Legal Opinion
Mid-State Contracting, Inc. v. Superior Floor Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided September 17, 2002No. 02-0761-FTPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOVER, PJ.
¶ 1. Superior Floor Company, Inc., appeals a judgment awarding 18% interest on a jury verdict. Superior claims it never contracted with Mid-State Contracting, Inc., for an interest rate above the statutory limit of 5% 2 and Mid-State unilaterally added the 18% rate at the bottom of its invoices to Superior. We determine that the interest rate line constitutes an additional term under Wis. Stat. § 402.207(1) not sub ject to any exception under Wis. Stat. § 402.207(2), and that the 18% rate is permissible. We therefore affirm the judgment.
Background
¶ 2. Superior contracted with…
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