Hedtcke v. Sentry Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that excusable neglect is \ 'that neglect which might have been the act of a reasonably prudent person under the same circumstances.' \Xcitations omitted
• \Wisconsin law has long maintained that an insurance policy should be construed as it is understood by a reasonable person in the position of the insured.\
• \An absolute bar to recovery by an innocent insured is particularly harsh in a case in which the arson appears to be retribution against the innocent insured.\
• \An absolute bar to recovery by an innocent insured is particularly harsh in a case in which the arson appears to be retribution against the innocent insured.\
• Unless policy specifically provides to the contrary, \an innocent insured\ may recover under a policy even though the damage was caused by the intentional act of another insured.
• “Courts adopting the modern rule focus on the contract of insurance rather than the interests and obligations arising from the nature of the property ownership.” (footnote omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).