Tomsen v. Secura Insurance

¶ 1. Ryan Tomsen appeals an order denying him double costs and interest on a judgment against Secura Insurance and Jody Hayes (Secura). Tomsen was injured in an automobile accident Hayes caused in December 2001. In July 2002, Tomsen made a Wis. Stat. § 807.01 settlement offer for $200,000 to Hayes and her insurer, Secura. Secura did not accept the offer. After further discovery and a denial of Secura's request that Tomsen be found negligent as a matter of law, Secura made a § 807.01 settlement offer to Tomsen for $450,000 plus costs in December 2002. Tomsen accepted.

¶ 2. Tomsen then requested…