Wisconsin Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Wisconsin or Court of Appeals of Wisconsin where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Koeberl v. Labor and Industry Review Commission - 8/27/2002
Thomas Koeberl appeals a judgment affirming a Labor and Industry Review Commission decision that denied certain disability benefits and future treatment expenses that he claimed resulted from a January 4, 1993, work injury. Koeberl...
Bay Breeze Condominium Association - 7/31/2002
. The Bay Breeze Condominium Association, Inc. (the Association) appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of Jeld-Wen, Inc. The Association filed this action against Jeld-Wen alleging that windows installed in certain...
Physicians Plus Insurance Corp. v. Midwest Mutual Insurance Co. - 6/28/2002
REVIEW OF A DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS 2001 WI App 148 Reported at: 246 Wis. 2d 933, 632 N.W.2d 59 (Published)
Oral Argument: January 9, 2002
Concurred: BRADLEY, J., concurs (opinion filed). ABRAHAMSON, C.J., joins...
Paulson v. Allstate Insurance Co. - 6/27/2002
. In 1998, a car driven by Cheryl Schacht collided with a car driven by Peggy Paulson. Paulson, her husband, Douglas Paulson, and her daughter, Michelle Wagner (collectively, the Paulsons), sued Schacht and Schacht's insurer, Allstate...
Stehlik v. Rhoads - 6/26/2002
Oral Argument: September 17, 2001
ABRAHAMSON, C.J., concurs (opinion filed).
CROOKS, J., dissents (opinion filed).
. This case involves an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident and presents the issue of the availability...
Aiken & Scoptur - 6/26/2002
. John Brendel and Brendel Law Offices appeal from an order requiring distribution of 80% of attorney's fees earned in a personal injury action to Larraine McNamara-McGraw, S.C. Brendel argues that claim preclusion prevents...
Kosieradzki v. Mathys - 6/25/2002
. Lori Mathys and Society Insurance appeal a summary judgment holding that Society's "each accident" limit applies in a personal injury case arising from an accident in which Mathys' car struck and injured Kyle Krumm. Mathys and...
Vidal v. Labor and Industry Review Commisison - 6/25/2002
ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS
Oral Argument: March 6, 2002
. Appellants Mark Vidal and Jerome Tork d/b/a Buena Vista Berries and Commercial Union Insurance Company (collectively "Buena Vista") appeal a circuit...
Magestro v. North Star Environment Const. - 6/19/2002
. Pekul Incorporated and Regent Insurance Company (Pekul) appeal from a judgment and an order of the trial court upholding a jury verdict awarding damages to Vincent J. Magestro and his wholly-owned company, American Power Equipment,...
Enea v. Linn - 6/18/2002
. Ryan J. Enea, a minor, and his parents, Robin R. Enea and John J. Enea, appeal from the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of James G. Linn, M.D., Saint Mary's Hospital of Milwaukee, and the Wisconsin Patients...
In re Disciplinary Proceedings Against Nichols - 6/14/2002
ATTORNEY disciplinary proceeding. Attorney's license suspended.
. We review the recommendation of the referee that Attorney David L. Nichols' license to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for six months and that he be...
Hoffman v. Rankin - 6/11/2002
. Neil and Margaret Hoffman appeal the dismissal of their medical negligence action against Thomas Rankin, M.D., the Medical Protective Company and the Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund (hereinafter, "the respondents"). The sole...
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company of Wisconsin v. Bradley Corporation - 6/11/2002
. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company of Wisconsin (Fireman's) appeals from the trial court's denial of its motion for summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action. Fireman's also appeals from the trial court's grant of summary...
Hause v. Bresina - 6/11/2002
. Patricia Hause and Richard Bates, individually; and Todd, Jeffery, Bradley, and Alexis Bates, by their guardian ad litem, (the Bateses) bring this interlocutory appeal of a non-final order for declaratory relief limiting the...
