By: Derek Hawkins//October 11, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: Michael Engelhardt, et al., v. City of New Berlin, et al.
Case No.: 2016AP801
Officials: GUNDRUM, J.
Focus: Sovereign Immunity
This case involves the very tragic loss of life of an eight-year-old girl at a local swimming pool during a summer outing with the New Berlin Parks and Recreation Department. The issue we are called upon to decide is whether the City of New Berlin and its recreation department (collectively “New Berlin”) are immune from suit pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 893.80(4) (2015- 16). We conclude they are.