Legal Opinion
Atkinson v. EVERBRITE. INC.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided February 4, 1999No. 98-1806PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDeininger, J.
Judith Atkinson appeals an order dismissing her common-law tort claims against Everbrite, Inc., which had employed her husband, Harry, before his death. Mrs. Atkinson contends that Everbrite assumed the duty to provide her husband with the forms necessary to maintain his life insurance coverage after he had become disabled, and that Ever-brite is liable in tort for its breach of this duty. We conclude, however, that any common-law obligation Everbrite may have had to provide the insurance forms was contractual in nature, and that Everbrite is liable, if at all, only for a breach of contract.…
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