General Telephone Co. of Wisconsin v. Auto-Owners Insurance

General Telephone Company of Wisconsin (GTE) appeals a nonfinal order granting a new trial and denying its motions for judgment on the verdict and for liquidated damages. GTE claims that the trial court had no authority to rule on Mohr’s untimely new trial motion; that the trial court rendered its decision on the new trial motion in an untimely fashion; and that the trial court abused its discretion in ordering a new trial and by denying GTE’s motions for judgment on the verdict and for liquidated damages. Because we conclude that the trial court had no authority to order a new trial, we…