Legal Opinion
Showers Appraisals, LLC v. Musson Bros.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided June 27, 2012No. 2011AP1158PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C.J.
¶ 1. This case arises from the June 2008 floods in Oshkosh. Mark Showers and his businesses, Showers Appraisals, LLC, and Real Marketing, LLC, sued Musson Bros., Inc. and the City of Oshkosh for damages suffered in those floods. At the time of the storm, Musson was working as a private contractor for the State of Wisconsin to replace the storm sewer in front of Showers' building. Musson claimed, and the trial court agreed, that it is entitled to governmental immunity under Estate of Lyons v. CNA Ins. Cos., 207 Wis. 2d 446, 457-58, 558 N.W.2d 658 (Ct. App. 1996), a case extending governmental…
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