Caraher v. City of Menomonie - 6/4/2002
. The City of Menomonie appeals an order denying its motion for summary judgment in a wrongful death action brought by Dorothy Caraher, on her own behalf and as the administrator of the Estate of Michael F. Caraher, and Francis...
Hensler v. Ford Motor Company - 5/30/2002
. This is a products liability action in which Sandra Hensler claims that Ford Motor Company was negligent and strictly liable with respect to defects in the design of her 1987 Aerostar van; this negligence and the defects, she...
Willkomm v. Soriano - 5/30/2002
. In this medical malpractice case, the appellants, the deceased patient's husband and the special administrator of the estate of the deceased patient, raise five issues, none of which has merit. The issues are: (1) whether the...
Hicks v. Nunnery - 3/28/2002
. Attorney Willie Nunnery appeals a judgment entered against him in favor of a former client, Anthony Hicks. A jury found Nunnery had been negligent in his representation of Hicks in a criminal matter, and it awarded Hicks $2,606,950...
In re Hamilton - 3/28/2002
. Walter Junior Hamilton appeals a circuit court order denying his motion to dismiss an action brought by the Dane County Corporation Counsel on behalf of the State of Wisconsin to collect unpaid child support. The circuit court...
World Wide Prosthetic Supply - 3/19/2002
Oral Argument: January 15, 2002
Court: Circuit
County: Brown
Judge: Sue E. Bischel
REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals. Affirmed.
. The petitioners, Robert J. Mikulsky and Karen Mikulsky, doing...
State ex rel Harr v. McCaughtry - 3/14/2002
. Daniel Harr appeals from an order affirming a prison disciplinary decision. He raises numerous issues concerning the disciplinary proceeding. We reject his arguments and affirm.
. In June 1998, approximately 250 inmates at...
Rasmussen v. Deuster - 3/13/2002
. Anthony L. Deuster, M.D., and the Medical Protective Company appeal from the final judgment in this medical malpractice case. They argue on appeal that the circuit court erred when it refused to submit the issue of contributory...
Adney v. USAA Property & Casualty Insurance - 3/5/2002
. William Adney appeals a summary judgment dismissing his legal malpractice claim against Robert Kettering, Jr. Kettering represented Adney in a personal injury action brought by Michael Gronquist. Adney contends that summary judgment...
Kailin v. Armstrong - 2/28/2002
. This appeal arises out of a commercial real estate transaction in which Stephen and Linda Kailin purchased the property known as the Monona Center from Perry Armstrong. The Kailins appeal the summary judgment in favor of Armstrong,...
Gardner v. Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund - 2/26/2002
. Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Inc. (Sinai) appeals the judgments entered against it following a jury trial in a medical malpractice action brought by Kira Gardner and her parents against Sinai and Dr. Richard Panish. Sinai argues...
Setunsky v. Gallagher - 2/26/2002
. Karen and Todd Setunsky appeal a summary judgment dismissing their damages claim against Claim Management Services, Inc. ("CMS"), Ansul Incorporated, Grinnell Corporation Medical and Dental Plan, Tyco Laboratories, Inc. and Employee...
Tucci v. Rubin - 2/19/2002
. Tammy L. Tucci appeals the judgment rendered in favor of Dr. Ronald G. Rubin and his insurance company after a jury trial in her medical malpractice suit. Tucci argues that the trial court: (1) erroneously exercised its discretion...
Stockton v. Haselow - 2/13/2002
. Michael Haack, by his guardian ad litem, and Michael and Jean Stockton (collectively, Stockton) appeal from a judgment dismissing their medical malpractice and related claims against Dr. William Haselow and the Wisconsin Patients'...
Niese v. Skip Barber Racing School - 2/13/2002
. Jill K. Niese, individually, and as the parent and next friend of Samantha L. Niese and Alyssa K. Niese, minors, and Jill K. Niese, as independent executor for the estate of Randall L. Niese, deceased (collectively, "Jill") appeals...
