Figgs v. City of Milwaukee

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals, 116 Wis. 2d 281, 342 N.W.2d 254 (Ct. App. 1983), which reversed a judg ment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Michael D. Guolee, Circuit Judge, in favor of the plaintiff, Mary Figgs, and against the defendant, city of Milwaukee. We reverse the court of appeals.

The court of appeals concluded that the plaintiff’s claim against the city was deficient because, after reciting the circumstances of the injury, it stated only, “That satisfaction therefor is claimed from the city of Milwaukee, in the sum of Four…