By: Derek Hawkins//February 28, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: Judy C. Drexler v. McMillan Warner Mutual Insurance Company
Case No.: 2015AP2047
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: Negligence – Summary Judgment
Judy Drexler, surviving spouse of Jerome Drexler, appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of James Weiland and his insurer. We conclude Smaxwell v. Bayard, 2004 WI 101, 274 Wis. 2d 278, 682 N.W.2d 923, bars Drexler’s common law negligence claim because it is undisputed Weiland was not the owner or keeper of the horse that caused Jerome’s death. Accordingly, we affirm.