By: Derek Hawkins//May 26, 2020//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: James Schultz, et al. v. Seubert, Inc., et al.,
Case No.: 2019AP179
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: Trusts & Estates – Slander of Title
James Schultz, as trustee for the Thomas Seubert & Nancy Seubert Revocable Trust (the Trust), appeals a summary judgment order dismissing the Trust’s slander of title and interference with contract claims against the Jensen, Scott, Grunewald & Shiffler, S.C., law firm. The Trust does not seek review of the interference with contract claim and we conclude the law firm’s actions giving rise to the Trust’s slander of title claim were conditionally privileged. We therefore affirm.