Court Opinion

ID: 9854704
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:12:14.865619+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:16.227641
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*46LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR., J.
¶ 36. {concurring). I join the decision and mandate of the court. While I would prefer a rule that would require claims for attorney's fees to be disposed of before a judgment or order becomes final, this court's decision today is consistent with its ruling last term in Harder v. Pfitzinger, 2004 WI 102, 274 Wis. 2d 324, 682 N.W.2d 398. Moreover, the court provides a framework that would allow the parties to litigate frivolous claims and then consolidate the appeals. Majority op., ¶ 31.1 see no reason to abandon the precedent established in Leske v. Leske, 185 Wis. 2d 628, 517 N.W.2d 538 (Ct. App. 1994) and Harder at this time. See Johnson Controls, Inc. v. Employers Ins., 2003 WI 108, ¶¶ 98-99, 264 Wis. 2d 60, 665 N.W.2d 257. I therefore concur.