Negligence Claim

By: Derek Hawkins//February 26, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: Jennifer L. Nerison, et al v. Wisconsin Farmers Union, Inc.

Case No.: 2016AP2127

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Negligence Claim

Jennifer and Robert Nerison appeal a summary judgment dismissing their safe place and negligence claims. The Nerisons sued the owners of a campground for damages arising out of injuries Jennifer sustained when she fell down an unlit stairway in the staff cabin. We conclude summary judgment was appropriate as to the Nerisons’ safe place claim. However, we conclude genuine issues of material fact preclude summary judgment as to the Nerisons’ negligence claim. We therefore affirm in part and reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

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