Betz v. Diamond Jim's Auto Sales

¶ 1. This case comes to us because Randy L. Betz and Diamond Jim's Auto Sales settled Betz's lawsuit against Diamond Jim's without the knowledge of their respective lawyers. Betz's lawyers sought fee-shifting attorney's fees from Diamond Jim's pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 100.18(11). The trial court rejected their claim in an order dated December 8, 2011. Although designated by the circuit court as "the final order of the court for the purposes of appeal," and the order also indicated that "no further orders are contemplated by the court," the circuit court entered an order on January 9, 2012,…