alternative Insurance Company and Okauchee Fire Department, there was a brief by Bennett J. Brantmeier , Amanda J. Ramaker , Danielle H. Thompson and Brantmeier Law, LLC, Jefferson, with oral argument by Bennett J. Brantmeier.

For defendants-respondents Acuity, A Mutual Insurance Company, and Parnell P. Burditt , there was a brief filed by Lance S. Grady and Daniel K. Miller , Waukesha, with oral argument by Lance S. Grady.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by J. Michael Riley and Axley Brynelson, LLP, Madison, and oral argument by J. Michael Riley on behalf of Wisconsin Association for Justice.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Michele M. Ford and Crivello Carlson, S.C., Milwaukee, on behalf of Wisconsin Defense Counsel.


ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

¶ 1 The petitioners, Marilyn M. Brown (Brown) and Delores M. Schwartz (Schwartz), seek review of a published opinion of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants, dismissing Parnell P. Burditt (Burditt), the Okauchee Fire Department (OFD), and their insurers.1 Brown and Schwartz commenced an action alleging that Burditt, a volunteer firefighter and...

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