ESTATE OF HAMMERSLEY v. WIS. COUNTY MUT.

No. 2011AP359.

811 N.W.2d 878 (2012)

2012 WI App 44

ESTATE OF Judy A. HAMMERSLEY, Estate of Nicholas A. Hammersley, by William L. HAMMERSLEY, Sr., Special Administrator, William L. Hammersley, Sr. and Mary Hammersley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CORPORATION, Dawn Pabich and Oconto County, Defendants-Respondents, William L. Hammersley, Jr. and DEF Insurance Corporation, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed March 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Rachel L. Bachhuber and Bruce R. Bachhuber of Hanaway Ross, S.C., Green Bay.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Andrew P. Smith of O'Melia, Schiek & McEldowney, S.C., Rhinelander.

Before HOOVER, P.J., PETERSON and MANGERSON, JJ.


MANGERSON, J.

¶ 1 On June 16, 2005, William Hammersley, Jr. (Hammersley), a twenty-nine-year-old schizophrenic, killed his mother, Judy Hammersley, and his nephew, Nicholas Hammersley. The day before, a police deputy had requested assistance from Dawn Pabich, a licensed Oconto County social worker, in determining whether further action was necessary to address Hammersley's erratic behavior. After speaking with Pabich, the deputy decided against initiating an...

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