163 Wis. 2d 708 - Scholmer Ex Rel. Bye v. Perina’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 93 Wis. 2d 433 - Wirth v. Ehly · 74 Wis. 2d 526 - Coffey v. City of Milwaukee · 122 Wis. 2d 94 - Helmbrecht v. St. Paul Insurance · 48 Wis. 2d 321 - Hass v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. · 85 Wis. 2d 461 - Stewart v. Wulf
Most-quoted passages
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“it is the concern for the absence of a sensible or just stopping point as to each of the three elements of Lyle's cause of action, negligence, causation and damages, rather than any one element that invokes considerations of public policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Recovery for failing to settle a claim at an earlier date for more money . . . opens the door to malpractice claims immeasurably wider and resting largely on evidence of an abstract and hypothetical nature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“determination to not impose liability ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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