Insurance — bad faith

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Civil

Insurance — bad faith

Pro se appellants Laurance and Jessica Chmielewski suffered a house fire in 2009. The jury determined the actual cash value (ACV) of their damaged personal property to be $148,000 and concluded that the $142,486.72 in ACV payments American Family Mutual Insurance Company made did not breach the contract. American Family obtained a judgment for costs against the Chmielewskis because the approximately $5,500 difference between the two amounts was less favorable to the Chmielewskis than American Family’s offer of settlement. See Wis. Stat. § 807.01(1) (2011-12). The two judgments offset and American Family paid the Chmielewskis $141.00 to satisfy the jury’s verdict.

The Chmielewskis appeal from the money judgment entered in their favor. We affirm. This opinion will not be published.

2013AP272 Chmielewski v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company et al.

Dist II, Sheboygan County, Van Akkeren, J., Per Curiam

Attorneys: For Appellant: Chmielewski, Laurance J, pro se; For Respondent: Burrell, Robert C., Milwaukee; Cronin, Joshua B., Milwaukee; Juedes, Dieter J., Milwaukee