Kearns v. American Family Insurance Group

OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

Respondents Kimberly Ann Kearns and Lawrence Kearns brought a declaratory judgment action seeking to stack uninsured benefits of separate insurance policies on their two vehicles. The trial court granted the Kearnses’ motion to apply Wisconsin’s stacking statute. American Family’s petition for discretionary review of the order was subsequently denied by this court. The matter proceeded to trial where the jury awarded damages in excess of $100,-000 and found no negligence on the part of Kimberly Ann Kearns. Upon American Family’s post-trial motions for JNOV, a new trial,…