Fontana Builders, Inc. v. Assurance Co. of Am.

¶ 1 In this decade-old case, Assurance Company of America appeals from a judgment reinstating April 2010 jury verdicts in favor of Fontana Builders, Inc., for breach-of-contract and bad-faith damages. Assurance denied a claim made under a builder's risk insurance policy it issued to Fontana. Fontana cross-appeals from the judgment only with respect to the amount of interest the circuit court allowed under WIS. STAT. § 807.01 (2015-16)1 for the bad-faith damages. We affirm the judgment as to the appeal but, given the unique facts at play, reverse as to the cross-appeal, as we agree that…