VULTAGGIO v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 87-1397.

145 Wis.2d 874 (1988)

429 N.W.2d 93

Sam VULTAGGIO and Mary Jane Vultaggio, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Fagan Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc., Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, there were briefs and oral arguments by Lawrence Alan Towers, of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, there were briefs by David J. Hase and Robert E. Shumaker of Foley & Lardner of Milwaukee. Judith A. Zakens, Esq., Office of the General Counsel General Motors Corporation, of counsel. There was oral argument by Mr. Shumaker.

On behalf of the Department of Justice, State of Wisconsin, there was an amicus curiae brief by Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general and William C. Wolford, assistant attorney general. Oral argument by Mr. Wolford.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.


BROWN, P.J.

Sam and Mary Jane Vultaggio appeal from a grant of summary judgment dismissing their common-law breach of warranty claims against General Motors Corporation and Fagan Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc. (collectively G.M.). They also appeal the summary judgment ruling that their claims are not covered under Wisconsin's Lemon Law, secs. 218.015(2)(a) and (b), Stats. (1983-84). The underlying basis of all these claims is that, because of transmission problems, their...

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