Marten Transport, Ltd. v. Hartford Specialty Co.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Marten Transp. Ltd. v. Hartford Specialty Co., 180 Wis. 2d 285, 509 N.W.2d 106 (Ct. App. 1993), which reversed a nonfinal order of the circuit court for Milwaukee County, William D. Gardner, Circuit Judge. The circuit court denied a motion of defendants Hartford Specialty Co., et al. (Hartford) to disqualify the law firm of Christopher D. Walther & Associates, S.C. (the Walther firm) as attorneys for plaintiff Marten Transport Ltd. (Marten).

The issue before this court is whether the circuit court erroneously exercised its…