McElwain v. Physicians Insurance Co. of Wisconsin - 2/5/2002
. Robert and Colleen McElwain appeal a summary judgment dismissing their medical malpractice action against M. Terry McEnany, M.D.; Midelfort Clinic, Ltd.; Luther Hospital and Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin. The trial court...
Jones v. Secura Insurance Co. - 2/1/2002
ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS
Oral Argument: December 4, 2001
Court: Circuit
County: Vilas
Judge: James B. Mohr
APPEAL from an order of the Circuit Court for Vilas County, Honorable James B....
Helmeid v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. - 1/31/2002
. Todd and Christine Helmeid appeal a summary judgment which dismissed their personal injury claims against Charles and Nannette Vesperman and the Vespermans' insurer. The trial court concluded that the Helmeids' claims were barred on...
Hoskins v. Dodge County - 1/31/2002
. Robert Hoskins and several others appeal a judgment dismissing their action against Dodge County and the City of Beaver Dam. Hoskins claims the trial court erred in concluding that the County and City were immune from suit for the...
Mueller v. Sentry Insurance - 1/30/2002
. Stephen L. Wender and Sentry Insurance, defendants and third-party plaintiffs in the circuit court, appeal from an order granting summary judgment to the third-party defendant, Helena Mendrok, and dismissing Wender's third-party...
Severude v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company - 12/28/2001
. Carla Severude appeals from a summary judgment dismissing her wrongful death action against American Family Mutual Insurance Company. Severude's daughter, Alyssa, died in an automobile accident in Severude's car. Severude, who...
Columbi Propane - 12/28/2001
. In this action, Columbia Propane, L.P. seeks to hold Wisconsin Gas Company liable for environmental contamination on real estate now owned by Columbia Propane; the contamination was allegedly caused by People's Gas Company, a prior...
Zentgraf v. Hanover Insurance Company - 12/27/2001
. American Motorists Insurance Company (American) appeals from the circuit court "order approving distribution of settlement proceeds under [Wis. Stat.] § 102.29" (1999-2000). American argues that the circuit court erred by: (1)...
Mercy Health System Corp. v. Gauss - 12/20/2001
. Mercy Health System Corporation (Mercy) appeals the trial court's order dismissing its small claims action against Russell Gauss for the unpaid balance on an account in the amount of $2,624.45 plus interest. Mercy filed the action...
VanCleve v. City of Marinette - 12/18/2001
. Wisconsin Stat. § 81.17 provides conditional protection to a municipality when it is sued along with, for example, a contractor for injuries caused by highway defects. If both the municipality and the contractor are found liable,...
Trombello v. Blue Sky Harbor Limited Partnership - 12/4/2001
. Russell Schmeiser appeals a summary judgment concluding that State Farm Fire & Casualty Company has no duty to defend or indemnify him in a lawsuit commenced by William and Patricia Trombello. Schmeiser argues that the trial...
Deminsky v. Arlington Plastics Machinery - 11/29/2001
. Image Plastics, Inc. and its insurer, Federated Mutual Insurance Company, appeal a $1.7 million judgment entered against them in favor of Todd Deminsky for injuries he sustained while operating a plastic-grinding machine. Image,...
Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility v. Karlsson - 11/29/2001
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST KARLSSON
ATTORNEY disciplinary proceeding. Attorney's license suspended.
. We review the recommendation of the referee that Attorney Kathryn P. Karlsson's license to practice law in...
Sensenbrenner v. St. Paul Insurance Co. - 9/6/2001
APPEAL from an order of the circuit court for Dane County: PAUL B. HIGGINBOTHAM, Judge. Affirmed.
. St. Paul Insurance Company (St. Paul) appeals an order granting a new trial to David Sensenbrenner on his personal injury claim....
Kasun v. Owens-Illinois - 8/14/2001
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: DAVID HANSHER, Judge. Affirmed.
. Stephen J. Kasun, Jr., and his wife, Edna Kasun, appeal from the judgment, following a jury trial, dismissing their action...
