Nieuwendorp v. American Family Insurance

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Nieuwendorp v. American Family Ins. Co., 181 Wis. 2d 259, 510 N.W.2d 779 (Ct. App. 1993), which reversed the judgment of the circuit court for Oneida County, Robert E. Kinney, Circuit Judge. The judgment of the circuit court, entered on a jury's verdict, awarded plaintiff Judy L. Nieuwendorp (Nieuwendorp), a special education teacher, damages as a result of an incident in which a fourth-grade student, Jason Hein (Jason), grabbed Nieuwendorp's hair and pulled it, resulting in an injury to her neck. During the course of a…