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· 1/31/1985

Helmbrecht v. St. Paul Insurance

Citations

  • 362 N.W.2d 118
  • 122 Wis. 2d 94
  • 1985 Wisc. LEXIS 2111

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that \the question of what a reasonable judge would have awarded as property division and maintenance is no more complicated than other issues decided by juries every day all across this nation\
  • any-credible-evidence standard of § 805.14(1), Stats., applies to both the trial court on postverdict motions and to supreme court on appeal
  • divorce settlement could be attacked in malpractice action, even where judge testified that he would not have awarded more had the error not been made
  • \We hold that there was substantiated credible evidence to support the jury's -finding of malpractice. The trial court was clearly wrong in granting the defendants' motion to dismiss after the verdict was returned\
  • “[Tjhere was the danger that the jury would give his testimony undue weight.”
  • \[T]here was the danger that the jury would give his testimony undue weight.\

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Judges: Louis J. Ceci

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