Legal Opinion
Welty v. Heggy
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided July 21, 1988No. 86-0700, 86-1288PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGartzke, P.J.
Susan Welty and the estate of her deceased husband, Carl, appeal from $25,000 punitive damage awards to each in a judgment entered following the partial retrial we ordered in Welty v. Heggy, 124 Wis. 2d 318, 369 N.W.2d 763 (Ct. App. 1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 947 (1985). David Heggy cross-appeals.
The issues in the Weltys’ appeal are whether (1) substitution of a new trial judge for the retrial was improper; (2) the trial court should have determined only whether the original $200,000 punitive damages award was rational and based on fact; (3) if the court was entitled to make a new award,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wangen v. Ford Motor Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
- Fahrenberg v. TengelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
- Tucker v. MarcusWisconsin Supreme Court · 1988
- Dalton v. MeisterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971
- State v. BradyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1986
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3Cited by8 opinions
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