SLABEY v. DUNN COUNTY

No. 2020AP877.

983 N.W.2d 626 (2023)

2023 WI 2

Rachel SLABEY, Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner, v. DUNN COUNTY, Wisconsin, Dennis P. Smith, Brenda LaForte, Marshall L. Multhauf and Paul Gunness, Defendants-Respondents, Dunn County Sheriff's Office, Ryan Boigenzahn, John Doe One, John Doe Two and John Doe Three, Defendants, Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Corporation, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: January 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Cristina M. Wirth , Martha H. Heidt , and Bye, Goff & Rohde, Ltd., River Falls. There was an oral argument by Cristina M. Wirth .

For the defendants-respondents, there was a brief filed by Samuel C. Hall, Jr. , Timothy M. Johnson , Molly K. Woodford , and Crivello Carlson, S.C., Eau Claire. There was an oral argument by Samuel C. Hall, Jr. .

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Mark L. Thomsen , Lynn R. Laufenberg , Kimberly D. Sweatt , and Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs, LLP, Madison, and James D. Rogers and Wisconsin Association for Justice, Madison, for the Wisconsin Association for Justice.

ZIEGLER, C.J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court, in which ROGGENSACK, REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, DALLET, and HAGEDORN, JJ., joined. KAROFSKY, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J., joined.


¶1 This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, Slabey v. Dunn County, No. 2020AP877, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. July 7, 2021), affirming the Dunn County circuit court's1 order granting...

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