WISCONSIN AUTHORITY LIBRARY

Wisconsin Auto Insurance & Crash Law Case Authority Library

This issue-organized authority index collects primary Wisconsin statutes and leading appellate decisions for automobile coverage, UM/UIM, bad faith and crash-law research.

Core Wisconsin Statutes

  • Wis. Stat. §344.62 — motor-vehicle liability insurance requirements.
  • Wis. Stat. §632.32 — motor-vehicle insurance policy requirements, UM/UIM and permitted exclusions.
  • Wis. Stat. §895.045 — comparative negligence.
  • Wis. Stat. §§893.80 and 895.46 — governmental claims and public-employee liability issues.

Leading Wisconsin Decisions

  • Anderson v. Continental Insurance Co., 85 Wis.2d 675 (1978) — first-party insurance bad faith.
  • Folkman v. Quamme, 2003 WI 116 — insurance-policy ambiguity and contextual interpretation.

Wisconsin automobile coverage should be analyzed under current §632.32, current compulsory-insurance requirements, later appellate decisions and the specific declarations and endorsements issued for the risk.

Publication review note — September 17, 2026. Confirm subsequent history, statutory amendments and current policy language before reliance.