Rockweit v. Senecal

This case involves a review of a published decision by the court of appeals which reversed in part a judgment of the circuit court for *413Fond du Lac County, Peter L. Grimm, Judge. See Rockweit v. Senecal, 187 Wis. 2d 170, 522 N.W.2d 575 (Ct. App. 1994). The plaintiff-cross-respondent Anthony C. Rockweit (Anthony), by his guardian ad litem, alleged that the defendant-petitioner Ann Tynan (Tynan) was negligent in failing to extinguish hot embers from a campfire contained in a fire pit into which he subsequently fell, causing severe injuries. Following a trial, a jury determined that Tynan was…