Taft Parsons, Jr. v. Associated Banc-Corp

f 47. {dissenting). The right to a jury trial is a bedrock principle upon which this state is founded. Article I, section 5 of the Wisconsin Constitution guarantees that the "right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate . . . but. . . may be waived by the parties in all cases in the manner prescribed by law. . . This case requires us to examine the prescribed manner by which a party may contractually waive this guaranteed right.

¶ 48. Specifically we address whether Taft and Carol Parsons ("the Parsons") waived the right to a jury trial when Taft Parsons signed several loan documents,…