Estate of Stanley G. Miller v. Diane Storey

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ANNETTE KINGSLAND ZIEGLER, J.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Estate of Miller v. Storey, 2016 WI App 68, 371 Wis. 2d 669, 885 N.W.2d 787, which reversed the Marathon County circuit court's1 small claims money judgment for the Estate of Miller ("Estate") against Diane Storey ("Storey").

f 2. In a small claims action by the Estate, a jury found Storey liable under Wis. Stat. § 895.446 (2013-14)2 for theft of money from her elderly uncle when she cared for him in the last year of his life. After the verdict, the circuit court awarded the Estate actual damages…