Court Opinion

ID: 9579297
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:53:26.779458+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:35:25.659919
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*332ABRAHAMSON, J.
(dissenting). I would affirm the trial court’s order denying the motions for summary judgment for the reasons set forth in American Orthodontics Corp. v. G & H Insurance Agency, Inc., 77 Wis. 2d 337, 253 N.W.2d 82 (1977), and the cases cited therein. Especially relevant is our language in United Farm Agency, Inc. v. Niemuth, 47 Wis.2d 1, 7, 8, 176 N.W.2d 328 (1970) :
“. . . Where a decision on a point of law not previously decided in this state is at issue, the trial judge has the discretion to make that decision only after he is satisfied that all relevant facts have been placed in evidence. While certain legal issues present themselves even on the incomplete facts as revealed by the affidavits, we conclude that this court should defer any prejudgment of the legal issues until such time as all facts considered relevant by the trial court have been presented. Under these circumstances, we conclude that the parties are not entitled to a determination of the law at this stage of the proceedings.”