State v. Sexton - 8/7/2001
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Oconto County: RICHARD D. DELFORGE, Judge. Affirmed.
. Bradley W. Sexton appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury's verdict, convicting him of five counts of felony failure to...
Stensland v. Warshafsky - 7/31/2001
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: MICHAEL P. SULLIVAN, Judge. Affirmed.
. Liduvina Stensland appeals from the trial court's summary judgment dismissing her legal malpractice action against...
Martinson v. Allstate Indemnity Company - 3/29/2001
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse County: DENNIS G. MONTABON, Judge. Affirmed.
. In this personal injury case, Roxanne Martinson appeals the judgment entered on the jury's verdict and the trial court's...
Lambrecht v. Estate of Kaczmarczyk - 3/23/2001
ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS
Oral Argument: October 31, 2000
Waukesha JUDGE: James R. Kieffer
JUSTICES: Dissented: CROOKS, J., dissents (opinion filed). WILCOX and SYKES, J.J., join dissent.
APPEAL...
Malik v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. - 3/22/2001
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: FRANCIS T. WASIELEWSKI, Judge. Affirmed.
. Christina Malik was bitten by a dog, owned by Matthew and Patricia Herman, which she was caring for while the Hermans...
Rubidell Resort Condominium Association - 3/20/2001
APPEAL from judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: TIMOTHY G. DUGAN, Judge. Reversed and cause remanded with directions.
. The Rubidell Resort Condominium Association (condo association) appeals the trial court's...
Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund v. Physicians Insurance Company Of Wisconsin - 3/20/2001
APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown County: WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH, Judge. Affirmed in part; reversed in part.
. Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc., appeals a judgment entered...
Seubert v. Seubert - 3/15/2001
APPEAL from an order of the circuit court for La Crosse County: JOHN A. DAMON, Judge. Affirmed.
. Gerald Seubert appeals from an order denying his motion to reduce or eliminate his maintenance payments to his ex-wife, Patricia...
Robillard v. Nardi - 3/15/2001
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: STANLEY A. MILLER, Judge. Affirmed.
. Steven and Lori Robillard appeal a judgment dismissing their personal injury action against Douglas Nardi, his former...
Sheppard v. Starkey - 3/15/2001
APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Portage County: FREDERIC W. FLEISHAUER, Judge. Affirmed.
. Candice Sheppard appeals from a judgment which reduced the amount of damages for past and future pain...
Shea v. Haas - 12/21/2000
As amended February 19, 2001.
APPEAL from orders of the circuit court for La Crosse County: DENNIS G. MONTABON, Judge. Affirmed.
. Nicole Shea, who was injured in a motor vehicle accident caused by the intoxication of an...
Muehls-Sussman v. Greenwood - 12/21/2000
APPEAL from an order of the circuit court for Dane County: Daniel R. Moeser, Judge. Affirmed.
. Wendi Muehls-Sussman and Lawrence Sussman appeal from an order which dismissed their personal injury action against two University...
Rayburn v. MSI Insurance Company - 12/21/2000
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse County: MICHAEL J. MULROY, Judge. Affirmed.
. The issue on this appeal is the interpretation of a business owner's liability insurance policy that defines the insured,...
Guzman v. St. Francis Hospital - 12/19/2000
APPEAL from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: PATRICIA D. MCMAHON, Judge. Reversed.
. Audrey Guzman was seriously injured by what she claims was the negligence of the health-care providers named in the caption....
Aichele v. Clark County - 11/30/2000
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Clark County: MICHAEL W. BRENNAN, Judge. Affirmed.
. The surviving family members of Conrad Aichele appeal from a summary judgment decision dismissing their wrongful death action...
Gray v. Allstate Insurance Company - 11/30/2000
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane County: GERALD C. NICHOL, Judge. Affirmed.
. Stephen Gray appeals from a judgment dismissing his personal injury action against the Allstate Insurance Company based upon the...
