By: Derek Hawkins//June 16, 2020//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: Sanimax LLC, v. Blue Honey Bio-Fuels, Inc., et al.,
Case No.: 2019AP166
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: Damages and Attorney Fees
Sanimax LLC appeals a judgment awarding money damages and attorney’s fees to Blue Honey Bio-Fuels, Inc., and Coulee Region Bio-Fuels, LLC. Sanimax contends the circuit court erred by: (1) failing to dismiss Blue Honey’s defamation counterclaim on the ground that it failed to comply with the heightened pleading standard set forth in WIS. STAT. § 802.03(6) (2017-18); and (2) awarding Blue Honey attorney’s fees under WIS. STAT. § 134.90(4)(c). We conclude that Sanimax forfeited its first argument and that its second argument lacks merit. Consequently, we affirm