Legal Opinion
Russell Adams v. Northland Equipment Company, Inc.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided July 22, 2014No. 2012AP000580PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPatience Drake Roggensack, J.
¶ 1. We review a decision of the court of appeals1 affirming an *534order of the Rock County Circuit Court2 that compelled plaintiff Russell Adams to accept a settlement offer from defendant Northland Equipment Company, Inc. that Adams' employer's worker's compensation insurer, The League of Wisconsin Municipalities Mutual Insurance Company (LWMMIC), chose to accept.
¶ 2. Adams sued Northland and its insurer, Cincinnati Insurance Company, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 102.29(1) (2011-12)3 for personal injuries Adams sustained while plowing snow for his employer, the Village of Fontana.4 Northland…
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