Legal Opinion
Wadzinski v. Auto-Owners Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided July 5, 2012No. 2009AP2752PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPatience Drake Roggensack, J.
¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals.1 That court reversed the decision of the circuit court,2 which had granted summary judgment in favor of Auto-Owners Insurance Company. The sole question for review is whether a reasonable insured would read the Executive Umbrella insurance policy at issue here to afford $2,000,000 of uninsured motorist (UM) coverage.
¶ 2. This case arose from a fatal motorcycle accident in which Steven Wadzinski was struck and killed by an uninsured motorist. Mr. Wadzinski's wife, Michelle Wadzinski, seeks UM coverage under an umbrella…
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