Shopko Stores, Inc. v. Kujak

Terese Kujak pled guilty to a La Crosse city ordinance shoplifting charge. Restitution was not ordered. Shopko then brought this action under sec. 943.51, Stats. The trial court granted Shopko’s motion for summary judgment and awarded it $30 actual damages, $90 exemplary damages, and $210 attorney fees. Kujak appeals from the judgment.

Section 943.51, Stats.,11985 Wis. Act 179, permits the victim of a retail theft to bring a civil action *592against the person who causes the injury to recover the value of the merchandise lost or damaged, other actual damages, exemplary damages, and the costs,…