DeRuyter ex rel. Jacquart v. Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
DeRuyter ex rel. Jacquart v. Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 211 Wis. 2d 169 (Wis. 1997)
565 N.W.2d 118
Crooks, Took
DeRuyter ex rel. Jacquart v. Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. This court is equally divided on whether to affirm or reverse the decision of the court of appeals. Justice Donald W. Steinmetz, Justice Jon P. Wilcox, and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley would affirm; Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson, Justice William A. Bablitch, and Justice Janine P. Geske would reverse. Justice N. Patrick Crooks did not participate.
¶ 2. Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Jane DeRuyter, Jason DeRuyter and Travis DeRuyter, by Donald J. Jacquart, their Guardian Ad Litem and the Estate of Glenn R. DeRuyter, by Eric E. Eberhardt, Special Administrator of the Estate of Glenn R. DeRuyter, Plaintiffs-Respondents-Co-Petitioner v. Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Great West Casualty Company, Inc., Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner, American Standard Insurance Company and Michael T. Schmaling, Defendants-Respondents, Employers Insurance of Wausau, a Mutual Company, Defendant Great West Casualty Company, Inc., JJ Transport, Inc., Power Transport, Inc., and Cedarland Trucking, Inc., Plaintiffs-Respondents-Co-Petitioners v. Wisconsin Electirc Power Company, American Standard Insurance Company of Wisconsin and Michael T. Schmaling, Defendants-Respondents
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- Status
- Published