Paige K. B. v. Steven G. B.

¶ 1. Richard and Esther B. and their insurers, Milwaukee Guardian Insurance, Inc. and General Casualty Company of Wisconsin (collectively the "defendants"), appeal two orders of the circuit court. The first precluded them from litigating an issue that had previously been litigated in a criminal proceeding against their son. The second granted protective orders to limit discovery of plaintiffs Paige K. B. and Kaitlin I. B. We conclude that because Richard and Esther were not in privity nor did they have a sufficient identity of interest with their son in his criminal conviction, their due…