Vernon C. SUMNICHT, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC., Toyota Motor Distributors, Inc., and Toyota Motor Sales Company, Ltd., Defendants-Appellants.
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Argued September 5, 1984.
Decided December 21, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For the defendants-appellants there were briefs by Robert D. Scott, Ross A. Anderson and Frisch, Dudek and Slattery, Ltd., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Scott.
For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief by Robert J. Kay, Mark C. Williamson and Geisler & Kay, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Robert J. Kay.
Amicus curiae briefs were filed by Alan E. Gesler and Warshafsky, Rotter, Tarnoff, Gesler & Reinhardt, S.C., Milwaukee, for the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers; and, James D. Ghiardi and Kluwin, Dunphy & Hankin, Milwaukee, for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. and The Motor Vehicle Manufacturers' Association of the United States, William H. Crabtree, Detroit, Michigan, of counsel.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
LOUIS J. CECI, J.
This appeal is before this court on certification from the court of appeals pursuant to Sec. (Rule) 809.61, Stats.,1 and is from a judgment and order of the circuit court for Walworth county, John J. Byrnes, circuit judge, denying appellants' motions after verdict and granting respondent's motion for judgment on the verdict against appellants in the amount of $2,350,000. We...
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