Gustafson v. Physicians Insurance Co. of Wisconsin, Inc.

Midwestern National Insurance Corporation (MNIC), the plaintiffs' — the Gustaf-sons — subrogated insurer, appeals from a judgment granting the prevailing defendants, Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. and others (PIC), their costs for defending the lawsuit and an order denying reconsideration of this issue. MNIC contends that this is an inequitable result. It asserts that it had a representation agreement in effect with the Gustaf-sons' counsel, Dean Horwitz, when he negotiated the settlement agreement with PIC. After losing at trial, the Gustafsons settled with PIC: they agreed…