Heikkinen v. United Services Automobile Ass'n

Wisconsin Supreme Court
Heikkinen v. United Services Automobile Ass'n, 305 Wis. 2d 68 (Wis. 2007)
2007 WI 124; 739 N.W.2d 489; 2007 Wisc. LEXIS 715

Heikkinen v. United Services Automobile Ass'n

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

¶ 1. The court is equally divided on the question of whether the published decision of the *70court of appeals, Heikkinen v. United Services Automobile Association, 2006 WI App 207, 296 Wis. 2d 438, 724 N.W.2d 243, should be affirmed or reversed. CHIEF JUSTICE SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, JUSTICE ANN WALSH BRADLEY, and JUSTICE LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR., would affirm; JUSTICE DAVID T. PROSSER, JUSTICE PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGEN-SACK, and JUSTICE ANNETTE KINGSLAND ZIEGLER would reverse. JUSTICE N. PATRICK CROOKS did not participate.

¶ 2. Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Hjalmer C. Heikkinen, Kim Heikkinen, Special Administrator of the Estate of Amelia Heikkinen, State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services and Tommy G. Thompson Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Plaintiffs-Respondents v. United Services Automobile Association and Margaret E. Morse, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents v. The Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America and Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Defendants-Third-Party Defendants-Appellants-Petitioners
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5 cases
Status
Published