Opinion
No. 2011AP1443.
2014-06-19
Cheryl A. SCHMIDT p/k/a Cheryl A. Sellers–Bruring, Plaintiff–Respondent–Cross–Appellant, v. Lee J. FEHR, Bryan E. Tillman, Fehr Law Office and Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants–Appellants–Cross–Respondents.
Id. at 130, 388 N.W.2d 908. Id., ¶ 18 n. 5. More broadly, public policy precludes imposing liability on the defendants where “it would shock the conscience of society to impose liability.” Bowen v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 183 Wis.2d 627, 656, 517 N.W.2d 432 (1994). Whether public policy precludes liability is a question of law subject to de novo review. Gritzner v. Michael R., 2000 WI 68, ¶ 27, 235 Wis.2d 781, 611 N.W.2d 906.