Ford v. First American National Bank of Wausau

Two issues are raised on this appeal:

1. Did the trial court err in granting the defendants’ motions to strike ?

2. Did the trial court err in granting the defendants’ motions to amend their answers?

Before the merits of the plaintiffs’ first issue may be reached, the question of the appealability of an order striking a cause of action must be determined.

Generally, the granting or denying of a motion to strike has been held not to be appealable. Gauger v. Ludwig, 56 Wis.2d 492, 495-96, 202 N.W.2d 233 (1972); State v. Chippewa Cable Co., 21 Wis.2d 598, 610, 124 *204N.W.2d 616 (1963); Blooming Grove…