154 Wis. 2d 667 - Prill v. Hampton’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 93 Wis. 2d 433 - Wirth v. Ehly · 124 Wis. 2d 681 - State v. Wyss · 118 Wis. 2d 299 - Fehring v. Republic Insurance · 111 Wis. 2d 116 - LePoidevin Ex Rel. Dye v. Wilson · 77 Wis. 2d 612 - Peeples v. Sargent
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“[Appellant] next contends that ... she is entitled to damages for “wrongful divorce.” This type of claim has not been recognized in the past and we refuse to recognize it now.... While we recognize that there is a strong public policy that permits injured parties to recover damages for their injuries, we also recognize countervailing public policy considerations that should bar claims for wrongful divorce. Failure of a marriage is rarely attributable to a single cause. In some instances, there may be evidence that the spouse’s injuries were, in part, the cause of the marriage’s failure. For the jury to properly assess the amount of damages, however, it is necessary to show both a causal relationship and the extent or degree this factor played in the failure of the marriage. Such an inquiry would open to scrutiny very personal issues, not only of the spouse claiming damages, but also of the injured spouse. This factor, along with the difficulty of the jury in determining the extent to which any single cause may have contributed to the failure of the marriage, requires that such claims be rejected![ 14 ]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he same public policy reasons supporting the legislature's abolition of these claims [alienation of affections] also support denial of [the wife's] claim for wrongful divorce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The issue is deemed waived since the trial court never had the opportunity to consider”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Baierl v. McTaggart
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