Berk v. Milwaukee Automobile Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The facts in the case of Kuhle v. Ladwig, so far as here material, are adequately stated in 237 Wis. 147, 148, 149, 295 N. W. 41, and will not be here repeated. The trial court’s findings, the substance of which is set out in the preceding statement, are to the effect that a person of ordinary-care and prudence, in the exercise of that degree of care and diligence which such a person would have exercised in the management of his own business were he investigating and adjusting a claim such as the Kuhle claim, would have accepted the offer of settlement which was made during the pendency of…
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