CODY v. SHEBOYGAN MACHINE CO.

No. 81-939-LV.

108 Wis.2d 105 (1982)

321 N.W.2d 142

DeLisle Ann CODY and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Plaintiffs-Co-Appellants, v. SHEBOYGAN MACHINE COMPANY and Continental Casualty Company, Defendants-Respondents, LAKESHORE MACHINERY, INC., and West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants, SHEBOYGAN LOCKE, INC., Nevada Locke, Inc., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants there were briefs by Randall Skiles and Stern Law Office of Madison, and oral argument by Mr. Skiles.

For the plaintiffs-co-appellants there were briefs by Dennis E. Robertson, McCusker & Robertson, S.C., of Madison, and oral argument by Dennis E. Robertson.

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief by John F. Jenswold, Josann M. Reynolds and Jenswold, Studt, Hanson, Clark & Kaufmann of Madison, and oral argument by John F. Jenswold.


HEFFERNAN, J.

This is an appeal from a circuit court judgment which granted summary judgment to the defendant Sheboygan Machine Company and its insurer on the grounds that a corporation which purchases the assets of another corporation does not succeed to the predecessor corporation's liabilities for defective products. We affirm the circuit court's judgment consistent with the rationale of Tift v. Forage King Industries, Inc., 108 Wis.2d...

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