For the plaintiffs-respondents there was a brief by Steven G. Danielson and Herrick, Hart, Duchemin, Danielson Guettinger, S.C., Eau Claire, and oral argument by Steven G. Danielson. Affirming 120 Wis.2d 63, 352 N.W.2d 671 (Ct.App.). SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.
Brantner v. Jenson , 121 Wis.2d 658, 360 N.W.2d 529, 532 (1985). The Supreme Court of Wisconsin affirmed a published decision of the court of appeals, Brantner v. Jenson , 120 Wis.2d 63, 352 N.W.2d 671 (Wis.Ct.App. 1984), which articulated a rule that "if there is a reasonable basis for the fear of future harm and the possibility of that harm developing was increased as a result of the negligently caused injury, the mental distress is compensable." Brantner , 120 Wis.2d 63, 352 N.W.2d 671.
The Brantner court discussed a two-part test employed by the court of appeals in that litigation, but it did not explicitly adopt the test. Id. at 668-69 (analyzingBrantner v. Jenson, 120 Wis.2d 63, 66-67, 352 N.W.2d 671 (Ct.App. 1984)). ΒΆ 79.