Friday, October 12, 2007
Court upholds $17M church verdict
Marie Rohde reports at NewsWatch.
The issue was whether a parish volunteer in the Legion of Mary had coverage under the Archdiocese's policy while delivering a statue of the Blessed Virgin to another parish.
I have heard the plaintiffs were at one point willing to settle the case for $4 million.
Update: The full report, Church crash verdict upheld.
A man severely injured in an auto accident will be able to collect a $17 million verdict from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and its insurers as the result of a decision issued today by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. [2007 WI 124]
The issue was whether a parish volunteer in the Legion of Mary had coverage under the Archdiocese's policy while delivering a statue of the Blessed Virgin to another parish.
The lower court verdict, which was upheld by an appeals court decision [2006 WI App 207], will be allowed to stand because the high court was equally divided on the matter.
I have heard the plaintiffs were at one point willing to settle the case for $4 million.
Update: The full report, Church crash verdict upheld.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that a man severely injured in a 2002 auto accident will be able to collect a jury verdict from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and its insurer that has now risen to more than $23 million with interest. ...¶ 10/12/2007 03:47:00 PM