Novak v. Labor And Industry Review Commission - 11/16/2000
APPEAL from an order of the circuit court for Iowa County: GEORGE S. CURRY, Judge. Reversed and cause remanded with directions.
. The Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) appeals a circuit court order that set aside its...
Michael Ablan Law Firm v. Adams - 11/9/2000
APPEAL from an order of the circuit court for La Crosse County: JOHN J. PERLICH, Judge.
Affirmed.
. Michael Ablan Law Firm, S.C., appeals a small claims order dismissing a claim for attorney fees against Robin and Vicki...
LaForte v. Bandoli - 11/7/2000
APPEAL from judgments of the circuit court for Chippewa County: RODERICK A. CAMERON, Judge.
Reversed and cause remanded.
. Timothy W. Bandoli, d/b/a Tim's Wayside Tavern, appeals a summary judgment declaring that Society...
Boland v. Wal-Mart Stores - 9/28/2000
APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from a judgment and an order of the circuit court for La Crosse County: DENNIS G. MONTABON, Judge. Affirmed.
. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., appeals from a judgment, entered on a jury verdict, awarding Faye...
Kinsey v. McCollough - 9/28/2000
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Rock County: JAMES WELKER, Judge. Affirmed.
. This appeal concerns the interpretation of a provision in an Illinois county's health care benefit plan (Plan) concerning the...
Nommensen v. American Continental Insurance Company - 9/27/2000
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Racine County: RICHARD J. KREUL, Judge. Affirmed.
. This is a medical malpractice case commenced by Todd Nommensen against Saint Mary's Medical Center, Inc. and its insurer,...
KHLH - 9/19/2000
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: CHRISTOPHER R. FOLEY, Judge.
Affirmed.
. Wisconsin Land Surveyors, Ltd., appeals from a judgment in favor of KHLH, Incorporated, a general contractor, and...
Secura Insurance v. Labor and Industry Review Commission - 9/13/2000
APPEAL from an order of the circuit court for Walworth County: MICHAEL S. GIBBS, Judge. Affirmed.
Stevenson's Trendsetters, Inc. and its insurer, Secura Insurance, appeal from a Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC)...
Wrecza v. Patino - 9/12/2000
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: JOHN A. FRANKE, Judge. Affirmed.
. Harold A. Patino and Debra Greengrass appeal from a judgment entered after a jury found them both negligent in the operation of...
Flynn v. Arctic Express - 9/7/2000
APPEALS from judgments of the circuit court for Grant County: ROBERT P. VAN DE HEY, Judge.
Reversed.
. This is a consolidated appeal in two personal injury actions arising out of a single automobile accident. Plaintiffs...
Prent Corp. v. Martek Holdings - 8/31/2000
APPEAL from judgments of the circuit court for Rock County: JAMES P. DALEY, Judge.
Affirmed in part; reversed in part.
. Prent Corporation and GOEX Corporation (collectively the Buyers) contracted with Martek Holdings,...
Uygur v. Smith & Nephew Dyonics - 8/30/2000
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Kenosha County: MARY KAY WAGNER-MALLOY, Judge. Affirmed.
Fethiye F. Uygur appeals from a judgment dismissing her claims that Smith & Nephew Dyonics, Inc. (hereinafter S&N;...
Love v. Eversman - 8/22/2000
APPEAL from orders of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: CHARLES F. KAHN, JR., Judge. Affirmed in part; reversed in part and cause remanded with directions.
. Keith Love appeals the dismissal of Mary Kay Schuknecht, Dr....
Collura v. St. Mary's Hospital of Milwaukee - 8/17/2000
As amended August 25, 2000
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: PATRICIA D. McMAHON, Judge. Affirmed in part; reversed in part and cause remanded with directions.
August and Mary Collura appeal...
Watts v. Medical Protective Company - 8/9/2000
APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Waukesha County: KATHRYN W. FOSTER, Judge.
Affirmed.
. Mark B. Watts, individually and as the special administrator of the estate of his late wife, Vicky L. Watts, appeals...
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