Fair point, but I thought that UM set its arguments up pretty well here (at least the 4 pages that were on twitter). Almost every court wants to efficiently dispose of as many cases as possible so long as the law supports an argument. Here, the easy way out is a convincing one- any event that could be considered tortious occurred in Florida and this defendant simply doesn't do sufficient business in Wisconsin to keep the case here. If Lucas were a party,the court might have a different ruling because Lucas clearly had sufficient contacts wtih Wisconsin, but he isn't. The underlying theory for Wisconsin is novel and the complaint is pleaded creatively, but the case is going to be a mess if it goes forward with discovery, and press, and possibly a trial that won't flatter the court or end well for the plaintiffs (the last point matters only because I suspect the court will want to save the hometown school from an embarrassing loss if it can). I won't say this is a guaranteed win either, but dismissal at this stage makes a lot of sense. Would Wisconsin refile in FL? It's their money and they can do what they want, but at some point the AD or the Administration is going to tell them to stop throwing good money after bad.
