CHMILL v. FRIENDLY FORD-MERCURY

No. 86-1975.

144 Wis.2d 796 (1988)

424 N.W.2d 747

Leonard CHMILL and Ruth Chmill, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. FRIENDLY FORD-MERCURY OF JANESVILLE, INC., and Ford Motor Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Maurice J. McSweeney and Brian W. McGrath and Foley & Lardner, of Milwaukee; and James E. Bartzen and Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, of Madison.

For the plaintiffs-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Louis X. Mineau and Bolgrien, Ruth, Rentz, Mineau & Koepke, S.C., of Beloit.

Brief of amicus curiae was filed by Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, and William C. Wolford, assistant attorney general, on behalf of the Department of Justice State of Wisconsin.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Eich and Sundby, JJ.


SUNDBY, J.

This case requires an interpretation of sec. 218.015, Stats. (1983-84), Wisconsin's Lemon Law.1 Friendly Ford-Mercury of Janesville, Inc., and Ford Motor Company appeal a judgment under the law requiring them to replace the Chmills' Ford Tempo with a comparable new motor vehicle.2 We affirm.

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