PREISLER v. GENERAL CAS. INS. CO.

No. 2012AP2521.

857 N.W.2d 136 (2014)

2014 WI 135

Tina L. PREISLER and Frederick W. Preisler, Plaintiffs-Co-Appellants-Petitioners, v. GENERAL CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Regent Insurance Company, Hastings Mutual Insurance Company and Secura Insurance, a mutual company, Defendants-Respondents, Kuettel's Septic Service, LLC, 4-DK Farm, Duke Kuettel, Doug Kuettel, Dale Kuettel and Cheryl Kuettel, Defendants-Appellants-Petitioners. Tina L. Preisler and Frederick W. Preisler, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners, v. Chartis Specialty Insurance Company f/k/a American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, Defendant, Rural Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant-Respondent, Phil's Pumping and Fab, Inc., Defendant-Co-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided December 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants-petitioners, there were briefs by Michael C. Menghini and Herrling Clark Law Firm Ltd., Appleton, and oral argument by Michael C. Menghini.

For the defendant-co-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs by Winston A. Ostrow , Jonathan T. Smies , and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Green Bay, and oral argument by Jonathan T. Smies .

For the plaintiffs-co-appellants-petitioners, there were briefs by James A. Olson , P. Scott Hassett , Kathryn A. Harrell , Daniel S. Lenz , and Lawton & Cates, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by James A. Olson .

For defendant-respondent Rural Insurance Company, there was a brief by Christine M. Rice , Matthew J. Van Keulen , and Simpson & Deardorff, S.C., Chicago. Oral argument by Christine M. Rice .

For defendant-respondent Hastings Mutual Insurance Company, there was a brief by William R. Wick , Ryan R. Graff , Katelyn P. Sandfort , and Nash, Spindler, Grimstad & McCracken LLP, Manitowoc, and oral argument by Ryan R. Graff .

For defendants-respondents General Casualty Company of Wisconsin and Regent Insurance Company, there was a brief and oral argument by Jeffrey A. Evans and von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee.

For defendant-respondent Secura Insurance, there was a brief and oral argument by Todd Joseph Koback , John P. Runde , and Davczyk & Varline, LLC, Wausau.


¶ 1 We review a decision of the court of appeals1 affirming an order of the circuit court2 that granted summary judgment to Rural Mutual Insurance Company, Regent Insurance Company and General Casualty Company of Wisconsin. Our review focuses on the interpretation...

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