SECURA SUPREME INSURANCE v. ESTATE OF HUCK

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Barbara A. O'Brien , Erik M. Gustafson , and Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen, S.C., Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Patryk Silver .

For the defendant-respondent, there was a brief filed by Susan R. Tyndall , Tony M. Dunn , Angela Komp , and Habush, Habush & Rottier, S.C., Racine. There was an oral argument by Tony M. Dunn .

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Edward E. Robinson and Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Brookfield, for the Wisconsin Association for Justice. There was an oral argument by Edward E. Robinson .

An amicus curiae brief was filed by James A. Friedman , Daniel C.W. Narvey , and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison, for the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, and the Wisconsin Defense Counsel.

ROGGENSACK, J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court with respect to ¶¶1-2, 4-16, and 29, in which ZIEGLER, C.J., ANN WALSH BRADLEY, DALLET, HAGEDORN, and KAROFSKY, JJ., joined, and an opinion, in which ZIEGLER, C.J., joined. DALLET, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which ANN WALSH BRADLEY, HAGEDORN, and KAROFSKY, JJ., joined. REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, J., filed a dissenting opinion.