By: Derek Hawkins//November 14, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: Gary Stelpflug, et al. v. Rural Mutual Insurance Company
Case No.: 2018AP34
Officials: Sherman, Blanchard and Fitzpatrick, JJ.
Focus: Insurance Claim – Breach of Contract
In June 2015, a tornado damaged a barn owned by Chris and Gary Stelpflug. In March 2016, that barn caught fire. After the Stelpflugs’ insurer, Rural Mutual Insurance Company, refused to pay for claims related to the fire, the Stelpflugs sued Rural, alleging breach of contract and bad faith. The Dane County Circuit Court concluded that the breach of contract claim was barred by a twelve-month statute of limitations and, on that basis, dismissed the claim. The Stelpflugs appeal that order, and we reverse.