Sachsenmaier v. Mittlestadt

This is an appeal of a judgment apportioning seventy percent negligence to Timothy Mittlestadt and his insurance carrier, American Family Insurance Group, and awarding the Sachsenmaiers double costs pursuant to sec. 807.01(3), Stats. The case was tried to the court sitting without a jury. Mittles-tadt contends that the trial court’s apportionment of negligence was clearly erroneous and that the court erred by finding a letter from Sachsenmaier’s counsel to be an offer of settlement under sec. 807.01, thereby authorizing Sachsenmaier to recover double costs. We conclude that the evidence…