Dupuis v. General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin

The issues for decision on this appeal are:(1) Was the prospective abrogation of parent-child tort immunity a proper application of Wisconsin common law regarding the effect of judicial decisions?(2) Does such limitation violate the Wisconsin constitution as an improper exercise of judicial power?(3) Does such limitation violate art. IV, sec. 4, and the seventh and fourteenth amendments of the United States constitution ?

In Goller v. White, supra, this court abrogated the immunity of a parent in a child-parent tort action, but made the change prospective only, except for the Goller case…