Court Opinion

ID: 9672772
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:59:58.064182+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:18.222024
License: Public Domain

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result. In an appropriate case this court should review Street v. Johnson, 80 Wis. 455, 458 (1891), to determine if the Johnson case adopts the multiple publication rule and whether the court should follow the *227multiple or single publication rule. See 3 Restatement (Second) of Torts, sec. 577 (1977) ; Uniform Single Publication Act, 14 U.L.A. 351-355 (1980) ; Hartmann v. American News Co., 69 F. Supp. 736 (1947). I do not believe that in this case the plaintiffs may bring multiple suits against the defendants for multiple copies of the newspaper distributed in multiple counties. The plaintiffs have one all-encompassing cause of action and a proper venue for that action is in this case Waukesha County.