Wagner v. Dissing

Marvin and Carol Wagner and their insurer, Mt. Morris-Aurora Mutual Insurance Company, appeal from a summary judgment dismissing their damage action against Waushara County, its insurer, and two of its employees (collectively, "the county”). The Wagners sued for damages resulting from the destruction of their barn by a fire started by R.S., a foster child in their care. They claimed that the county was negligent in investigating R.S.’s propensity to engage in destructive behavior, and that it breached a contract in which it agreed to provide the Wagners information about R.S. prior to the…