ACUITY v. ESTATE OF SHIMETA

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Christine M. Rice , Nicole R. Radler , and Simpson & Deardorff, S.C., Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Christine M. Rice.

For the defendants-appellants, there was a brief filed by Brett A. Eckstein and Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Brookfield. There was an oral argument by Brett A. Eckstein.

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.

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

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