Opinion
No. 2013AP713.
2014-03-13
Quincy NERI, Plaintiff–Appellant, Rodney Rigsby, Plaintiff, v. Timothy M. BARBER, Lori M. Lubinsky, Axley Brynelson LLP, Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Company, Anthony Anzelmo, Rural Insurance Company, Cathleen A. Dettman, Kevin Palmersheim, Haley Palmersheim, S.C., Carley Peich–Keisling, Barrett J. Corneille, David J. Pliner, Corneille Law Group, LLC, General Casualty/QBE Insurance, Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., Architectural Building Arts, Inc., Melinda Monroe, Steve Larson, Lesley Sager, Eric Ferguson and White School Studios, Defendants–Respondents.
Williamson v. Hi–Liter Graphics, LLC, 2012 WI App 37, ¶ 13, 340 Wis.2d 485, 811 N.W.2d 866 n.6, 340 Wis.2d 485, 811 N.W.2d 866. Additionally, “[i]n all averments of fraud or mistake, the circumstances constituting fraud or mistake shall be stated with particularity.” See Wis. Stat. § 802.03(2). Thus, a plaintiff must plead “the ‘who, what, when, where and how’ ” of a fraud claim. Friends of Kenwood v. Green, 2000 WI App 217, ¶ 14, 239 Wis.2d 78, 619 N.W.2d 271 (quoted source omitted).