Opinion · Wilaw Wisconsin

DeRUYTER v. WISCONSIN ELEC. POWER CO., 211 Wis.2d 169 (1997)

565 N.W.2d 118

Type: Opinion
Court: Wilaw Wisconsin
Jurisdiction: Wilaw
Date: 1997-06-20
Topic: general

DeRUYTER v. WISCONSIN ELEC. POWER CO., 211 Wis.2d 169 (1997) 565 N.W.2d 118 Jane DeRUYTER, Jason DeRuyter and Travis DeRuyter, byDonald J. Jacquart, their Guardian Ad Litem and theEstate of Glenn R. DeRuyter, by Eric E.

Citator

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DeRUYTER v. WISCONSIN ELEC. POWER CO.,211 Wis.2d 169(1997)

565 N.W.2d 118

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, Defendant-Appellant,

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

ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, AMERICAN

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN and Michael T.

Schmaling, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

No. 94-1991

Oral argument March 5, 1997. —

Decided June 20, 1997.

Page 170

REVIEW of a published decision of the Court of Appeals¹reversing the decision of the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, John E. McCormick, Judge.Affirmed.

For the defendant/plaintiff-respondent-petitioner/co-petitioner, Great West Casualty Company, Inc., there were briefs byDouglas J. Carroll, andO'Neill, Schimmel, QuirkCarroll, S.C., Milwaukee.

For the plaintiffs-respondents-co-petitioners there were briefs byDavid P. Lowe, Donald J. JacquartandJacquartLowe, S.C., Milwaukee andMichael P. CrooksandPeterson, Johnson Murray, S.C., Madison and oral argument byDavid P. LoweandMichael P.Crooks.Page 171

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief byJeffreyMorrisandQuarles Brady, Milwaukee and oral argument byJeffrey Morris.

Amicus curiae brief was filed byMichael H. GillickandMurphy, Gillick, Wicht Prachthauser, Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Amicus curiae brief was filed byPatrick K. Stevens, WernerE. Scherr, Jeffrey S. Meyer, Michael A. Greene, Jerome D.OkarmaandEdwina A. Wilsonfor Manufacturers Commerce, Milwaukee Transport Services, Inc., Harnischfeger Industries, Inc., Johnson Controls, Inc., Wisconsin Bell, Inc., and General Electric Medical Systems.

¶ 1. PER CURIAM.

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.Page 172

DeRuyter v. Wisconsin Electric Power Co.,200 Wis.2d 349,546 N.W.2d 534(Ct.App. 1996). ↩