Musa v. Jefferson County Bank

¶1. The petitioner, Frank Musa (Musa), seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's order to set aside a jury's award of damages against the respondent, James V. Buelow (Buelow).1 The jury awarded Musa $4,000 in compensatory damages for mental health treatment expenses and $50,000 in punitive damages.

*330¶ 2. Musa asserts that the court of appeals improperly extended the substantial other damages requirement of Anderson v. Continental Insurance Co., 85 Wis. 2d 675, 271 N.W.2d 368 (1978), to recovery of mental health care expenses in an action for…