Legal Opinion
Weiss v. Regent Properties, Ltd.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 1984No. 82-696PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliam G. Callow, J.
This is a review of an order affirming a Milwaukee county circuit court order, issued by Judge Laurence C. Gram, Jr., dismissing for failure to state a claim the suit brought by the personal representative of an estate for pecuniary loss of the decedent. We affirm the court of appeals.
The issue presented on appeal is whether an estate has a cause of action to recover damages on its own behalf for pecuniary loss of the decedent.
On November 27, 1979, William C. Whitten, Jr., the personal representative of the estate of Patrick J. Szo-pinski 1 (Estate), filed a complaint alleging that the…
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