GROSSKOPF OIL, INC. v. WINTER

No. 89-1406.

156 Wis.2d 575 (1990)

457 N.W.2d 514

GROSSKOPF OIL, INC., a Wisconsin corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Galen D. WINTER, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steven ASCHENBRENNER, and Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, Third Party Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 8, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For defendant-third party plaintiff-appellant there were briefs by Richard C. Rowland of Bollenbeck, Block, Seymour, Rowland & Samson, S.C., Appleton.

For third-party defendants-respondent there was a brief by Jerome E. Smyth and Cynthia M. Caine of Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C., Green Bay.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.


MYSE, J.

Grosskopf Oil, Inc., initiated this, legal malpractice action against attorney Galen Winter, who in turn brought a third-party action against attorney Steven Aschenbrenner. The alleged legal malpractice involved a real estate transaction and foreclosure suit resulting in Grosskopf losing its leasehold interest in certain real property it operated as a gas station. Winter had represented Grosskopf at the time it had entered into the lease, and Aschenbrenner...

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