Meracle v. Children's Service Society of Wisconsin

CALLOW, WILLIAM G., J.

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals, Meracle v. Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin, 143 Wis. 2d 476, 421 N.W.2d 856 (1988), reversing a judgment of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Judge Ralph Adam Fine, granting summary judgment in a wrongful adoption action to Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin and American Home Assurance Company. The court of appeals decision also reversed the circuit court’s denial of the motion of Quentin and Nancy Meracle for reconsideration of the judgment.

We address two issues in this case. First, is the cause of…