Thomas G. BUTLER, Mary J. Butler, Steven J. Grundahl, Nancy J. Grundahl, James A. Gallop, Maureen Gallop, Greg Kittelsen, Edith Kittelsen, Duane Schwartz, Joan Schwartz, Dewey Mullikin, Juanita Mullikin, Helen Brekke, Phillip Jones, Susan Jones, Allen Hall, Florence Hall, Michael Singer, Noel Singer, H. James Jacobsen, Debby Jacobsen, Scott Blanck, Dana Blanck, Larry Kinney and Karen Kinney, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners,
Albert Kempf, Pat Kempf, Dale E. Johnson, Joan L. Johnson, Harold M. Flolid, Karen A. Flolid, Carolyn Ousdigian, Ted Ousdigian, Jeremy Ferris, June Ferris, Suzanne Meland, Michael T. Meland, Estate of Maxine Lenz, Daryl Erdman, Audrey Erdman, Lawrence J. Jarvela, Patricia D. Jarvela, Joann Yohn, Stephen Yohn, Jerry Greeley, Karen Greeley, Niel R. Petersen, Marlys J. Petersen, Karen Ek, Bill Ek, Charles Peterson, Douglas J. Gallop, Shirley Gallop, Mike Evavold, Mark R. Parks, Art Kosieradzki, Jeanne Kosieradzki, Gary C. Boyum, Eleanor Kay Boyum, Beverly Gallop and Bud Gallop, Intervening-Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners,
Thomas E. Ferris and Joy Linda Ferris, Intervening-Plaintiffs,
v.
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., Daniel Kling and ECG, Inc., Defendants-Respondents,
City of Shell Lake, Defendant,
Cincinnati Insurance Company and Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company, Intervening-Defendants-Respondents,
Bob Thompson & Sons and Thompson Sand & Gravel, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents,
v.
Hoffman Construction Company and Wausau Insurance Companies, Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.
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Argued January 12, 2006.
Decided July 13, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For the plaintiffs-appellants-petitioners and the intervening plaintiffs-appellants-petitioners, there were briefs by Steven B. Goff, Tracy N. Tool, and Bye, Goff & Rohde, Ltd., River Falls; Matthew A. Biegert, Michael J. Brose, and Doar, Drill & Skow, S.C., New Richmond, and oral argument by Matthew A. Biegert.
For the defendants-third-party plaintiffs-respondents and the third-party defendants-respondents, there was a brief by Patrick H. O'Neill, Jr. and O'Neill & Murphy, LLP, Saint Paul, MN; J. David Rice and Rice, Heitman & Davis, S.C., Sparta; Timothy J. Muldowney and LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, and oral argument by J. David Rice.
For the defendants-respondents, Daniel Kling and ECG, Inc., there was a brief by Thomas J. Graham, Jr., Christine A. Gimber, and Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci, S.C., Eau Claire.
For the defendant-respondent, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., there was a brief by William J. Katt, Mark D. Malloy, and Leib & Katt, S.C., Milwaukee.
For the intervening defendant-respondent, Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company, there was a brief by Mark Rattan, James P. Odda, and Litchfield Cavo LLP, Brookfield.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Daniel D. Barker, James K. Pease, Jr., Jack D. Walker, Philip J. Bradbury, and Melli, Walker, Pease & Ruhly, S.C., Madison, on behalf of Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Inc., AGC of Wisconsin, Inc., and Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
¶ 1 PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGENSACK, J.
The circuit court granted summary judgment of dismissal to the defendants on the plaintiffs' negligence and nuisance claims.1 The court of appeals affirmed. Because we conclude that the plaintiffs' negligence and nuisance claims are precluded by public policy and were properly dismissed, we affirm the court of appeals, albeit on different grounds than those...
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