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HIRSCH v. S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.

No. 76-620.

90 Wis.2d 379 (1979)

280 N.W.2d 129

HIRSCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC., and others, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Foley & Capwell, S.C., of Racine, and oral argument by Rex Capwell.

For the respondents there was a brief by Alan M. Clack and Thompson & Coates, Ltd., and oral argument by Mr. Clack, all of Racine; and by Beverly W. Pattishall, Robert M. Newbury and Pattishall, McAuliffe & Hofstetter, and oral argument by Beverly W. Pattishall, all of Chicago, Illinois.

HEFFERNAN, J.

This appeal involves only questions of law, for the judgment was granted upon the defendants' motion at the close of the plaintiff's evidence to dismiss for failure to prove the existence of a cause of action upon which relief can be granted.

Elroy Hirsch, the plaintiff, seeks damages for the unauthorized use of his nickname, "Crazylegs," on a shaving gel manufactured by the defendant, S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Johnson admitted in its answer...

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