Schaefer v. American Family Mutual Insurance

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Schaefer v. American Family Mutual Insurance, 182 Wis. 2d 380, 514 N.W.2d 16 (Ct. App. 1994), which affirmed a judgment of the circuit court for Dane County, Mark A. Frankel, Circuit Judge. In an action claiming damages for loss of inheritance, the circuit court denied plaintiffs' motion in limine seeking to exclude from evidence proof that the plaintiffs (heirs of Donald Schaefer) inherited the proceeds 1 of a $500,000 life insurance policy on the decedent, Donald Schaefer. As a result of the circuit…