Case Name: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hague Quality Water, International and The Cincinnati Insurance Company, Defendants-Respondents-Petitioners
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Decision Date: 2014-01-28
Citations: 352 Wis. 2d 308
Docket Number: No. 2012AP392
Parties: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hague Quality Water, International and The Cincinnati Insurance Company, Defendants-Respondents-Petitioners.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wisconsin Reports Second
Volume: 352
Pages: 308–309

Head Matter:
State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hague Quality Water, International and The Cincinnati Insurance Company, Defendants-Respondents-Petitioners.
Supreme Court
No. 2012AP392.
Oral Argument January 14, 2014.
—Decided January 28, 2014.
2014 WI 5
(Also reported in 841 N.W.2d 819.)
For the defendants-respondents-petitioners, there were briefs by Jason P. Gehring and Kasdorf Lewis & Swietlik, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Jason P Gehring.
For the plaintiff-appellant, there was a brief by Charles W. Kramer and Monte E. Weiss and Weiss Law Office, S.C., Mequon, and oral argument by Charles W. Kramer.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
¶ 1. The court is equally divided on the question of whether the decision of the court of appeals, State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Hague Quality Water, Int'l, 2013 WI App 10, 345 Wis. 2d 741, 826 N.W.2d 412, which reversed the Sheboygan County Circuit Court, should be affirmed or reversed. Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, and Justice N. Patrick Crooks would affirm. Justice Patience Drake Roggensack, Justice Annette K. Ziegler, and Justice Michael J. Gableman would reverse. Justice David T. Prosser did not participate.
¶ 2. Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.
The Honorable James J. Bolgert, presiding.