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WIS. NATURAL GAS v. FORD, BACON & DAVIS CONSTR.

No. 77-838.

96 Wis.2d 314 (1980)

291 N.W.2d 825

WISCONSIN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, Cross-Appellant and Cross-Petitioner, v. FORD, BACON & DAVIS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Cross-Respondent-Petitioner, TOMARO CONTRACTORS, INC., a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant-Respondent, EMPLOYERS MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF WAUSAU a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Ford, Bacon & Davis Construction Corporation there were briefs by Willard S. Stafford, Robert Horowitz, Peter T. Julka, Gary M. Young, John W. Markson, Jr., and Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, all of Madison; Burt W. Sperry and Shotwell, Brown & Sperry, of counsel, of Monroe, Louisiana; and oral argument by Willard S. Stafford and Robert Horowitz.

For Wisconsin Natural Gas Company there were briefs by George W. Greene, William P. Croke, Douglas H. Starck and Prosser, Wiedabach & Quale, S.C., of Milwaukee, and oral argument by George W. Greene and William P. Croke.

For Tomaro Contractors, Inc., there was a brief by Francis X. Krembs and Kenney, Krembs & Fellows of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Francis X. Krembs.

Originally reported in 91 Wis.2d 848, 284 N.W.2d 120.

COFFEY, J.

Ford, Bacon & Davis Construction Corp. (Ford, Bacon & Davis), has appealed from that portion of the court of appeals' decision holding that the plaintiff's, the Wisconsin Natural Gas Company (the Gas Company), cause of action was not barred by the six (6) year statute of limitation, sec. 893.19(5), Stats., and refusing to modify the comparative negligence rule of law as set forth in sec...

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