Opinion ID: 1729338
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Text: ¶ 89 Resolution of the issues that I will address are questions of law, wherein we provide independent review, but benefiting from the analyses of the court of appeals and the circuit court. Marder v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wis. Sys., 2005 WI 159, ¶ 19, 286 Wis.2d 252, 706 N.W.2d 110. The interpretation of an insurance contract is a question of law. Katze v. Randolph & Scott Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 116 Wis.2d 206, 212, 341 N.W.2d 689 (1984). Whether the economic loss doctrine applies either to a particular type of claim or to a particular fact set presents a question of law. See Kaloti Enters., Inc. v. Kellogg Sales Co., 2005 WI 111, ¶ 10, 283 Wis.2d 555, 699 N.W.2d 205; Kailin v. Armstrong, 2002 WI App 70, ¶ 43, 252 Wis.2d 676, 643 N.W.2d 132.