CORREA v. WOODMAN'S FOOD MARKET

No. 2018AP1165.

943 N.W.2d 535 (2020)

2020 WI 43

Jose M. CORREA, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, Kitty Rhoades Secretary of State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Involuntary-Plaintiff-Respondent, v. WOODMAN'S FOOD MARKET, Defendant-Appellant, United Healthcare of Wisconsin, Inc., Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: May 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Eric M. Knobloch , Michael A. Lococo , and Gruber Law Offices, LLC, Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Eric M. Knobloch.

For the defendant-appellant, there was a brief filed by Lisa M. Lawless , Eric M. Meier , and Husch Blackwell LLP, Milwaukee; with whom on the brief was Duffy Dillon and Duffy Dillon Law Office LLC, Janesville. There was an oral argument by Lisa M. Lawless.

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Wisconsin Association for Justice by Michael J. Cerjak , Rachel E. Potter , and Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Brookfield.

KELLY, J., delivered the majority opinion for a unanimous Court.


¶1 Mr. Jose Correa slipped on an unknown substance at a Woodman's Food Market ("Woodman's"), causing him to fall and sustain injuries. He says the substance caused an unsafe condition within the meaning of Wis. Stat. § 101.11 (2013-14),1 and that it was there long enough to give Woodman's constructive...

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