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- Title: Neiman v. American National Property and Casualty Company
- Author : Supreme Court of Wyoming
- Release Date : January 07, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 86 KB
Description
Kristine Neiman was injured, and her child stillborn, as the result of an accident occurring in September 1995. At the time of the accident, Wis. Stat. § 895.04(4) (1995-96) provided that in a wrongful death action damages up to $150,000 could be awarded for the loss of society and companionship. Subsequently the legislature increased the amount of damages that could be awarded under this statute and applied the increase retroactively. 1997 Wis. Act 89. The American National Property and Casualty Company (ANPAC) appeals from a judgment of the circuit court declaring as constitutional the retroactive increase in wrongful death damages available pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 895.04(4) (1997-98). Application of the higher statutory damage limit to an event occurring before the amendment to § 895.04(4) was enacted, ANPAC contends, violates the due process protections guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as well as art. I, § 1 of the Wisconsin Constitution.