Legal Opinion
Dahmen v. American Family Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided August 1, 2001No. 00-1232PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NETTESHEIM, PJ.
¶ 1. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. appeals from a nonfinal order 1 denying its motion to bifurcate the trial of the two claims made against it by the respondents, Renate and Helmut Dahmen. The Dahmens' first claim is for un-derinsured motorist (UIM) benefits under a policy issued by American Family to the Dahmens. Their second claim alleges bad faith by American Family in denying their request for UIM benefits. American Family contends that the trial court erred in denying its motion to bifurcate the Dahmens' claims and stay discovery on the bad faith claim pending the…
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