Legal Opinion
Bauer v. Murphy
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided February 2, 1995No. 93-2106PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEich, C.J.
Amy Bauer, a former member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison women's basketball *521team, sued the team's coach, Mary Murphy, for, among other things, defamation and interference with a contract. The trial court granted Murphy's motions for summary judgment dismissing both claims and Bauer appeals.
The issues are: (1) whether the remarks on which Bauer bases her defamation action were slanderous per se; and (2) whether Anderson v. Continental Ins. Co., 85 Wis. 2d 675, 271 N.W.2d 368 (1978), requires dismissal of Bauer's action for tortious interference with a contract because her only claim…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Anderson v. Continental InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
- Grams v. BossWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
- First National Leasing Corp. v. City of MadisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. HoltCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1985
- Moriarty v. LippeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
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