Novell v. Migliaccio

¶ 1. The petitioners, Anthony and Andrea Migliaccio, seek review of an unpublished court of appeals decision reversing a circuit court order that had granted summary judgment in favor of the Migliaccios and dismissed the Wis. Stat. § 100.181 statutory misrepresentation claim of Chad Novell, the respondent.2 They contend that the court of appeals erred when it concluded that reasonable reliance is not an element of the statutory misrepresentation claim.

¶ 2. Rather, the Migliaccios assert that in pursuing a § 100.18 cause of action, a plaintiff is required to prove reasonable reliance as an…