Legal Opinion

Vonch v. American Standard Insurance

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided June 13, 1989No. 88-1534PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMyse, J.

American Standard Insurance Company appeals a judgment that it pay its policy limits of $50,000 toward a $92,151.42 verdict in favor of Christine S. Vonch. American Standard contends that payments made by it and other insurance companies to Vonch should operate to reduce the judgment against it, that a loan receipt arrangement between Vonch and the other tort-feasor operated as a Pierringer release, and that the court erred by not instructing the jury that operating a motor vehicle with a BAC over .10% constitutes negligence per se and by admitting lay testimony from a police officer as to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pierringer v. HogerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Ford Motor Co. v. LyonsCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1987
  3. Wisconsin Natural Gas Co. v. Ford, Bacon & Davis Construction Corp.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Northwestern National Insurance v. NemetzCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1986
  5. American Standard Insurance v. ClevelandCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1985

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Meyer v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1991
  2. Wester v. BrugginkCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1994
  3. Alvarez v. KeyesCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1995
  4. Vogel v. Grant-Lafayette Electric CooperativeCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1995
  5. Meyer v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1991

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