Legal Opinion

Lestina v. West Bend Mutual Insurance

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 1993No. 91-3030PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*903SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha County, Patrick L. Snyder, Circuit Judge. The case comes to this court on certification by the court of appeals pursuant to sec. 809.61, Stats. 1991-92. The sole question presented by the certification is "what is the standard of care in Wisconsin for a [recreational] sports player who is alleged to have caused injury to another player during and as part of the [recreational team contact sports] competition." The circuit court determined that negligence was the governing legal standard. For the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Marchetti v. KalishOhio Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Osborne v. MontgomeryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1930
  3. McConville v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
  4. Nabozny v. BarnhillAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  5. Gauvin v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989

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3Cited by31 opinions

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  3. Ritchie-Gamester v. City of BerkleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Crawn v. CampoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1994
  5. Pfister v. ShustaIllinois Supreme Court · 1995

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