Legal Opinion
Decade's Monthly Income & Appreciation Fund Ex Rel. Keierleber v. Whyte & Hirschboeck, S.C.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1993No. 90-2793PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.
This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals, Decade's Monthly Fund v. Whyte & Hirschboeck, 164 Wis. 2d 227, 474 N.W.2d 766 (Ct. App. 1991), reversing a summary judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Gary A. Gerlach, Judge, that held that Decade's Monthly Income and Appreciation Fund (Decade's) could not maintain a direct action malpractice lawsuit against Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society, Inc. (ALAS), the malpractice insurer of the law firm of Whyte & Hirschboeck. The court of appeals held that Wisconsin's direct action statutes, sec.…
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